Writer Hannah Kirshner first moved to Yamanaka Onsen to better understand its craft culture. Almost 10 years later, she’s ...

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 ...

From the lost worlds of old Shanghai to the very modern concerns of everyday anxiety, here are eight new books to get you reading ... Suchi first meet and fall in love. Haiwen is a violin prodigy ...

In "This is a Love Story," Jessica Soffer pens a love letter to enduring partnership and Central Park. Here's why our books ...

Libraries and bookstores in contemporary Japanese and Korean fiction ... solace not only in the bookshop, but in the books themselves and in each other. Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop reads like ...

Why so secretive ... the first time The overriding theme of the book is the dark side of maternal love. “There’s this idea shared by most Japanese people, that because your mother carried ...

Hayao Miyazaki’s explains how Princess Mononoke remains a cinematic masterpiece, intertwining ecological themes with Japan’s ...

My very first trip to Japan was anything but ideal. My husband and I landed in Tokyo – on the first leg of our honeymoon – ...

But when I read “This is a Love Story” by Jessica Soffer, I was in tears by page four. Out now from Dutton Books at Penguin Random House, “This is a Love Story” (★★★★ out of four ...

These whimsical, escapist books have long been popular in Japan and Korea. But now translations of titles like We'll Prescribe You a Cat, Before the Coffee Gets Cold, and The Full Moon Coffee Shop ...

In If Only, the Norwegian novelist distills a story of romance into all its private discomfort and claustrophobia. Its ...