News & Views

Features, Analysis and Special Reports on Japanese Literature

- Feature
  
  March 12, 2021
- Changing Nations: The Japanese Girl With a Book
  
  by Richard Nathan
  A picture or indeed a single look is said to be worth a thousand words and a good work of art or a sketch, according… Read more »
  - TOPICS:
  - Art
  - Culture
  - Women Writers
- Feature
  
  December 18, 2020
- Ultra-Influencers: The Two British Fictional Victorians that Changed Japan
  
  by Richard Nathan
  Lasting influence, the power or capacity of causing an effect indirectly or directly in others, is a powerful and elusive trait that some individuals possess… Read more »
  - TOPICS:
  - Soji Shimada
  - Culture
  - History
  - Storytelling
- Feature
  
  April 17, 2020
- The First Portable Device Loved by Japan’s Literati
  
  by Richard Nathan
  Treasured by emperors and clutched by royalty as status symbols, these multi-functional devices initially evolved from wooden sticks used for note taking and record keeping…. Read more »
  - TOPICS:
  - Art
  - Culture
  - Fans
- Opinion
  
  January 23, 2020
- Poems that Decode Japan’s Intellectual DNA: The Ambassador’s choice
  
  by Lars Vargo
  Diplomats are perhaps thought of as having a limited interest in areas outside those that concern international relations, domestic political developments in the country where… Read more »
  - TOPICS:
  - Culture
  - History
  - Poetry