Kris Kosaka, a resident of Japan since 1996, contributes regularly to The Japan Times. She is a lecturer at Meiji Gakuin University in the Faculty of International Studies.
For Kris Kosaka's latest contributions to The Japan Times, see below:
Eiichiro Oda's long-running contemporary manga "One Piece" is the undisputed king of Japanese pop culture today. One Piece Vol.1, by Eiichiro Oda.216 pages VIZ MEDIA, Manga. With over 400 million volumes in circulation worldwide, it's the most popular manga of all time, and its ever-growing legion of ...
Legendary 17th-century swordsman Miyamoto Musashi authored this book in the last years of his life, expanding his "two heavens as one" double-sword strategies into a complete life philosophy.
Give the lingering late-summer heat the slip and duck into the shadows with "All She Was Worth," a classic Japanese crime mystery.
The deafening report of war is such that the cries of its victims are often hard to hear, even decades later. Japanese Reflections on World War II and the American Occupation, by Edgar A. Porter and Ran Ying Porter.256 pages AMSTERDAM UNIVERSITY PRESS, Nonfiction. This is why ...
Anyone on the lookout for "weird Japan" culture, take note. Tokyo Geek's Guide, by Gianni Simone.144 pages TUTTLE, Nonfiction. Around the world, Japan's otaku (geek) culture continues to grow in popularity, boasting a widening variety of nerdy-yet-hip obsessions, from manga and toys to cosplay. Gianni Simone, the Japan ...
The accomplishments of Japanese poet, novelist and essayist Naoki Higashida are impressive. He's published more than 20 books in Japanese, pens a popular blog and is seeing the release this month of his second book in English — all before his 25th birthday in ...
This beloved classic of Japanese children's literature is testimony to the difficulties of translation. The title, variously called "Night on the Galactic Railway" or "Fantasy Railroad in the Stars," is a good example. Milky Way Railroad, by Kenji Miyazawa, Translated by Joseph Sigrist and D.M. ...
From Toyama to schools far and wide, Jack Lee Randall lives his lesson — that art can thrive wherever people are.
Sitting down with Condors frontman Ryohei Kondo, he says something a bit surprising: “’17’s Map’ is a work in progress.” This sounds startling at first as we're just three weeks from the curtain rising on the all-male dance troupe's newest production, which shares its name ...
Those with an interest in feudal Japan are urged not to miss Eiji Yoshikawa's samurai epic, "Musashi: An Epic Novel of the Samurai Era" — just don't expect historical accuracy. In telling the story of Miyamoto Musashi (1584-1685), the famed swordsman and author of ...
