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HIROMI KAWAKAMI

"Butter," Asako Yuzuki¡¯s thrilling novel inspired by a real-life femme fatale, was named the Waterstones Book of the Year in 2024.
CULTURE / Books / 2024 in Review
Dec 15, 2024
Women are writing a new chapter in Japanese literature in the 2020s
From the deadly serious and deeply weird to the fluffiest of diversions, a bounty of Japanese fiction in translation has delighted readers and critics this decade so far.
In Hiromi Kawakami¡¯s novel ¡°The Third Love,¡± modern-day Tokyoite Riko travels between life in 19th-century Edo (old Tokyo) and the courts of the Heian Period, examining her relationship with her husband in the process.
CULTURE / Books
Sep 6, 2024
¡®The Third Love¡¯ is a time-bending meditation on romantic love
Hiromi Kawakami¡¯s novel draws from ¡°The Tales of Ise¡± and ¡°Takaoka¡¯s Travels¡± to immerse readers in an intertextual exploration of who we are in and out of love.
Hiromi Kawakami¡¯s ¡°Under the Eye of the Big Bird¡± takes place in a future where humans have developed genetic mutations that allow them to read minds and have powers of prescience.
CULTURE / Books
Sep 3, 2024
¡®Under the Eye of the Big Bird¡¯: Hiromi Kawakami¡¯s speculative future sets civilization adrift
The author reimagines sexual reproduction, family ties and societal roles in a passionless world that is neither a dystopia nor an improvement on reality.
In "Dragon Palace," Hiromi Kawakami's new collection of short stories, middle-aged and elderly characters inhabit a world in which sexuality and attractiveness are liberated.
CULTURE / Books
Sep 17, 2023
Hiromi Kawakami¡¯s ¡®Dragon Palace¡¯: Delightfully raunchy and funny
In her new collection of short stories, the author returns to a world of fluid transfiguration with dry matter-of-factness and knowing humor.
The wife of an author turns into a forest after a fight with her husband and growing tired of serving as the idealized and sexualized subject of his novels in Maru Ayase's "The Forest Brims Over."
CULTURE / Books
Aug 12, 2023
Maru Ayase takes a hard look at Japanese misogyny in ¡®The Forest Brims Over¡¯
Translated by Haydn Trowell, author Maru Ayase takes the reader into a surreal world to deal with a problematic issue.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Oct 10, 2020
¡®People From My Neighbourhood¡¯: Bite-sized stories about the mysteries of small-town Japan
Hiromi Kawakami¡¯s collection of interlinking vignettes is a satisfying mix of neighborhood drama, folk mythology and magical realism.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Jan 25, 2020
Is Japan enjoying a new literary golden age?
The case for Yes
CULTURE / Books
Jul 13, 2019
¡®The Ten Loves of Nishino¡¯: Ten tales to chronicle the growing sadness of an aging Casanova
Hiromi Kawakami¡¯s ¡®The Ten Loves of Nishino,¡¯ a collection of interconnected short stories centering around the titular character, is a poignant examination of gender relationships in Japan and a bittersweet ode to an ageing playboy.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Jul 6, 2019
Hot new Japan book releases for the sweltering summer
Time travel, yakuza, street photography and more feature in the best upcoming J-Lit releases for this summer (and beyond).
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Jul 1, 2017
¡®The Nakano Thrift Shop¡¯: Hiromi Kawakami furthers her exploration of form and style
Hiromi Kawakami is fast becoming the go-to novelist for publishers looking to expand their Japanese list, slipping effortlessly into the ¡°quirky¡± space once occupied by Banana Yoshimoto. ¡°The Nakano Thrift Shop¡± is exactly what readers have come to expect from her: eccentric character excavations that...
CULTURE / Books
May 27, 2017
¡®Record of a Night Too Brief¡¯: Hiromi Kawakami uncoils life¡¯s mysteries with an exploration of dreams
When I met the popular author Hiromi Kawakami in London recently, I asked her thoughts about the great authors of Japan¡¯s literary past. Did she, for example, enjoy the novels of Meiji Era (1868-1912) great Natsume Soseki?
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Aug 29, 2015
¡®The Book of Tokyo¡¯ reveals sidelined Japanese writers, but not the city itself
¡°The Book of Tokyo¡± is part of Comma Press¡¯ ¡°Reading the City¡± series, though most of the stories inside could be transplanted to other Japanese cities ¡ª Nagoya, Fukuoka or Sapporo ¡ª without any noticeable difference.
Japan weighs regulating Pokemon cards amid trading mania
A Pokemon event is held in Jakarta on July 11
Japan to set up expert working group on accepting foreign nationals
Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara (second from left) addresses a meeting of ministers responsible for policies concerning foreign residents, held at the Prime Minister's Office on Friday.
Head of Swiss euthanasia firm dies after collapsing while ascending Mount Fuji
Around 200,000 people typically scale the 3,776 meter Mount Fuji each year.
Indian brothers make manga debut in Japan
Two Indian brothers made their manga debut in Japan with "Kung Fu Kung Fool" ¡ª an action-comedy series that follows the adventures of a notorious thief and a young boy.
Japan scientists identify clusters of protein believed to trigger Alzheimer¡¯s disease
A team of researchers said they found a ¡°seed¡± that accelerates the amyloid beta accumulation process in the brain, naming it ¡°Peak 1 amyloid beta,¡± as seen in a mouse's brain.
Japan to set up expert working group on accepting foreign nationals
Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara (second from left) addresses a meeting of ministers responsible for policies concerning foreign residents, held at the Prime Minister's Office on Friday.
Inside Toho Archive¡¯s mission to save Japan¡¯s cinematic memory
The goal of restoration is not to artificially upscale but to return the film to the condition it was in ¡°the very first day it appeared in the world,¡± says Nobushige Toshima, president and sales division manager of Toho Archive.
The sci-fi sensibilities of electronic trio Black Boboi
Black Boboi was formed in 2018 when solo artists Julia Shortreed, Utena Kobayashi and Ermhoi came together under Kobayashi¡¯s newly founded label, Bindividual.
A perfect storm: Kaze Fujii fans flock to Fuji Rock
Okayama-born singer-songwriter Kaze Fujii has carved out a distinctive place in Japanese pop since his major-label debut in 2019.
Can Japanese comedy get laughs in English? Yoshimoto Kogyo lets the jokes rip
Wes-P has millions of followers and his viral clips made him recognizable out of Japan.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo¡¯s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo¡¯s ¡®stadium of desire¡¯

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For many people, utility poles and power lines have become such a familiar part of Japan¡¯s landscape that they often go unnoticed.
Why Japan¡¯s utility poles won¡¯t be disappearing anytime soon
By Alex K.T. Martin

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