Red Circle is a specialist communications and publishing company that conducts bespoke projects on behalf of a carefully selected and curated group of leading Japanese authors.

Latest

- Announcement
  
  August 16, 2018
- Booksellers across Japan are stocking up on Kazufumi Shiraishi’s latest novel ‘100 Million Yen Sayonara’
  
  by Koji Chikatani
  - TOPICS:
  - Kazufumi Shiraishi
  - Author
  - Book Launch
- News & Views
  
  July 23, 2018
- Japan’s Olympic Literature: Stories from 1964, and Beyond
  
  by Richard Nathan
  - TOPICS:
  - Analysis
  - Culture
  - Olympics
  - Robots
  - Sports

- News & Views
  
  July 22, 2018
- Japan’s Olympic Literature: Words and Deeds
  
  by Richard Nathan
  - TOPICS:
  - Analysis
  - Culture
  - Olympics
  - Sports
- News & Views
  
  June 20, 2018
- Short Story Writing in Japan: From Nobel Prize winners to AI
  
  by Richard Nathan
  - TOPICS:
  - Kanji Hanawa
  - Kazufumi Shiraishi
  - Mitsuyo Kakuta
  - Analysis
  - Publishing
  - Short Story
- Announcement
  
  June 12, 2018
- Cult X, Fuminori Nakamura’s latest novel to be published in English, making an impact with international reviewers
  
  by Richard Nathan
  - TOPICS:
  - Fuminori Nakamura
  - Author
  - Book Launch
  - Book Review
  - Translation
- Announcement
  
  May 19, 2018
- Two new editions of Kazufumi Shiraishi’s critically acclaimed novel ‘The Lightless Sea’ released in China and Japan
  
  by Koji Chikatani
  - TOPICS:
  - Kazufumi Shiraishi
  - Author
  - Book Launch
  - Publishing Contract
  - Translation
- News & Views
  
  May 12, 2018
- From Body Art to Literature: Zen and the Art of the Tattoo
  
  by Richard Nathan
  - TOPICS:
  - Feature
  - Culture
  - Steve Jobs
- Announcement
  
  May 2, 2018
- Roger Pulvers to give keynote speech at 2018 Takuboku Festival
  
  by Richard Nathan
  - TOPICS:
  - Roger Pulvers
  - Author
  - Event
  - Events
  - Poetry
  - Translation
- News & Views
  
  April 4, 2018
- Primeval Trolls and Eating Disorders: Grim tales from Japan
  
  by Richard Nathan
  - TOPICS:
  - Roger Pulvers
  - Feature
  - Children's
  - Culture
  - Folk Tales
  - Women's Fiction
- Announcement
  
  March 22, 2018
- Fuminori Nakamura successfully completes multi-city book launch in the German-speaking world
  
  by Richard Nathan
  - TOPICS:
  - Fuminori Nakamura
  - Author
  - Book Launch
  - Book promotion
- Announcement
  
  March 8, 2018
- It’s official: The Red Circle Factbook is now an ‘Encyclopedia’
  
  by Richard Nathan
  - TOPICS:
  - Red Circle
  - Factbook
  - Industry
- News & Views
  
  March 1, 2018
- A Hitchhiker’s Guide to Japanese Surreality: Yasutaka Tsutsui
  
  by Peter Tasker
  - TOPICS:
  - Opinion
  - Culture
  - Science Fiction
  - Short Story
- News & Views
  
  February 23, 2018
- Walking, Talking, Living Dolls: The doll-women of Japan & their literature
  
  by Richard Nathan
  - TOPICS:
  - Fuminori Nakamura
  - Kanji Hanawa
  - Analysis
  - Culture
  - Religion
  - Science Fiction
- Announcement
  
  February 13, 2018
- Randy Taguchi launches a new initiative to support Japan’s numerous small publishers, called ‘Potora’
  
  by Koji Chikatani
  - TOPICS:
  - Randy Taguchi
  - Author
  - Event
  - Book promotion
  - Creative Writing
  - Events

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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.