The story of Japan began with a dance, writes Lesley Downer, in her brisk and aptly titled book. Amaterasu, the mythical progenitor of Japan’s imperial line 2,600 years ago, was lured from her ...

On a recent visit to New York I stopped at a Japanese bookstore in Manhattan. Among the English-language books about Japan, I encountered a section of a shelf marked “WABI-SABI” and stocked ...

Japan’s three historic nuclear events — the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in the closing days of World War II and ...

Hitori shuppansha means that a person edits and launches a book they feel only they can present to the world. Read more at ...

Shortly after the end of the devastating war, a book on English conversation came out and became the first postwar best-seller in Japan. Published on Sept. 15, 1945, just one month after the ...

Ika Bunko manager Yuki Kasukawa, 44, appeared on “Asaichi,” Japan Broadcasting Corp. (NHK)’s morning information program, on July 15 to introduce comic books for connoisseurs. She has ...

About 25 foreigners enjoyed reading Japanese books and deepening their understanding of the language and culture during a reading session f ...