The entire Harry Potter saga will be unleashed in Japan this summer using ePUB 3 to render the complex Japanese language characters. Pottermore also offers an online experience for readers to enjoy, ...

An announcement today from the world’s leading provider of digital content to libraries just made foreign language texts more accessible to US readers. Through a partnership with Japanese publishing ...

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TOKYO and REDMOND, Wash., Oct. 31, 2000 — Kinokuniya Company Ltd. and Microsoft Corp. today announced a strategic alliance to offer eBooks in Microsoft® Reader format to Japanese consumers. Under the ...

THE MAKIOKA SISTERS (530 pp.)−Junichiro Tanlzaki−Knopf ($4.95). In any land, an unmarried girl approaching 30 is apt to get an attack of the will-I’s; Will I, oh will I ever find a husband? In Japan, ...

Walmart today announced a major expansion in terms of its global e-commerce presence: the retailer is entering a strategic partnership with Tokyo-based Rakuten, which will see the companies ...

As someone who enjoys reading and discussing Japanese literature, I have been pleasantly surprised by the growing number of translated Japanese books that have come out in the U.S. in recent years.

Three new books delve into how Japanese politicians, military officers, and academics navigated the tumultuous transformations of the interwar period: their country’s rapid modernization, the ...

With all the talk about Amazon’s Kindle, there’s a bigger revolution taking place and those who studied classic literature will be horrified. In Japan, half of the top ten selling works of fiction in ...