TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Rieko Nakagawa, author of the long-selling picture book series featuring twin mice "Guri and Gura," has died ...

(This is Part 16 of "Learning from Japanese picture books" series, which introduces recommended Japanese picture books, along ...

The bestselling author, Netflix hitmaker and ’queen of clean’ Marie Kondo has jumped to Bonnier Books UK’s wellbeing imprint ...

Seattle Samurai" is a collection of Sam Goto's "Seattle Tomodachi" cartoons with extensive commentary provided by his ...

A Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry project team has been tasked to look into revitalising bookstores. Read more at straitstimes.com.

An increasing number of Japanese stocks are trading below book value despite corporate reforms that have attracted investor ...

Japan Airlines announced free domestic flights for tourists booking round-trip international flights from the US and other ...

The Birth of Korean Cool by Euny Hong might seem like an unlikely choice for exploring tea ceremonies. However, amidst its ...

Then the six years that followed saw what can be described as a spectacular crash, to the degree that presently nearly two out of three Japanese basically said they don't read books at all. Of course, ...

In the quarterfinals at the WTA Osaka, Japan Women Singles 2024 on Friday, Diane Parry (ranked No. 52) meets Clara Tauson (No ...

In the quarterfinals at the WTA Osaka, Japan Women Singles 2024 on Thursday, Suzan Lamens (ranked No. 125) meets Ana Bogdan ...