All the titles in the newly launched series Red Circle Minis went on sale today at Books Kinokuniya Tokyo, the flagship store of one of Japan’s… Read more »
Earlier this month Japan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced the names of individuals that it would award its prestigious Order of the Rising Sun to…. Read more »
Stand-In Companion, a new work by the Naoki Prize-winning Japanese author Kazufumi Shiraishi is being released today. This powerful short story is an important addition… Read more »
Backlight, published today, is a thought-provoking and intriguing tale, by the Akutagawa Prize-nominated master short story writer Kanji Hanawa. Backlight revolves around the extraordinary real story… Read more »
Tokyo Performance, published today, is set in the pre-internet age, and brilliantly captures the zeitgeist of Japan at that particular time. In Roger Pulvers’ riveting, entertaining… Read more »
Red Circle will publish the first three titles in its Red Circle Minis series this November. These Japanese short and compelling books (with the exception… Read more »
In October two major Japanese publishers, Tokuma Shoten and Kadokawa, held a 60th birthday party for the Red Circle author Kazufumi Shiraishi. In Japan 60th birthdays are… Read more »