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The term ‘Atomic Bomb Literature’ came into wide use in the 1960s[UPDATED: 5-5-2021]
The term Atomic Bomb Literature, Genbaku bungaku, only came into use in the 1960s despite...- TOPICS:
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Japan’s first ‘detective story’ was published in 1889[UPDATED: 5-4-2021]
Ruiko Kuroiwa (1862-1913), who founded a newspaper and edited several others, is widely thought and...
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Meet the Founders
Richard Nathan and Koji Chikatani are two international publishing executives with a wealth of experience who have been friends for more than 20 years. Though fluent in Japanese, Richard has always wanted to read the very best Japanese creative writing in English; and for years it's been Koji's ambition to make the best Japanese contemporary writing accessible to readers outside Japan.