Libraries in contemporary Japanese and Korean fiction are evolving into spaces where reading offers solace, connection, and ...

"Ruraru-san no Hondana," written and illustrated by Hiroshi Ito (Published by Poplar Publishing Co. Ltd., 2005) ...

Vault Comics switches from publishing comics to publishing Japanese light novels from April 2025... or so it appears at least ...

In the picture book, the lion tells Mr. Barbar that his mane is tangled and he is in trouble. Untangle is "hodoku" in Japanese. Chokichoki-- This is an onomatopoeia used when cutting something ...

You’ll often see this game on lists of the best Japanese visual novel games, and it’s easy to see why. Developed by Novectacle, The House in Fata Morgana is a time-spanning adventure that ...

16, 2025, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko) Uketsu, a Japanese YouTuber and horror author holds his books at his media conference at the Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Japan, Thursday, Jan. 16, ...

Frustration over the West’s apparent indifference to Japanese novels led to the making of “Bullet Train,” the Hollywood action-thriller starring Brad Pitt. The movie is an adaptation of ...