Modern Japanese Short Stories (Tuttle Publishing, 2019) Here is another excellent and thorough collection of 25 short stories. In the forward, the book’s editor, Ivan Morris, who translated some ...

It’s a boy wonder. “The Boy and the Heron” took home the No. 1 spot at the box office on Friday, raking in $3.17 million, according to IMDB’s Box Office Mojo. The Japanese animated fantasy ...

Ichikawa lets Shaka be three-dimensional, pushing back against any stereotypes of disabled people, by having her be a ...

How a Japanese book about a woman who murders her lovers became a global phenomenon. ... (and money) at FamilyMart on my last trip to Japan, I wonder aloud if Yuzuki might pop in for a snack on ...