This new book by Hongō Kazuto ... at the siege of Osaka. Why did it take so long? The author’s unique perspective, which points to the presence of Christians in Japan as one of the background ...

The Altadena Public Library reopened on Friday. Naomi Hirahara, mystery writer and social historian, celebrated by reposting a YouTube video she made for Altadena Heritage. The nonprofit had asked the ...

Today’s letter is an investigation of literary cats rubbing up against myth. I promise I am not taking you to Narnia or into the fetid recesses of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s songbook, but we are going to ...

Novelist Asako Yuzuki took inspiration from Kijima’s case to create a fictional narrative for her novel Butter. It’s a story ...

In “Bibliophobia,” Sarah Chihaya combines criticism and memoir to write about reading’s role in a life’s highs and lows ...

These seven products rank as the best CBD gummies in our book. We tested Cornbread Hemp ... lowest scoring option in our list, and here’s why: Tester Samantha Kostaras first tried these ...

Cities in Love (2015), and had failed to spot the train coming. Editor’s Picks 1 Japan records 37 mn tourists in 2024 thanks to post-Covid global surge and weaker yen 2 Why Japan sees a surge in ...

Much like manga and anime, visual novels are a genre that the West has been slow to adopt but will likely eventually add to the lexicon of Japanese ... books, especially if they’re outside your normal ...

She is the author of numerous cruise and travel books, including “100 Things To Do In Alaska Before You Die” (Reedy Press, 2021). Fran lives in Cleveland, Ohio. While she is fond of Lake Erie, her ...