Literature

China's hottest literary genre brings together the traditional, the experimental, and the avant-garde.

A group of people walk across, around, and all over Tokyo. They talk, talk, talk.

The first-hand account of an intrepid woman's exploration of Japan's interior in 1878.

The Silver Spoon is a sharp detailing of life at the end of the Meiji period (1912) through the eyes of a boy as he grows into adolescence.

60 years of observation: an American journalist’s memoir about Tokyo’s modern urban transformation, its criminal underworld and, oh yes, baseball.

In this new collection, Richie once again demonstrates his mastery of the essay and his deep knowledge about Japan.

Introducing Hiromi Ito, an award-winning Japanese author who has been compared to Haruki Murakami and Yoko Tawada.

A contemporary Japanese crime thriller unravels an intricate web of deception and greed, inspired by recent land-fraud scandals.

In detailing the affair between a garden designer and his client's wife, this stylistic Japanese novel explores the roots of passion.

An erudite voyage through the details and customs of Japanese life.

This aptly named fiction anthology—tomo means “friend” in Japanese—is a true labor of friendship to benefit teens in Japan...

Women, Magic, Wisdom: Explore a Japanese myth through the words and images of key scholars and artists.