These whimsical, escapist books have long been popular in Japan and Korea. But now translations of titles like We'll ...

While the international spotlight is firmly focused on the country’s sporting culture, Vintage has taken the opportunity to shine a light on Japanese literature with its latest book series. Japanese ...

Three books won Japan’s Akutagawa Prize in 2024 ... There were three winners of the Naoki Prize, awarded for popular fiction, generally to more established writers than the Akutagawa Prize.

Novelists Shin Iyohara, Yui Suzuki and Jose Ando pose with their award-winning books in Tokyo on Jan. 15, 2023. Suzuki and ...