If you ask any Hongkonger for sushi recommendations, chances are that they’ll tell you to stop by a Genki. While there are many other chains fighting for supremacy in the city’s already-crowde ...

Roki Sasaki signed with the Los Angeles Dodgers a little under a week ago, and had his introductory press conference on Wednesday afternoon. While Sasaki entert ...

Japan's century-old Mingei, or folk art, movement celebrates the everyday work of anonymous artists. It stands in contrast to both fine arts and industrially mass-produced goods. And it's having a yet ...

By Alida Becker Bookshop, a site that lets independent, bricks-and-mortar bookshops sell their books online, is launching an app that will allow the sales of e-books, too. In “The Killing Fields ...

A weekly ranking of the most popular songs in Japan combining physical and digital sales, audio streams, radio airplay, YouTube and GYAO! video views and karaoke data, compiled by Billboard Japan.

For the three Latino kids transported to 1862 Mexico in Emma Otheguy’s latest novel, the outcome of the American Civil War hangs in the balance. By Juan Vidal In H.M. Bouwman’s wise and ...

Ironically, the graphic depictions in the manga have led some school libraries in Japan to pull the volumes ... the board of education has published the textbook, called “Hiroshima Peace Note ...

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November 25, 2024 • Books We Love returns with 350+ new titles handpicked by NPR staff and trusted critics. Find 12 years of recommendations all in one place — that's nearly 4,000 great reads.

Gripping tale of the lines on which espionage meets the Vatican's priests. The Daily Mail Books department chooses their favourite fiction of the century. When 50 American hostages were released ...

There are movements in countries that are advanced in terms of information technology to return to paper textbooks because of the negative impact of excessive digitization on education. In Japan, too, ...