His research interests include interwar and postwar Japanese literature, Japanese intellectual history, the role of art-making and media in the formation of political ideology, and the expression of ...

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Prizewinning Japanese author Fumiko Kometani gives an interview in Los Angeles on Jan. 12, 2025. (Kyodo) LOS ANGELES (Kyodo) -- A prizewinning Japanese author who lost her home in the recent ...

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American-born Japanese literature scholar Donald Keene (1922-2019) was 16 when he encountered kanji Chinese characters. So different from the English alphabet, the ideograms captivated him.