In an exclusive interview with The Japan Times, Japan’s largest and oldest English language daily newspaper, Red Circle founders Koji Chikatani and Richard Nathan outline… Read more »
The second book in the three volume new modernised edition of The Tale of Genji, often-described as the world’s first novel, adapted and translated for a… Read more »
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 »