Back in 2003, Takashi Murakami x Louis Vuitton dropped a range of luggage at a time when such fashion collabs still felt kind ...

Famed Japanese novelist Haruki Murakami will be awarded an honorary doctorate by his alma mater Waseda University in ...

Back in 2003, Takashi Murakami x Louis Vuitton dropped a range of luggage at a time when such fashion collabs still felt kind ...

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Although becoming a household name in her home country has never seemed a realistic ambition for Japanese author Mieko Kanai, ...

Mieko Kanai was seen as a contender for the 2024 Nobel Prize in Literature, but in Japan her books are rarely even reviewed.

9 TELL ME EVERYTHING (Random House, $30). By Elizabeth Strout. Recurring characters Lucy Barton, Olive Kitteridge and Bob ...

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A new irrigation canal in Afghanistan has been filled with water in a project that was led by Japanese doctor Nakamura Tetsu, ...

The New York Yankees are reportedly setting their sights on Japanese baseball sensation Munetaka Murakami, aiming to bolster ...

Although confidence in the Dodgers' chances of signing Roki Sasaki seems to be waning with recent rumors that he might prefer ...