Mitsuyo Kakuta, the prolific and hugely popular Japanese author has done it again and won yet another Japanese literary award. This time the Yoshikawa Eiji… Read more »
From the acclaimed publisher of Japanese fiction in translation comes an epic, immersive new book about Japanese literature. After a lifetime reading Japanese literature and… Read more »
Wanda Pictures, one of China’s leading film producers and the owner of the largest chain of cinemas in China, has finally announced the team that… Read more »
The first, 322-page, volume of a new eight-volume paperback edition of The Tale of Genji, often-described as the world’s first novel, adapted and translated into modern… Read more »
Earlier this month Kodansha, one of Japan’s largest and most prestigious publishers, released The Line, Retsu, a provocative new novel by the award-winning Fuminori Nakamura… Read more »
Genie TV in South Korea has launched a new television series based on the award-winning Japanese author Mitsuyo Kakuta’s 2012 novel Paper Moon, Kami no… Read more »
A mini television drama will be released next month in Japan by TV Asahi, a major Japanese national broadcaster linked to Japan’s most prestigious national… Read more »