The 2026 summit of the Group of Seven (G7) nations will be held in Evian, a picturesque French spa town famous for its ...

Donald Keene's journey tracing the footsteps of haiku poet Matsuo Basho (1644-1694) in Basho's masterpiece "Oku no Hosomichi," which Keene later trans･･･ ...

One of Japan’s largest book publishers has had to “urgently” reprint a classic piece of literature after mobile game fans flocked to purchase it.

It was in the late spring of 1955 that Japanese literature scholar Donald Keene first traveled to northeastern Japan's Tohoku region to follow the ste･･･ ...

The nation’s scandalised leaders quickly issued statements condemning the world-famous author’s militancy. The Japanese literary community distanced itself. Meanwhile, interested onlookers ...

From their impeccable work ethic to their schedules, and from their literature to their ... One of the most famous and easily recognisable Japanese painting is ‘The Great Wave off Kanagawa ...

Haruki Murakami is a literary phenomenon — so famous his British publisher uses ... In his early days he was dismissed by Japan’s literati for his informal style and for drawing on American ...

From folklore legends and anime films to literary classics and traditional ... of I Am a Cat — the first novel by the famous writer Natsume Sōseki (1867-1916), which is commonly read in Japanese ...

Japanese literature is renowned for its ability to weave intricate ... only to find themselves targeted by a killer who mimics the murders described in a famous novel. Ayatsuji’s clever plot twists ...

Go Nagai was famous for the franchises that were spun from his original works. Throughout the last few decades, Go Nagai presented us with his creative expertise. His creations have become phenomenal ...