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

Chinese books have been brought to Japan ever since. Many of the volumes now sold in Jimbocho cannot be found back in China. Past and present of Chinese literature ...

This series zooms in on physical books in Japan, including their history from handscrolls through woodblock printing to modern times. Other articles examine Tokyo’s used book district of ...

Susanne Formaeck and Sepp Linhart (Amsterdam: Hotei Publishing, 2005). Haruo Shirane, Early Modern Japanese Literature: An Antholog, 1600–1900 (New York: Columbia University Press, 2004), 732. He adds ...

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 ...

Tsutaya Books, Japan’s largest bookstore chain, is famously known as “one of the world’s most beautiful bookstores” and this first South-East Asia outpost store does not fail to impress ...

TSUTAYA Books has announced a partnership with Chinese stationery brand M&G, bringing the brand’s full product range to nearly 120 TSUTAYA locations across Japan.

The comics are also accessible — most books can be had with a quick 500 yen coin, or just over $3, and an arigato, Japanese for “thank you.” Though, some fans show up just to share their ...