Analysis

- Posted June 20, 2018
- Short Story Writing in Japan: From Nobel Prize winners to AI
  
  by Richard Nathan
  Stripped back to the essentials; compact but still complete; intelligently and stylishly packaged with quality shining through: These are traits that have been applied to… Read more »
  - TOPICS:
  - Kanji Hanawa
  - Kazufumi Shiraishi
  - Mitsuyo Kakuta
  - Publishing
  - Short Story
- Posted February 23, 2018
- Walking, Talking, Living Dolls: The doll-women of Japan & their literature
  
  by Richard Nathan
  Images of human-like dolls or doll-like humans are widely associated with Japan. The most famous of all must be the Geisha, which has captivated people… Read more »
  - TOPICS:
  - Fuminori Nakamura
  - Kanji Hanawa
  - Culture
  - Religion
  - Science Fiction
- Posted June 9, 2017
- Opening the Kimono on Japanese words that travel
  
  by Richard Nathan
  Japanese is popping up everywhere these days from Capitol Hill in Washington to supermarkets in London and children’s parties in Paris. Headline writers are using… Read more »
  - TOPICS:
  - Culture
  - Exports
  - Steve Jobs
- Posted March 8, 2017
- Found in Translation: Japanese literature that sells abroad
  
  by Richard Nathan
  Readers, editors and publishers are opening their eyes to fiction in translation. For the first time in the United Kingdom, translated literary fiction is outselling… Read more »
  - TOPICS:
  - Mitsuyo Kakuta
  - Soji Shimada
  - Exports
  - Industry