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'The Fourth String' officially out now! First review by Hippocampus Magazine
Michael Palmer - Tuesday, March 12, 2019
'The Osamu Tezuka Story' reviewed by Fantasy Literature
Michael Palmer - Tuesday, March 12, 2019
"Tezuka is Walt Disney, Stan Lee, Will Eisner, and Alan Moore rolled into one plus more. He artistically had impact greater than even what they accomplished all together." Read More
Foreword Indies Award lists 'Amy's Guide to Best Behavior' as finalist
Michael Palmer - Tuesday, March 12, 2019
Congratulations to Amy Chavez for making the Foreword Reviews Foreword Indies finalist list for her book Amy's Guide to Best Behavior in Japan!
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T.K. Nakagaki to speak about the Buddhist Swastika at Kinokuniya Tokyo March 16th
Michael Palmer - Monday, March 04, 2019
Everything you've always wanted to know about the Swastika, but we're too afraid to ask. A book talk by Rev. Dr. T.K. Nakagaki will be held at Kinokuniya in Tokyo March 16th, at 3pm. Read More
'A Shameful Life' by Osamu Dazai reviewed by the Asian Review of Books
Michael Palmer - Monday, February 25, 2019
John Darwin Van Fleet goes into extensive detail in his Asian Review of Books review for the new Mark Gibeau translation of the Osamu Dazai classic, A Shameful Life: Ningen shikkaku. Read More
Janet Pocorobba East Coast reading and shamisen performance dates
Michael Palmer - Monday, February 11, 2019
Janet Pocorobba and her upcoming memoir The Fourth String: A Memoir of Sensei and Me are going on the road! Not only will she be speaking about her experience learning the shamisen, a traditional Japanese three stringed instumenet, but she will also be bringing it with her for a special performance. For those of you on the East Coast, check the dates below! Read More
Rescuing a Symbol of Peace, an interview with T.K. Nakagaki with The State of Belief
Michael Palmer - Monday, February 11, 2019
The State Of Belief with Dr. Welton Gaddy sat down with Rev. Dr. T.K. Nakagaki, author of The Buddhist Swastika and Hitler's Cross about
the misappropriation of the swastika by the Nazis, overturning its long history as a symbol of peace in Asian religions. Can its original meaning ever
be reclaimed?
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Janet Pocorobba shamisen performance and book reading at The Japan Society New York
Michael Palmer - Thursday, January 31, 2019
Janet Pocorobba, author of The Fourth String: A Memoir of Sensei and Me will be doing a special shamisen performance and reading from her upcoming memoir at The Japan Society in New York March 19th. Read More
'A Shameful Life' by Osamu Dazai reviewed by The Japan Society UK Review
Michael Palmer - Thursday, January 24, 2019
"Ningen Shikkaku (translated as ‘A Shameful Life’) still persists as one of the most widely read and critically acclaimed novels in Japan. Ningen Shikkaku has been previously translated into English by Donald Keene (under the title of No Longer Human), but Mark Gibeau’s latest translation certainly provides a refreshing and interesting reconstruction of this Japanese classic." Read More
Lion's Roar on T.K. Nakagaki's 'The Buddhist Swastika and Hitler's Cross'
Michael Palmer - Monday, January 14, 2019
Thanks to Lion's Roar for profiling Rev. Dr. T.K. Nakagaki's mission to educate the west on the Buddhist swastika, an ancient symbol of peace with his new book The Buddhist Swastika and Hitler's Cross: Rescuing a Symbol of Peace from the Forces of Hate. Read More
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