News & Views

Features, Analysis and Special Reports on Japanese Literature

- Feature
  
  November 12, 2017
- The literary secrets behind Japanese videogames
  
  by Richard Nathan
  Japanese fairy and folk tales share common themes with their Western equivalents such as hidden or forbidden rooms, strange creatures, epic journeys, supernatural helpers, transformations… Read more »
  - TOPICS:
  - Culture
  - Exports
  - Science Fiction
- Feature
  
  October 10, 2017
- Ahead of Time: Japan’s early science fiction
  
  by Richard Nathan
  The genesis of today’s science fiction writing in Japan is said to be the translation into Japanese of the French author and playwright Jules Verne’s… Read more »
  - TOPICS:
  - Culture
  - Science Fiction
- Feature
  
  September 2, 2017
- Bridget Jones and the Chick-Lit of ancient Japan
  
  by Richard Nathan
  The amazing success of Bridget Jones’s Diary, by Helen Fielding, published in 1996 in book format is said to have given birth to the genre… Read more »
  - TOPICS:
  - Mitsuyo Kakuta
  - Randy Taguchi
  - Romance
  - Women Writers
  - Women's Fiction
- Feature
  
  August 5, 2017
- Christ’s Donburi: Christian stories of Japan
  
  by Richard Nathan
  The Holy Grail, the Cup of Christ, is a motif that features in the lore of King Arthur, Hollywood movies and bestselling novels. The word… Read more »
  - TOPICS:
  - Christian Fiction
  - Religion