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

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

To celebrate the 30th edition of the L.A. Times Festival of Books, we asked authors, editors, critics and scholars to select ...

Unable to afford textbooks while growing up on Japan’s northwest coast, Yoko Breckenridge would borrow them from friends and copy each chapter by hand. Breckenridge, who married an American soldier ...

Post-Dispatch columnist Jeff Gordon and baseball writer Derrick Goold discuss if Cardinals, fresh of a season-opening sweep, ...

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 ...

Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.

Michael Kozlowski is the editor-in-chief at Good e-Reader and has written about audiobooks and e-readers for the past fifteen ...

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 ...

A curated list of the best new movies streaming in April, from Nicole Kidman's "Babygirl" to Viola Davis' "G20." ...

Within its vast library of TV shows, Tubi has great weekend-binge options for everyone, from animated classics to gritty ...

Escape the crowds and discover a quieter Japan at these 12 hotels, from mountaintop ryokan to island hideaways.