In the second part of the series, we look at 10 equally influential modern women writers from post-war Japan to recent times. Japan’s defeat in World War II inspired stories of loss and desperation.

With Japan’s first full-colour film, Carmen Comes Home, screening around the UK, we dive into the luminous world of Japanese colour filmmaking in the 1950s and early 1960s.

Vault Comics switches from publishing comics to publishing Japanese light novels from April 2025... or so it appears at least ...

The Japanese writing system is made up of Kanji (Chinese characters), Hirigana, and Katakana. Without going into it too much, just know that Hirigana and Katakana are collectively known as the ...