Osaka is not even Japan’s second city. But its biggest bookstore dwarfs anything in New York, Los Angeles, or, indeed, Chicago. Like all Japanese cities, Osaka is filled with the most modern, and ...

Doing your best to stay home and reduce the spread of the Covid-19 coronavirus can be even harder if you’ve got some bored and restless kids to take care of, too. Well, it’s never too early to expose ...

Though the publishing industry is still struggling to come out from under the cloud of the pandemic, with supply chain issues and cash flow problems plaguing all but the biggest presses, fans of ...

Tokyo, Japan – When Japanese book publisher Kadokawa announced last year it would publish a translation of Abigail Shrier’s Irreversible Damage: The Transgender Craze Seducing Our Daughters, it ...

All weekend at the NY Art Book Fair, the International Center of Photography is hosting a pop-up reading room called “10x10,” which is focussed on Japanese photo books. Free and open to the public, ...

Nagasaki-born and United Kingdom-raised Nobel Peace Prize-winning author Kazuo Ishiguro rarely writes about his native country but when he does, it’s a treat. His first novel, ‘A Pale View of Hills’ ...

FEW countries have been subjected to more varied comment than Japan. Her unique art and art industries, her laborious task of national reorganization, her successful war with China and the impetus it ...

The new Fully Booked x Kinokuniya branch showcases 'shelves upon shelves' of Japanese books, manga, and exclusive titles! MANILA, Philippines – Heads up, Otakus! Philippine bookstore Fully Booked has ...

Japan continues to struggle with the triple disaster of earthquake, tsunami and nuclear power plant crisis. Hundreds of thousands of people are living in emergency shelters, while many others remain ...

The Japanese book Contemporary China through the Eyes of Japanese Youth: Technology, Education and Culture Photo: Courtesy of Hideo Natsume Digital wallets, bike-sharing, online shopping… The highly ...