Analysis

- Posted August 6, 2021
- Literary Fallout: The legacies of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
  
  by Richard Nathan
  The narrative of nuclear war began on 6 August 1945 and the term Atomic Bomb Literature, Genbaku Bungaku, started being used widely from the 1960s… Read more »
  - TOPICS:
  - Soji Shimada
  - Atomic Bomb Literature
  - Culture
  - History
- Posted July 19, 2019
- How To Read A Film: Kurosawa and his books
  
  by Richard Nathan
  Is it necessary, really, to learn how to read a film?’ asks the seminal book on film studies, How To Read a Film, in the… Read more »
  - TOPICS:
  - Fuminori Nakamura
  - Kanji Hanawa
  - Mitsuyo Kakuta
  - Film
  - Publishing
  - Short Story
  - Storytelling
- Posted July 23, 2018
- Japan’s Olympic Literature: Stories from 1964, and Beyond
  
  by Richard Nathan
  In 1964 the Beatles song I want to Hold Your Hand topped the bestselling charts in the United States and The New York Times Fiction Best Seller of… Read more »
  - TOPICS:
  - Culture
  - Olympics
  - Robots
  - Sports
- Posted July 22, 2018
- Japan’s Olympic Literature: Words and Deeds that shaped the movement
  
  by Richard Nathan
  The Olympic movement and the Olympic Games themselves are global canvases that nations and ambitious individuals have used to create powerful narratives and lasting impressions…. Read more »
  - TOPICS:
  - Culture
  - Olympics
  - Sports