(This is Part 23 of the "Learning from Japanese picture books" series, which introduces recommended Japanese picture books, ...

"Ruraru-san no Hondana," written and illustrated by Hiroshi Ito (Published by Poplar Publishing Co. Ltd., 2005)Story outlineMr. Ruraru's bookshelf (th･･･ ...

Kolkatans surely splurged at the International Kolkata Book Fair this year. Want to know what the city loved reading? Get all ...

Japan Society will present a staged reading of the far side of the moon by Japanese playwright Izumi Kasagi, led by New ...

However, books are no longer part of the norm for most people. More than 60 percent of Japanese do not read a single book over the course of a month, according to the “public opinion survey on ...

This photo shows a spread of the picture book "Kudamono" (written by Kazuko Hirayama and published by Fukuinkan Shoten Publishers Inc.), for which Bookstart Japan obtained permission from the ...

whose zeal for getting people reading has led his publisher to dub him “a kind of Japanese literacy Batman”. “Young people have reached out and said that my books are the first novels they ...

An intriguing exhibition of Japanese artists’ books co-curated by three Sonoma residents is being featured at Sonoma Valley ...

Sociologist Ikutaro Shimizu (1907-1988) wrote in his “Nihongo no Gijutsu” (The art of writing Japanese) that when he saw the title of a book a passenger was reading on a train, he felt ...