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Do you dream of sharing your love of Japanese literature with the perfect translated book? Read Japanese Literature has 15 recommendations to cover everyone on your list.
Japanese Books to Give for the Holidays
Do you dream of sharing your love of Japanese literature with the perfect translated book?
bookshop.org
November 28, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Do you dream of sharing your love of Japanese literature with the perfect translated book? Read Japanese Literature has 15 recommendations to cover everyone on your list.
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Look for RJL’s 2026 list of new and upcoming releases from Japan later this week.
In the meantime, enjoy a sneak peek of what’s already available for pre-order!
In the meantime, enjoy a sneak peek of what’s already available for pre-order!
2026 New Releases from Japan
Checkout out this list on Bookshop
bookshop.org
November 21, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Look for RJL’s 2026 list of new and upcoming releases from Japan later this week.
In the meantime, enjoy a sneak peek of what’s already available for pre-order!
In the meantime, enjoy a sneak peek of what’s already available for pre-order!
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Demonschool: Is OUT. It's out. Finally it is out. We hope you enjoy it.
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November 19, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Demonschool: Is OUT. It's out. Finally it is out. We hope you enjoy it.
store.steampowered.com/app/1900250/...
store.playstation.com/en-us/concep...
www.nintendo.com/us/store/pro...
store.steampowered.com/app/1900250/...
store.playstation.com/en-us/concep...
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Publication day! This was one of the hardest stories I’ve ever translated, both for the language and content. It’s also one of the most important stories I’ve translated. I hope as many people as possible will read it and reflect on the reality of war.
#booksky #translation #literarytranslation
#booksky #translation #literarytranslation
September 4, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Publication day! This was one of the hardest stories I’ve ever translated, both for the language and content. It’s also one of the most important stories I’ve translated. I hope as many people as possible will read it and reflect on the reality of war.
#booksky #translation #literarytranslation
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Lots of new stories added to RJL's Free-to-Read Modern Japanese Fiction List. These are translated stories it's absolutely legal to read for free online. Zero plagiarism.
If you're a translator, publication, or well-informed reader, I'm very happy to add anything I've missed. Post a link or DM me.
If you're a translator, publication, or well-informed reader, I'm very happy to add anything I've missed. Post a link or DM me.
Free-to-Read Modern Japanese Fiction
You don’t need a lot of money or access to a great library to get started with Japanese literature. These short stories and excerpts are all freely available to read online! Some pages may re…
readjapaneseliterature.com
July 13, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Lots of new stories added to RJL's Free-to-Read Modern Japanese Fiction List. These are translated stories it's absolutely legal to read for free online. Zero plagiarism.
If you're a translator, publication, or well-informed reader, I'm very happy to add anything I've missed. Post a link or DM me.
If you're a translator, publication, or well-informed reader, I'm very happy to add anything I've missed. Post a link or DM me.
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The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cartoon is notorious for its poor DVD release. A year or two ago, someone sent me 4 of the home laserdiscs releases. Here's the first of four that I am uploading to the Internet Archive. archive.org/details/Teen...
June 25, 2025 at 4:10 PM
The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cartoon is notorious for its poor DVD release. A year or two ago, someone sent me 4 of the home laserdiscs releases. Here's the first of four that I am uploading to the Internet Archive. archive.org/details/Teen...
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Celebrate LGBTQ+ Pride Month with RJL.
RJL has a 2-part series for you about LGBTQ+ Stories from Japan.
readjapaneseliterature.com/2024/10/30/e...
RJL has a 2-part series for you about LGBTQ+ Stories from Japan.
readjapaneseliterature.com/2024/10/30/e...
June 13, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Celebrate LGBTQ+ Pride Month with RJL.
RJL has a 2-part series for you about LGBTQ+ Stories from Japan.
readjapaneseliterature.com/2024/10/30/e...
RJL has a 2-part series for you about LGBTQ+ Stories from Japan.
readjapaneseliterature.com/2024/10/30/e...
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an offering of wisdom from Prop Cycle (Namco, 1996)
May 22, 2025 at 8:41 PM
an offering of wisdom from Prop Cycle (Namco, 1996)
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ICYMI: we were donated HALF A TON of video game magazines, and we're going to open them live on stream tomorrow. Save the date for MAILBAG MOUNTAIN -- May 20, 1pm PDT! www.youtube.com/live/T7DFDrQ...
