Chihaya’s version of bibliophobia grew out of the fear of one book in particular—the monograph that her career demanded and ...

PostMag writer Jason Wordie looks back at the harrowing history of Hong Kong during World War II under Japanese occupation ...

The Art, Design & Architecture Museum presents “A Tale of Sea Wanderers,” the largest collection of Tomiyama’s work outside ...

Zoher Abdoolcarim, the former Asia editor of Time magazine, talks about making Lee Kuan Yew cry and why being a true ...

Better still: It's about cats, coffee and bookstores. Also called cozy fiction or cat fiction, and primarily found in Japanese and Korean literature, the genrehas taken off worldwide. As the Japan ...

Japanese curry rice does not spring to mind as an obvious example, which is a shame because Japanese curry is unique in its approach and appeal. Japanese curry, or “kare” (カレー) in Japanese, is a ...

The U.S. Geological Survey put the quake’s preliminary magnitude at 6.8. The Japan Meteorological Agency said it had an intensity of lower 5 on the Japanese scale of 0 to 7. The quake began at ...

As Japanese forces moved closer towards Hong ... I felt overjoyed to forget about the occupation, even just for a day. Although we were poor, my brother paid for the whole wedding, even buying ...

The Japanese writer and nationalist ... Unlike the supreme commander of the Allied powers during Japan’s postwar occupation, the writer Yukio Mishima, who would quickly become the country’s most ...

Austen is one of the greatest writers in the English language – but relatively little is known about her. And that's in part because of an act that infuriates many to this day. Onyx Storm by ...

With international cinema becoming more and more accessible through streaming platforms, Japanese films have garnered global recognition for their cultural richness and refreshing storytelling ...

In this city once gripped by Nazi occupation, wartime secrets are waiting to be revealed ... A deep knowledge of French culture, especially the music and literature of the 20th century, greatly ...