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KENJI MIYAZAWA

Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
May 3, 2023
¡®Father of the Milky Way Railroad¡¯: Writer biopic plays to domestic audience¡¯s love of a good cry
Koji Yakusho and Masaki Suda give strong performances as father and son in a film about Kenji Miyazawa, one of Japan¡¯s beloved authors of children¡¯s literature.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books / Children's Literature in Japan
Jun 15, 2019
Children¡¯s author Kenji Miyazawa: Fundamental to the modern form
Author and poet Kenji Miyazawa¡¯s fantastical worldbuilding, poignant text and progressive morals laid the foundations of modern Japanese children¡¯s literature.
CULTURE / Books / RECENTLY PUBLISHED BOOKS ABOUT 51³Ô¹ÏÍø
Sep 29, 2018
Kenji Miyazawa¡¯s ¡®Once and Forever¡¯: More than a happy ending
¡®Once and Forever¡¯ is a brand-new selection of 24 lesser-known, but equally delightful and imaginative tales by Kenji Miyazawa expertly translated into English by the late John Bester.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Mar 10, 2018
Seeking solace in Tohoku¡¯s poets of old
On Oct. 11, 2011, seven months to the day after the catastrophic earthquake and tsunami struck the Tohoku region, I stood beside the sole surviving pine tree from a 350-year-old forest of approximately 70,000 similar trees on the coastline of Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture. In the months following the...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books / ESSENTIAL READING FOR 51³Ô¹ÏÍøOPHILES
Dec 30, 2017
¡®Strong in the Rain¡¯: Poetry from the heart and mind by Kenji Miyazawa
¡®Strong in the Rain,¡± a classic Japanese poetry collection from Kenji Miyazawa (1896-1921), beautifully reveals much about both nature and humanity.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books / ESSENTIAL READING FOR 51³Ô¹ÏÍøOPHILES
Jun 10, 2017
¡®Milky Way Railroad¡¯: A beautiful if unfinished inquiry into meaning and happiness
This beloved classic of Japanese children¡¯s literature is testimony to the difficulties of translation. The title, variously called ¡°Night on the Galactic Railway¡± or ¡°Fantasy Railroad in the Stars,¡± is a good example.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Mar 21, 2015
The wanderer, writer and suspected spy who embraced Japan
T.S. Eliot may have written that ¡°April is the cruellest month,¡± but for Roger Pulvers, this spring is an extraordinarily felicitous one. In March, an English translation of his novel ¡°Starsand¡± was published and in April, translations will be released of both an anthology of tanka poetry by Takuboku...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Jan 21, 2015
French triumph frees SPAC pioneer to be bolder still
Following on Olivier Py¡¯s comment in the accompanying story that ¡°everybody¡± at last year¡¯s Avignon Festival loved Satoshi Miyagi¡¯s ¡°Mahabharata ¡ª Nalacharitam,¡± which Py, as the festival¡¯s director, had awarded the honor of opening the event, I rolled up to Shizuoka Performing Arts Center to find...
Japan Times
LIFE
Aug 24, 2013
Long-gone writer tells it how it is
When Kenji Miyazawa was writing his stories and poems nearly a century ago, Japan was a country with a two-pronged mission: To become the first non-white, non-Christian nation to create a modern prosperous state ¡ª and to be the leader of an Asian revival.
LIFE
Aug 24, 2013
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LIFE
Aug 24, 2013
Strong in the Rain
Strong in the rain
CULTURE / TV & Streaming / CHANNEL SURF
Feb 24, 2013
¡®Love is Science¡¯; tribute to Kenji Miyazawa; CM of the week: DMM.com
If love is the drug, then chemistry explains everything, right? That seems to be the premise of the four-part miniseries ¡°Renai wa Kagaku da¡± (¡°Love is Science¡°; Fuji TV, Mon.-Fri., 11 p.m.).
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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.
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.
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.
The 180-day locals: Life on Japan¡¯s digital nomad visa
Christopher Flinn works remotely from Tokyo earlier this month. Japan issued 646 digital nomad visas in 2025, but tourism officials are hoping to increase that figure in the coming years, with Japan's relatively cheap cost of living and the weak yen seen as potential draws for young professionals.
Japan reveals hint of new defense spending target in fiscal blueprint
The Self-Defense Forces' Type 16 mobile combat vehicle fires during a joint live-fire drill with U.S. Marines as part of the annual Resolute Dragon exercises in Yufu, Oita Prefecture, on June 28.

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