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Holding Out For A Hero: Japan’s oddball rugby literature
When Rugby, the all-out macho sport of the elite, officially arrived on Japanese shores in the 1890s, the country was experiencing a revolution-like period of… Read more »- TOPICS:
- Kanji Hanawa
- Rugby
- Sports
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Features, Analysis and Special Reports on Japanese Literature
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Japan’s Olympic Literature: Stories from 1964, and Beyond
In 1964 the Beatles song I want to Hold Your Hand topped the bestselling charts in the United States and The New York Times Fiction Best Seller of… Read more »
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Japan’s Olympic Literature: Words and Deeds that shaped the movement
The Olympic movement and the Olympic Games themselves are global canvases that nations and ambitious individuals have used to create powerful narratives and lasting impressions…. Read more »
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Short Story Writing in Japan: From Nobel Prize winners to AI
Stripped back to the essentials; compact but still complete; intelligently and stylishly packaged with quality shining through: These are traits that have been applied to… Read more »