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SHORT STORY

Japan Times
CULTURE / Books / ESSENTIAL READING FOR JAPANOPHILES
Jan 6, 2018
In ¡®The Tokyo-Montana Express,¡¯ Richard Brautigan sees Japan with a fresh eye
There is a magical realism to the first steps in a new country. Some of the finest prose to convey this enchantment is Richard Brautigan¡¯s short story collection ¡°The Tokyo-Montana Express,¡± first published by Delacorte Press/Seymor Lawrence in 1980. Like stations on a fantasy railroad, the vignettes...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Nov 18, 2017
¡®Red Roofs and Other Stories¡¯: Tales of restlessness by Junichiro Tanizaki
Junichiro Tanizaki is best known for his novels, ¡°Naomi¡± and ¡°The Makioka Sisters,¡± and is widely considered one of Â鶹´«Ã½ greatest writers of modern literature. This collection of his early stories ¡°Red Roofs & Other Stories,¡± published between 1917 and 1926, begins with a novella-like story that alludes...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books / ESSENTIAL READING FOR JAPANOPHILES
Apr 8, 2017
¡®Fireworks¡¯: Short stories and fables from Angela Carter¡¯s two years in Japan
¡°Fireworks: Nine Profane Pieces¡± brings together a beguiling mix of first-person narratives from English novelist Angela Carter¡¯s two-year hiatus in Japan at the tail end of the 1960s, and they are as brilliant as they are bizarre.
South Korea fires warning shots after North Korean soldiers crossed DMZ
North Korea's propaganda village Gijungdong as seen from a South Korea's observation post inside the Joint Security Area on the Demilitarized Zone in March 2023
Slowly but surely, Tokyo is becoming a hot spot for chicken rice
One of Singapore's most iconic dishes, the humble chicken rice is given an upscale treatment at a new Marunouchi cafe.
At Yasukuni, the politicians followed the script, but the shrine did not
People crowd in front of Yasukuni Shrine to pay tribute to the war dead on the 81st anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War II, in Tokyo on Saturday.
Young Japanese anxious as Australia slows working holiday visa processing time
Commuters disembark a tram in Melbourne in March.
Behind Takaichi¡¯s subtle signals at Â鶹´«Ã½ WWII events
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi looks on among children during a ceremony commemorating the 81st anniversary of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, at the city's Nagasaki Peace Park on Aug. 9.
Young Japanese anxious as Australia slows working holiday visa processing time
Commuters disembark a tram in Melbourne in March.
At Yasukuni, the politicians followed the script, but the shrine did not
People crowd in front of Yasukuni Shrine to pay tribute to the war dead on the 81st anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War II, in Tokyo on Saturday.
Unrelenting Russian anti-war protesters in Japan fight through inescapable doubt
Anti-war Russians protest Moscow's invasion of Ukraine in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward in February.
How U.S. bombing survey in Japan shed light on civilian sentiments of WWII
Residents are seen walking beside rubble in the city of Utsunomiya, Tochigi Prefecture, in this undated photo taken soon after the end of World War II.
Â鶹´«Ã½ macabre literati go global
From Edogawa Ranpo to Uketsu, Japanese writers have long put their own twists on the conventions of crime, horror and mystery, creating a literary tradition that can be as unsettling as it is inventive.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo¡¯s Shinjuku Ward.
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