9 New and Upcoming Japan Book Releases We’re Excited About This Year Despite everything going on in the world, there has never been a more exciting time…
Monkey Magazine: Exploring Contemporary Japanese Literature and Supporting Translators Living in Japan as an avid reader, I’m habitually on a hunt to find trusted…
Travel Back in Time With These 5 Manga From the ’90s And Early ’00s As we continue to stay sheltered indoors, various forms of media have seen an explosion…
8 Japan Memoirs To Read in 2021 Start the year right with a selection of personal Japan-based stories, from longtime residents recounting…
French Creative Jean Freund Transforms Life in Japan Into Vibrant Illustrations in New Book ‘Bon Voyage Japan’ French-born Tokyo resident Jean Freund has turned a personal illustration project into a charming travel…
6 Questions With Polly Barton, Translator of ‘There’s No Such Thing as an Easy Job’ For someone who moved to Niigata Prefecture at the age of 21 with hardly a…
12 Japanese Books to Get You in the Mood for Autumn Perhaps more than any other season, autumn is a time for reading. It’s a season…
Andi Brooks’ “Ghostly Tales of Japan” Delivers Spine-chilling, Yokai-filled Flash Fiction Inspired by the folklore tales and urban legends of Japan, and encouraged by his son’s early…
Yume Lion Dreams: Takashi Murakami Publishes First Children’s Book Reading books together creates one of the most important bonds between a parent and a…
10 Questions With Yuki Tejima, Japanese-English Translator, Book Blogger and Writer I discovered Yuki Tejima thanks to Instagram and its (pesky at times) algorithm. It guided…
Red Circle Authors Shares Compelling Japanese Stories That Fit in Your Pocket Red Circle Authors recently announced its newest release, Monkey Man by Takuji Ichikawa, translated by Lisa and…
Book Review: “Earthlings” by Sayaka Murata is a Scathing Review of the Society We Live In Seldom am I filled with the urge to reread a book immediately. In fact, I…
9 Japanese Ghost and Mystery Books To Read This Summer The mythology and folklore of old Japan was an ocean of ghosts and demons, each…
Pandemic Recovery: Saving Tokyo’s Bookstores Printed editions of books, and the independent brick and mortar stores that sell them, are…
Teenage Author and Illustrator Draws Her Own Conclusions About Life in Japan It’s not often you meet a teenager who has written and illustrated a book based…
