Japan Literature Fiction

Japan, March 1700. The strife between Sano Ichir-o, the samurai detective who has risen to power in the shogun's court, and his enemies has escalated to the brink of war. Called away from the crisis by the shogun's orders to investigate a mysterious skeleton, Sano and his wife, Reiko, must confront dangerous, long-buried secrets. What was Sano's own mother doing on the night when a burning kimono ignited a blaze that nearly destroyed the city?

Jonathan Krause is a man with a plan. He is going to quit his advertising job and, when his money runs out, he is going to die. He just has one final mission: a trip to Japan. It's a trip he was supposed to take with his girlfriend Sara. In preparation for his final voyage, Jonathan enrolls in a Japanese language class where he meets Riko. Their unexpected and unusual friendship takes them to Japan together, where they each struggle to make peace with their past and accept that happiness, loneliness, and grief come and go - just like the cherry blossoms.

A selection of eight fairy tales from the book Tales of Old Japan by A B Mitford: The Tongue-Cut Sparrow, The Accomplished and Lucky Tea-Kettle, The Crackling Mountain, The Battle of the Ape and the Crab, The Adventures of Little Peachling, The Foxes' Wedding, The History of Sakata Kintoki, The Elves and the Envious Neighbour

両親の故郷で語られるリオ出生の秘密とは!?精霊の里の民たちとの充実した生活に別れを告げ、遂に当初の目的であった両親の故郷ヤグモに辿りついたリオ。

This collection of Japanese poetry was compiled and translated into English from an anthology known as The Collection of Myriad Leaves, and from a number of other anthologies made by imperial decree between the tenth and fifteenth centuries. This period has come to be considered the golden age of Japanese literature. These examples of Japanese poetry exhibit the most exquisite polish, allied with an avoidance of every shocking or perturbing theme; they combine the enduring luster of a precious metal with the tenuity of gold-leaf.

狐獣人の奴隷少女とほのぼの2人旅!?ベルトラム王国を出奔し、両親の故郷である東の地を目指して一人旅をするリオ。

Manila, Philippines, 2003. Dane Chandler is visiting Manila on a writing assignment. Jack Pierce is a tough-talking Korean War veteran. When Jack asks Dane to join him for cards at the pension's cafe, Dane instinctively agrees, sensing the man's "command" presence. What unfolds will change their lives forever. Tokyo, Japan, 1949. Jack Pierce joined the army for honor and adventure, finding himself garrisoned at Camp Drake, Tokyo. On a raucous night at Ginza's glitzy Club Florida, the young corporal meets the love of his life, Michiko Okura.

かくして前世と現世が交差し―― リオは美しき春の少女と巡り会う。両親の故郷カラスキを出立したその足で、ラティーファたちの待つ精霊の里を訪れたリオ。

エクセレントコーヒーの契約社員、有田泉は社内の誰もが認める“親切な” 女子社員だ。上司や同僚の好みを完璧に覚えてコーヒーを入れ、つまらない雑用も笑顔でこなす。しかしそれは、エリートばかりの会

少年の不在。そして、少女たちの戦い。リーゼロッテ奪還のため、ガルアーク王国を離れたリオ。

獣は憤怒に突き動かされ、聖戦の刻は来たれり。聖女エリカとの死闘を満身創痍で征し、リーゼロッテらを連れてガルアーク王国で待つ大切な人たちのもとへと帰還したリオ。

Après sa Divine Comédie, voyage sonore dans la Mythologie européenne, la romancière Amélie Nothomb nous accompagne, dans une deuxième saison très personnelle, à la rencontre du Japon de son enfance, avec ses mythes, ses rites et ses cultures. Dans ce documentaire audio de 10 épisodes, enrichi en son binaural, nous explorons les mythes et spiritualités japonais aux côtés d’Amélie Nothomb. Nous découvrons, dans ses yeux, un pays vecteur de réalisations personnelles.

Discover the endless fascination of Japanese culture with seven ancient tales, selected for you for their power of evocation, wisdom and humor. Not unlike the western folk tales compiled by the Brothers Grimm, these stories faithfully preserve the spirit of medieval Japan, while rendered in a translation accessible to all ages.

今、なにが怖い？　人気作家、TVプロデューサー、映画監督、配信者など、日本のホラー文化最前線のクリエイターたちとともに考える論考集。

Under the guise of machinery for making dumplings, a Spanish factory near Barcelona is secretly producing a key component in the production of nuclear weapons. When information finds its way to the inboxes of Western intelligence agencies that this "dumpling maker" is meant for North Korea, orders go out that the shipment must be stopped. Either the machine must be disabled while still in the factory, or the transportation route must be discovered so the equipment can be intercepted before it reaches its destination.

世界から忘れられた少年の導き手、それは――神の定めし残酷なルールにより、超越者となってしまったことで大切な人たちの記憶から消えてしまったリオ。

October 1941. Twenty-one-year-old Alan Mart is posted to India and taken under the wing of the overbearing Acting-Captain Sam Holl. Following the Japanese advance on Singapore, the men are deployed to Malaya. What follows is a quietly shattering and searingly authentic depiction of the claustrophobia of jungle warfare and the indiscriminate nature of conflict. Based on David Piper's own wartime experience in South East Asia, this new edition of a 1959 classic includes a contextual introduction from IWM which sheds new light on the dramatic true events that so influenced its author.

日本人の青年が、異世界で最強の孤児に!!!スラム街で生きる孤児の少年リオ。彼は七歳の時に突然、自分がかつて日本の大学生【天川春人】であったことを思い出し、剣と魔法の異世界に転生していた

The story of how two small children had to trek all alone across Manchuria in 1946.70 years

1985. Kazumasa Yuuki, a seasoned reporter at the North Kanto Times, runs a daily gauntlet of the power struggles and office politics that plague its newsroom. But when an air disaster of unprecedented scale occurs on the paper’s doorstep, its staff is united by an unimaginable horror and a once-in-a-lifetime scoop. Seventeen years later, Yuuki remembers the adrenaline-fueled, emotionally charged seven days that changed his and his colleagues’ lives. He does so while making good on a promise he made that fateful week.