Journalist looks into crimes of the Japanese army's Unit 731 'Shonen Corps' that conducted experiments on prisoners in WWII ...

A father and son in Tokyo are continuing the centuries-old tradition of making tsukudani, a preserved Japanese food ...

Earthquakes can’t be predicted. But a manga artist’s dream of a July 5 'megaquake' has spooked some residents and travelers.

Japanese officials are dismissing alarm over the prediction of a July “catastrophe” in a comic book, “The Future I Saw,” ...

New children’s publisher Do Re Mi will launch in spring 2026 with “playful, distinctive” board books and picture books for under sevens, inspired by Japanese children’s publishing. Aiming ...

In the United Kingdom, Germany, the Netherlands and Korea, other museums featuring children’s book art now draw steady streams of multigenerational visitors; the number of such museums in Japan ...

Everything there is just so cool!” That’s what my 11 year old said when I asked him to tell me his top things to do in ...

Funnily enough, given the agony of the selection process, it was easy to name the single best children’s book of the past 20 years. Hands down, it’s Brendan Wenzel’s “They All Saw a Cat” (2016), which ...

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All the books from Japan that won the Akutagawa Prize, Naoki Prize, and other leading literary prizes in 2024.

The killing of a Japanese schoolboy in China has sparked an outpouring of anger and soul searching over the rise of extreme nationalism in the country, with some accusing the government of fanning ...

No rule requires Japan’s elementary school students to wear the boxy, bulky backpack known as the randoseru. But for nearly 150 years, nearly all of them have.