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Emperor Nabetsune Has Passed Away: The Yomiuri Shogun is gone

by Robert Whiting I read with sadness of the passing of Tsuneo Watnabe, the long time shogun of the Yomiuri group, which publishes the Yomiuri Shinbun–(editor note: and also owns…

Is there space on shelves for foreign authors? Book industry professionals give tentative encouragement

Japan is the second largest market for publishing books in the world — a fact that probably comes as no surprise to people living in Japan who only need to…

Japanese Spies, Hollywood Stars and Pearl Harbor

By Ronald Drabkin It’s been a long and unexpected journey—from the moment I discovered my father had been a spy, to seeing my nonfiction book, Rutland, Omae wa Dare Da,…