Mailbag Mountain - Live Unboxing 1000 Pounds of Video Game Magazines
YouTube video by The Video Game History Foundation
www.youtube.com
May 19, 2025 at 11:18 PM
ICYMI: we were donated HALF A TON of video game magazines, and we're going to open them live on stream tomorrow. Save the date for MAILBAG MOUNTAIN -- May 20, 1pm PDT! www.youtube.com/live/T7DFDrQ...
May 16, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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Ep. 388 - Big Heads, Big Hearts
The panel mourns the loss of two titans of video game journalism, considers the future of games reporting, and imagines a horse covered in human skin.
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The panel mourns the loss of two titans of video game journalism, considers the future of games reporting, and imagines a horse covered in human skin.
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Big Heads, Big Hearts
The panel mourns the loss of two titans of video game journalism, considers the future of games reporting, and imagines a horse covered in human skin.
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May 5, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Ep. 388 - Big Heads, Big Hearts
The panel mourns the loss of two titans of video game journalism, considers the future of games reporting, and imagines a horse covered in human skin.
insertcredit.com/show/388
The panel mourns the loss of two titans of video game journalism, considers the future of games reporting, and imagines a horse covered in human skin.
insertcredit.com/show/388
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May is Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. Celebrate with some of RJL's favorite Japanese American authors.
(Consider purchasing through an Asian American owned bookstore like Yu and Me Books, link on the Bookshop page.)
(Consider purchasing through an Asian American owned bookstore like Yu and Me Books, link on the Bookshop page.)
Celebrate AANHPI Heritage Month: Books by Japanese Americans
May is Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. Celebrate with RJL and these books by Japanese Americans.
bookshop.org
May 3, 2025 at 2:40 PM
May is Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. Celebrate with some of RJL's favorite Japanese American authors.
(Consider purchasing through an Asian American owned bookstore like Yu and Me Books, link on the Bookshop page.)
(Consider purchasing through an Asian American owned bookstore like Yu and Me Books, link on the Bookshop page.)
Nice little mix of Asian literature reads this month. Highly recommend A Man but they are all worthy books of one's time
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May 1, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Nice little mix of Asian literature reads this month. Highly recommend A Man but they are all worthy books of one's time
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#booksky
#Japaneseliterature
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#booksky people! Finished Hirano's A Man. Part reflection on identity, loss and death, marriage and justice in society driven by a slowly unspooled heartfelt mystery. The best meditation on Korean identity in Japan (outside of Pachinko). Highly recommend.
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April 19, 2025 at 1:43 PM
#booksky people! Finished Hirano's A Man. Part reflection on identity, loss and death, marriage and justice in society driven by a slowly unspooled heartfelt mystery. The best meditation on Korean identity in Japan (outside of Pachinko). Highly recommend.
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A fantastic review of Sayaka Murata’s Vanishing World by Madeleine Feeny in the New York Times, in which she likens it to “The Handmaid’s Tale on acid” - totally made my day!
Book Review: ‘Vanishing World,’ by Sayaka Murata (Gift Article)
Sayaka Murata’s novel “Vanishing World” envisions an alternate universe where artificial insemination is the global norm, and sex takes a back seat.
www.nytimes.com
April 14, 2025 at 8:53 PM
A fantastic review of Sayaka Murata’s Vanishing World by Madeleine Feeny in the New York Times, in which she likens it to “The Handmaid’s Tale on acid” - totally made my day!
My standard bookstore hunt alphabetical by author: Abe, Dazai, Kawabata, Kawakami, Morimi, Murakami, Murata, Miri, Oe, Ogai, Ogawa, Soseki, Suzuki, Tanizaki, and Yoshimoto. Adding Hirano now that I am reading the excellent A Man
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April 8, 2025 at 11:14 PM
My standard bookstore hunt alphabetical by author: Abe, Dazai, Kawabata, Kawakami, Morimi, Murakami, Murata, Miri, Oe, Ogai, Ogawa, Soseki, Suzuki, Tanizaki, and Yoshimoto. Adding Hirano now that I am reading the excellent A Man
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Pleased to hear Sayaka Murata (and her translator Ginny Tapley Takemori!) in an @npr.org All Things Considered Story this afternoon—"10 Books We're Looking Forward to This Spring".
