Only 5 percent of the artists represented are from Kanazawa—a region of just under 462,000 people—although 53 percent are Japanese artists and 63 percent are Asian. That balance will likely shift over ...

The nominees for the translated fiction award “don’t shut down debate, they generate it,” said the author Max Porter, who ...

Discover how Japan's Akiya homes are transformed into vibrant spaces, preserving heritage while adapting to modern needs.

Switch version of otome visual novel Hakuoki SSL: Sweet School Life in English in late 2025, the publisher announced. Pre-orders for physical editions will open via ...

The author of “Convenience Store Woman” has gained a cult following by seeing the ordinary world as science fiction.

Missing for decades from the Anglophile version of its origin story was another great visual narrative tradition, of the East ...

Haruki Murakami is back. More than a comeback, it is a rebirth: that of a short story he wrote in 1980 but never dared publish. Forty years later, this unfinished story has blossomed into a monumental ...

A century ago, Edogawa Ranpo invented the Japanese detective novel. This pioneer of ero-guro-nansensu, a delicious blend of the erotic, the macabre and the grotesque, created a body of work that is ...

Some books influence an era, and some shape generations long after their time. 'The Once and Future King' by T.H. White is one such novel—a forgotten bestseller that has profoundly impacted fantasy ...

Crystal Palace's Daichi Kamada scored his ninth goal for Japan in the 2-0 win Japan have become the first nation to book their place in the 2026 World Cup through qualifiers by beating Bahrain 2-0 ...

What do you think would happen if we asked people in affluent countries like Japan and America to sell their arms? How much do you think they would be willing to sell them for? Would you sell one ...

Hanoi (VNA) – A new book tracing the 50-year journey of Vietnam-Japan relations was introduced in Hanoi on March 18 by the Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences (VASS) and the Japan International ...