BEHIND THE RISING SUN—James R. Young—Doubleday, Doran ($3). JAPAN UNMASKED—Hallett Abend—Washburn ($3). Fortnight ago, startled Americans blinked in the rising sunlight and asked: How could it happen?

As someone who enjoys reading and discussing Japanese literature, I have been pleasantly surprised by the growing number of translated Japanese books that have come out in the U.S. in recent years.

Eiichiro Oda's 'One Piece' Vol. 114 debuts at No. 1 on the Billboard Japan Book Hot 100, on the list dated March 12.

Known for his distinctive storytelling style blending prose with an abundance of visual elements including diagrams, drawings, and illustrations, Uketsu has drawn attention not only in Japan but ...

GOVERNMENT BY ASSASSINATION—Hugh Byas—Knopf ($3). With the possible exception of Joseph Clark Grew, there is no one as well qualified to explain the Japanese to Americans as Hugh Byas. Ambassador Grew ...

KALAMAZOO—Twitter messages requesting Japanese books to support Western Michigan University's new major in Japanese garnered thousands of donations, as well as dozens of heartwarming and heartrending ...

Best-selling Japanese novelist Murakami's latest book has gone on sale, with 90 percent of the release claimed by a single buyer. Major bookstore Kinokuniya says it ordered 90,000 of the 100,000 ...

The common thread running through this area of ​​the Japanese capital is its over 180 bookstores and other businesses related to writing ...

All weekend at the NY Art Book Fair, the International Center of Photography is hosting a pop-up reading room called “10x10,” which is focussed on Japanese photo books. Free and open to the public, ...