A speaking moment for the popularity of Japanese fiction in English!
@ginnytkmr.bsky.social
A speaking moment for the popularity of Japanese fiction in English!
@ginnytkmr.bsky.social
10 books we're looking forward to this spring
A famed graphic novelist returns! A Southern-gothic crime-thriller inspired by The Godfather! An extremely in depth biography of Mark Twain! And more!
www.npr.org
April 3, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Pleased to hear Sayaka Murata (and her translator Ginny Tapley Takemori!) in an @npr.org All Things Considered Story this afternoon—"10 Books We're Looking Forward to This Spring".
A speaking moment for the popularity of Japanese fiction in English!
@ginnytkmr.bsky.social
A speaking moment for the popularity of Japanese fiction in English!
@ginnytkmr.bsky.social
It was a quiet month of reading. I did get some nice, comfy Japanese literature reads in.
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April 2, 2025 at 12:36 PM
It was a quiet month of reading. I did get some nice, comfy Japanese literature reads in.
#booksky 💙📚
#japaneseliterature
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"I don't want a Disney vacation of our history! I don't a whitewashed history, I don't want a homogenized history. Tell me the wretched truth about America, because that speaks to our greatness" -- 20 hours into his speech, Cory Booker is spitting absolute 🔥
April 1, 2025 at 7:47 PM
"I don't want a Disney vacation of our history! I don't a whitewashed history, I don't want a homogenized history. Tell me the wretched truth about America, because that speaks to our greatness" -- 20 hours into his speech, Cory Booker is spitting absolute 🔥
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The cruelty may not necessarily be the point, but the self interest certainly is. And, well
March 29, 2025 at 8:53 PM
The cruelty may not necessarily be the point, but the self interest certainly is. And, well
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Excuse me, Wisconsinites—have you voted yet?! 🐈🗳️
TODAY #Caturday is the final day to vote early for #SusanCrawford for #WisSupremeCourt!
Cast ballots by Election Day, April 1st!
Info to chip in or get involved below!👇🗳️
#WisDems #IVoted #catsofbluesky #catsky #cats #maris
TODAY #Caturday is the final day to vote early for #SusanCrawford for #WisSupremeCourt!
Cast ballots by Election Day, April 1st!
Info to chip in or get involved below!👇🗳️
#WisDems #IVoted #catsofbluesky #catsky #cats #maris
March 29, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Excuse me, Wisconsinites—have you voted yet?! 🐈🗳️
TODAY #Caturday is the final day to vote early for #SusanCrawford for #WisSupremeCourt!
Cast ballots by Election Day, April 1st!
Info to chip in or get involved below!👇🗳️
#WisDems #IVoted #catsofbluesky #catsky #cats #maris
TODAY #Caturday is the final day to vote early for #SusanCrawford for #WisSupremeCourt!
Cast ballots by Election Day, April 1st!
Info to chip in or get involved below!👇🗳️
#WisDems #IVoted #catsofbluesky #catsky #cats #maris
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My review of the anthology Unusual Fragments
“…For seasoned readers of Japanese fiction, the strongest appeal… may be the translators whose work appears in the volume…”
“…a glimpse into a broader and richer world of 20th century Japanese fiction than most English readers even know exists…”
“…For seasoned readers of Japanese fiction, the strongest appeal… may be the translators whose work appears in the volume…”
“…a glimpse into a broader and richer world of 20th century Japanese fiction than most English readers even know exists…”
“Unusual Fragments: Japanese Stories”
With no real uniting theme, Unusual Fragments is more of a miscellany than a collection. The authors were born over a span of 78 years. Three of the stories are by women who grew up during the Paci…
asianreviewofbooks.com
March 29, 2025 at 12:19 AM
My review of the anthology Unusual Fragments
“…For seasoned readers of Japanese fiction, the strongest appeal… may be the translators whose work appears in the volume…”
“…a glimpse into a broader and richer world of 20th century Japanese fiction than most English readers even know exists…”
“…For seasoned readers of Japanese fiction, the strongest appeal… may be the translators whose work appears in the volume…”
“…a glimpse into a broader and richer world of 20th century Japanese fiction than most English readers even know exists…”