Shortly after the end of the devastating war, a book on English conversation came out and became the first postwar best-seller in Japan. Published on Sept. 15, 1945, just one month after the ...

Six books from around the world, including translations from Japanese, Danish and Kannada, are shortlisted for the 2025 ...

Japanese work culture can be many things: diplomatic, hierarchical, conformist, machine-like and even suffocating. Globally, ...

LONDON -- English translations of Japanese novels are becoming best sellers in Britain. Asako Yuzuki's "Butter" has sold 280,000 copies, surpassing the sales of the original in Japan. Japanese ...

Many parents may see an overlap between the protagonists of this book and their own children. Vocabulary, culture tips Hikkoshi-- This means moving (house). In Japan, the peak of the moving season ...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- "Butter," the cult Japanese bestseller by Asako Yuzuki inspired by the real-life case of a ...