The Berkeley Historical Society is confronting the city's troubled past when it comes to Japanese Americans with a special ...

As a native English speaker, Japanese is one of the most complicated languages to learn, with three different scripts (katakana, hiragana and kanji), wildly different sentence structure and ...

Among them, chiefly, was his geographer father, who was also a kendo fighter and a proud Japanese. His uncle ... he hopes his new book will help readers understand the value in investing in ...

You must understand that there is more than one path to the top of the mountain.” In a world obsessed with formulas and one-size-fits-all training regimens, Mu ...

It can also be read as a depiction of how Japanese traditions had changed through Westernization. The work was finally published as a book in 1946. Sasameyuki is translated as The Makioka Sisters ...

A Japanese comic book warns of a “real catastrophe.” A psychic predicts mass destruction. A feng shui master urges people to stay away. This might sound like the plot of a disaster movie but ...

Today, we discuss whether some materials don’t belong in school or whether such claims are a dubious justification for book banning ... for older students to learn about and discuss.

Amy Larocca’s book “How to Be Well” dives deep into the global obsession with so-called health, and the companies that have profited from creating it. By Elisabeth Egan When you purchase an ...

A new book by the New Yorker staff writer John Cassidy plumbs more than two centuries’ worth of grievances about our global financial order. Credit...Ben Giles Supported by By Jennifer Szalai ...

What’s your personality type? If you are an introvert you’re in good company; Barack Obama, JK Rowling are introverts ...

Hundreds of millions of us make the same journey day in day out. Take a hike with Alice and Neil and learn new vocabulary. Are food allergies on the increase and if so, why? Neil and Alice talk ...