The reason: a Japanese comic book, or manga, that warns of a devastating natural disaster set to befall Japan. This might sound like a bizarre reason to cancel an upcoming trip, but reports have ...

A Japanese comic book warns of a “real catastrophe.” A psychic predicts mass destruction. A feng shui master urges people to stay away. This might sound like the plot of a disaster movie but ...

The word wahon refers to a variety of traditional books produced in Japan until the late nineteenth century. This history examines how they changed over the centuries as technology advanced and ...

Japan's bombing of Pearl ... in which the writer noted that the book had been “postponed” due to the war—a simplification of the complicated history of the preceding years.

In Harbin, Manchuria, in an echo of Nazi medical practices, the Japanese ... book, which is both a sickening record of atrocities and a legal, hairsplitting analysis, as the judges argued over ...

In his new book, Denver-based ... For Denver foodies, Japanese cuisine enthusiasts and fellow Japanese Americans, Asakawa has created a casual history that is detailed but easy to enjoy, and ...