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

Many parents may see an overlap between the protagonists of this book and their own children. Vocabulary, culture tips Hikkoshi-- This means moving (house). In Japan, the peak of the moving season is ...

TOKYO -- Thirty-two original paintings by renowned children's book illustrator Chihiro Iwasaki ... until June 1. (Japanese original by Yuta Hiratsuka, Digital News Group) ...

Japanese author Kuroyanagi Tetsuko attended a book launch event at a bookstore ... She also serves as a goodwill ambassador for the United Nations Children's Fund and remains one of Japan's ...

Children’s author Rieko Nakagawa, known for her beloved “Guri and Gura” picture book series about twin field mice, died of old age at a hospital in Tokyo on Oct 14. She was 89. Her family ...

Lisa Hofmann-Kuroda’s English translation of the book by the Kawabata and Tanizaki awards-winning ... Among the main characters are children born to Japanese women and American servicemen, who grow up ...