Backlight, published today, is a thought-provoking and intriguing tale, by the Akutagawa Prize-nominated master short story writer Kanji Hanawa. Backlight revolves around the extraordinary real story… Read more »
Tokyo Performance, published today, is set in the pre-internet age, and brilliantly captures the zeitgeist of Japan at that particular time. In Roger Pulvers’ riveting, entertaining… Read more »
In October two major Japanese publishers, Tokuma Shoten and Kadokawa, held a 60th birthday party for the Red Circle author Kazufumi Shiraishi. In Japan 60th birthdays are… Read more »
Fuminori Nakamura, who is known for penning fast-paced narratives that hypnotically blend psychological suspense with literary fiction, has a new novel out in Japan, a… Read more »
A new major work by the Red Circle author Kazufumi Shiraishi, who is known for penning deeply thoughtful books about love, life and the human… Read more »
The much anticipated, Cult X, Fuminori Nakamura’s seventh novel in English translation published last month, is making a major impact internationally after causing a sensation… Read more »
The Lightless Sea, Hikari no nai umi, by the Red Circle author Kazufumi Shiraishi, is gaining momentum not just in Japan, but also in China,… Read more »