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This article explores how social media distorts public perception of the comfort women issue, contrasts it with the depth provided by books and research, and offers a challenge-focused perspective to ...

Here are nine recommended translated books that traverse East and West, each one a cultural gem and a literary treasure.

After her mother dies during childbirth, partly — it is indicated — due to the baby’s size, the protagonist is sent to a ...

Hutchinson Heinemann has triumphed in a seven-way auction for Tsubaki Stationery Store, an upmarket novel by one of Japan’s ...

Oshogatsu no Maki," written by Kozaburo Arashiyama and illustrated by Mizumaru Anzai (Published by Fukuinkan Shoten Pub･･･ ...

From dehumanising abuse to nearly losing her life, author and human rights advocate Sylvia Yu Friedman recounts her harrowing ...

The writer spent his life cultivating beauty—on the page and in the mirror—only to end it with a samurai-style suicide. Both ...

Make your Japanese sound more natural by shadowing conversations you hear from Japanese television shows, anime, and podcasts ...

Holly Robinson Peete is a mom to four kids. Here's everything to know about Holly Robinson Peete's children: RJ, Ryan, Robbie ...

The survey was conducted online in early November by Duolingo, targeting 4,700 native Japanese speakers in Japan aged 15 to 59. When those currently learning a language ... 37.0%, "textbooks ...

Shunning Russian music, art, and literature, despite having deep historic links with such works, will not do much for ...