Libraries in contemporary Japanese and Korean fiction are evolving into spaces where reading offers solace, connection, and ...

Three books won Japan’s Akutagawa Prize in 2024. This prestigious prize is awarded to “new” writers of literature, who may have published works, but are not considered established.

Chinese books have been brought to Japan ever since. Many of the volumes now sold in Jimbocho cannot be found back in China. Past and present of Chinese literature ...

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 ...