The first Japanese winner of the Nobel Prize in literature in 1968, Yasunari Kawabata, deals with the gradual decline that comes with aging in "The Sound of the Mountain." The Sound of the Mountain, by Yasunari Kawabata, Translated by Edward G. Seidensticker. 276 pages TUTTLE, Fiction. Family patriarch ...

Any list of Japan's top 10 films invariably includes the 1954 movie version of "Twenty-four Eyes," directed by Keisuke Kinoshita and starring Hideko Takamine in one of her signature roles as schoolteacher Hisako Oishi. Twenty-four Eyes, by Sakae Tsuboi, Translated by Akira Miura.256 pages TUTTLE, Fiction. The ...

A selection of foreign nationals coping with food allergies in Japan offer tips for visitors to Japan facing the same challenges.

British tourist N.W. contacted Lifelines about benefits for disabled drivers in Japan.

In her third verse novel, Japan-based writer Holly Thompson tackles the topical issue of bullying. Her protagonist, likable American sixth-grader Jason Parker, struggles to fit in at his Japanese elementary school after moving from America to a seaside community on the Shonan coast in ...

In her brief life, Japanese poet Misuzu Kaneko (1903-1930) produced a body of work with themes that are every bit as relevant today as when she first put pen to paper nearly 100 years ago. Ostensibly a writer of poems for children, Kaneko's work ...

Banana Yoshimoto found fame in 1988 when her wildly successful debut novel "Kitchen" was published. Her unique take on contemporary themes and ability to conjure up feisty yet vulnerable heroines was what attracted readers — two aspects that reappear in "Goodbye Tsugumi," her 1989 ...

Experts answer readers' queries about the overseas assets reporting law aimed at taxing wealth held outside Japan.

Foreign residents who have been in Japan for more five years are required to report any assets held abroad and may have to pay tax on them if their combined value tops ¥50 million.