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E BOOKS

Japan Times
LIFE / Language / NEWS IN NIHONGO
Oct 16, 2017
British novelist Kazuo Ishiguro wins Nobel Prize in literature
The Swedish Academy is awarding this year's Nobel Prize in literature to Nagasaki-born British novelist Kazuo Ishiguro.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 4, 2017
Kakao counting on Japan's love of manga to crack overseas market
Asia's messaging apps have a history of becoming huge in their home market before struggling to gain traction overseas. South Korea's Kakao Corp. is counting on the Japanese love of manga to break that trend.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / OBITUARY
Aug 30, 2017
Hillel Wright: poet, writer and catalyst for Tokyo's literary community
Remembering Hillel Wright, who died on Aug. 1 at the age of 73.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 2, 2017
As manga goes digital via smartphone apps, do paper comics still have a place?
Japan's famed manga industry is turning the page to an unknown chapter.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / 20 QUESTIONS
Jul 29, 2017
Dabiz Molinero: 'Imagination pushes art and makes it limitless'
Spanish artist on the insight behind chocolate.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
May 27, 2017
Burton Watson, noted translator, remembered
Burton Watson, the foremost translator of Chinese classics and poetry into English, chose to live much of his long life in Japan.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Apr 23, 2017
There's something about Miffy, the gender-bending bunny
Tackling the mysteries of why Japan is one of the largest markets for Miffy merchandise — and whether Miffy is a boy or a girl.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / TELLING LIVES
Mar 22, 2017
Author returns to China civil war siege that haunts her, still seeking honor for its dead
Scarred by her childhood ordeal in Changchun, Homare Endo channeled her energies into helping Chinese students in Japan.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Mar 11, 2017
2017 looks more like '1984' than 1984 ever did
Goerge Orwell's '1984' is a fitting best-seller for 2017, a year of 'post-truth,' 'fake news' and 'alternative facts.'
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
Mar 8, 2017
Literary partnership behind 'Tokyo Nights' cut tragically short, but the story goes on
English teachers Jim Hickey and Douglas Forrester were offered a two-book deal in early 2016. But within weeks, Forrester was diagnosed with a brain tumor.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 24, 2017
Fans converge on bookstores to snap up Haruki Murakami's latest work
Harukists, the die-hard fans of Japan's leading author, Haruki Murakami, gathered late at night Thursday in bookstores nationwide to purchase the writer's long-awaited latest work, which went on sale as soon as the clock struck midnight.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 30, 2017
How print beats digital in the book world
The book industry is making a convincing case that the printed word remains profitable.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics / GAUGING TRUMP
Jan 25, 2017
Books on Trump prove tough sell in Japan — so far
Dozens of books bearing U.S. President Donald Trump’s face on their covers have been piling up at bookstores across the nation since his stunning victory in November.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
Jan 11, 2017
Secondhand bookshop exorcizing ghosts of the past
The first floor of the crumbling art deco building where my daughter lives in Riga, Latvia, houses a well-patronized secondhand English bookstore. I've bought several titles there. It led me to wondering why a business of this kind, a social space for readers, can thrive in the tiny Latvian capital,...

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