He almost single-handedly put modern Japanese literature on the world map ... where Yoshimoto Woman is a confused 19-year-old trying to navigate her family and the emotions that tear at her.

That eventually changed, Mr. Uhde said, especially as Americans’ interest in Japanese whiskey has grown to a mania over the last decade. “I’m old enough to remember when I.P.A.s were first ...

In 1796, A Choice Collection of Riddles, Charades [and] Rebusses was published in London by an author known only by the pseudonym “Peter Puzzlewell.” It was the third such collection within ...