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Thirty-One Views of Japan
A Passion for Japan: A Collection of Personal Narratives. Edited by John Rucynski. Ashiya, Japan: BlueSky Publishing, 362 pp., ¥3,681 (paper). This book, unique and...
Resisting Democracy’s Death by a Thousand Cuts
How to Stand Up to a Dictator, by Maria Ressa. New York: Harper, 320 pp., $29.99. There is a moment, Philippine journalist Maria Ressa recounts...
Meeting the Challenges of One’s Times
The Art of Persistence: Akamatsu Toshiko and the Visual Cultures of Transwar Japan. Charlotte Eubanks; University of Hawai’i Press, 336 pp., $ 72. If you...
Insights from Sixteen Creative Japanese Ceramicists
Listening to Clay: Conversations with Contemporary Japanese Ceramic Artists by Alice North, Halsey North, and Louise Allison Cort. New York: The Monacelli Press, 352 pp.,...
Poetic Eyes
VOU: Visual Poetry, Tokio, 1958-1987. Edited by Taylor Mignon. Introduction by Eric Selland. Tokyo: Isobar Press. 120pp., ¥3,057 (paper). This anthology, VOU, presents striking...
Shopping for Children’s Books in Asia
For a few years before the pandemic I was lucky enough to travel to Asia a few times—for work, for pleasure and as a translator...
An Activist for Translated Children’s Literature
by AVERY FISCHER UDAGAWA As Curator of East Asian Money at the British Museum, Helen Wang might seem an unlikely activist for global children’s literature....
Portrait of Eroshenko
Amongst the collection of the Tokyo Museum of Modern Art is an Important Cultural Property (国指定重要文化財) titled 'Portrait of Eroshenko'. Painted in 1920 by Nakamura...
My Father-in-Law the Japanese Radical
Visitors to Japan’s main international hub are still greeted by a sign saying ‘Down With Narita Airport’, a giant middle finger waved by diehards from a...
Haenyeo – The Sea Women of South Korea
When I was a little girl, I used to dream of mermaids. I would lie in bed, fantasizing about life in the ocean and what...
Bringing the delights of hojicha tea to the West
Torontoites and hojicha lovers Danielle Geva and Francois Mathieu wanted to make freshest, most authentic roasted Japanese green tea available outside Japan.
Take a Gourmet Journey through Japan with Kokoro Care Packages
We filmed our unboxing of the monthly themed box of quality Japanese ingredients and treats from Kokoro Care Packages. Find out more and subscribe to receive next month's package straight from Japan!
