Red Circle

15/10/2024

In 1905, a Japanese aristocrat, Baron Suyematsu (1855-1920), who was educated at Cambridge University, felt compelled to write two books in English in an e...

20/08/2024

Copies of 'Kaleidoscope Japan' have arrived from our printers. Whether you are familiar with the influences, movements, and characters behind some of the greatest -and earliest- works in world literature or are taking your first tentative steps into a realm of genius detectives, curmudgeonly drunks, and lecherous princes there will be something in this fascinating new book from Richard Nathan for you. 'Kaleidoscope Japan' takes readers on a rollercoaster ride through the colourful world of Japanese letters and is highly recommended for anyone who is interested in Japan, who wants their horizons expand, or wants to hear the stories behind the stories.

19/08/2024

"...highly recommended for anyone who is interested in Japan, who wants their horizons expanded, or who wants to hear the stories behind the stories".

From the acclaimed publisher of Japanese fiction in translation comes an epic, immersive new book about Japanese literature. After a lifetime reading Japan...

17/06/2024

In 1964, the year of the first Tokyo Olympics, Alfred A. Knoff published the First American Edition of Kobo Abe’s (1924-1993) The Women in the Dunes in E...

10/05/2024

Writing and publishing books about Japan is not a new phenomenon and some of the themes, such as the alleged paradox of and contradictions within Japanese ...

09/05/2024

Wanda Pictures, one of China’s leading film producers and the owner of the largest chain of cinemas in China, has finally announced the team that will br...

05/01/2024

In 1968 two years before Yukio Mishima (1925-1970) killed himself astrological predictions about the fate of five popular Japanese writers, Shintaro Ishiha...