In the second part of the series, we look at 10 equally influential modern women writers from post-war Japan to recent times. Japan’s defeat in World War II inspired stories of loss and desperation.

Keene personally knew a number of great Japanese writers, including Junichiro Tanizaki, Yukio Mishima and Nobel laureate Yasunari Kawabata. He also admired haiku poet Matsuo Basho for expressing ...

go to System Preferences click on the International icon click on the Input Menu tab click on theことえり box you should now be able to switch back and forth between US and Japanese input using the flag ...

He has learned to speak Romanian and write in the language on his own. In fact, he is a "hikikomori," or social recluse. Saito describes himself as “a Japanese novelist who writes novels and ...

The Japanese writing system is made up of Kanji (Chinese characters), Hirigana, and Katakana. Without going into it too much, just know that Hirigana and Katakana are collectively known as the ...