Books on Asia
By Amy Chavez, John Ross
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Books on Asia is your guide to finding quality books on Japan and Asia, including travel, literature, current events, and culture. Explore Asia in-depth. Hosted by Amy Chavez.
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New Lonely Planet Guides on Japan
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Sep 07, 2026 |
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Adachi Masao: Pink Films, Red Politics, with William Andrews
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Aug 24, 2026 |
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The Devil’s Chow: A Chinese Food History–Stephen Jack
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Aug 17, 2026 |
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Taiwan 22: Travels in Paradox—Tyrel Cameron Eskelson
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Aug 10, 2026 |
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What's it like to host a US Military Base? Jon Mitchell on Okinawa
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Aug 03, 2026 |
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Old Lhasa: A Biography
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Jul 27, 2026 |
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Golden Age of China Books: The 1930s
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Jul 20, 2026 |
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Japanese Literary Prizes—How many do you know?
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Jul 06, 2026 |
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Taiwan Travelogue: Food and Friendship in Japanese Formosa
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Jun 22, 2026 |
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Replay: Tina deBellegard—The Art of the Short Story
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Jun 15, 2026 |
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Whistling Arrows and Heavenly Horses: The Han-Xiongnu War
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Jun 08, 2026 |
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Don Weiss: Future of the Shikoku Pilgrimage
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Jun 01, 2026 |
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Sima Qian–China’s Grand Historian (with Tim McGirk)
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May 25, 2026 |
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Hiroshima's Last Witnesses and Japan's Nuclear Future
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May 18, 2026 |
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Jason Nieling and Paul Bresin of the Sightseeing Japan
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May 11, 2026 |
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Simon Elegant’s City on Fire: A Novel of Hong Kong
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May 04, 2026 |
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Jane Lawson: Secret Japan
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Apr 27, 2026 |
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Replay: Alex Kerr on Finding the Heart Sutra
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Apr 20, 2026 |
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Anna Beth Keim: A History of Taiwan Through the Life of Huang Chin-tao
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Apr 13, 2026 |
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Michael Freiling—100 Poems from Old Japan
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Apr 06, 2026 |
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Bruce Rutledge and Chin Music Press
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Mar 30, 2026 |
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Steven Herman: Behind the White House Curtain
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Mar 23, 2026 |
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David Leffman "A Murder in Yunnan"
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Mar 16, 2026 |
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Anti Foreign Sentiment, Overtourism and Tourist Behvavior
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Mar 09, 2026 |
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Replay: Angus Waycott Walks Sado Island
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Mar 02, 2026 |
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Robert Norris on Living and Writing in Japan
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Feb 23, 2026 |
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T.R.Reid and How to Ski Japan!
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Feb 16, 2026 |
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China's Backstory with Lee Moore
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Feb 09, 2026 |
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Japan Guides and Guidebooks 1891 to 2019
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Feb 02, 2026 |
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Simon Winchester’s Biography of Joseph Needham (with Tim McGirk)
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Jan 26, 2026 |
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New 2026 Book Releases on Japan, Taiwan
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Jan 19, 2026 |
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Harmony Express: Travels by Train through China with Thomas Bird
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Jan 12, 2026 |
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The 1910 Japan-British Exhibition
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Jan 05, 2026 |
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Amy Reads from her Book: The Widow, The Priest & The Octopus Hunter
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Dec 29, 2025 |
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Amy & John Discuss Childhood Reading Influences
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Dec 22, 2025 |
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Carol Isaak on Portland’s Lan Su Chinese Garden
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Dec 15, 2025 |
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Books on Korean Islands with John Ross and Chris Tharp
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Dec 08, 2025 |
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Amy & John Discuss Gift Book Ideas for the Holidays
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Dec 01, 2025 |
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Ted Goossen on Translating Hiromi Kawakami's "Third Love"
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Nov 24, 2025 |
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Sam Baldwin–Self-publishing Success and a New Travel Book Review Website
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Nov 17, 2025 |
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What's it Like to Live in China? Mark Kitto on China Running Dog
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Nov 10, 2025 |
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The Wondrous Elixir of the Two Chinese Lovers–Tim McGirk
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Nov 03, 2025 |
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Lauren Scharf on Japanese traditional houses: minka and akiya
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Oct 27, 2025 |
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A Tale of Three Tribes in Dutch Formosa
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Oct 21, 2025 |
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Sally Burdon: Asia Bookroom and rare books
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Oct 14, 2025 |
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Jake Adelstein: The Devil Takes Bitcoin
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Oct 06, 2025 |
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Stephen Mansfield on The Modern Japanese Garden
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Sep 29, 2025 |
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Book Talk: Korea
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Sep 22, 2025 |
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Hector Garcia—The Spirit of Shinto
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Sep 15, 2025 |
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Guitarist Marty Friedman and Dreaming Japanese
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Sep 09, 2025 |
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Ginny Takemori on Translating Cats
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Sep 01, 2025 |
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Lina Terrell on Translating Okinawa
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May 07, 2025 |
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Igor Prusa "Scandal in Japan"
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Mar 31, 2025 |
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Baye McNeil talks about Racism in Japan
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Feb 19, 2025 |
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Michael Pronko's New Books: Shitamachi Scam and Tokyo Tempos
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Jan 27, 2025 |
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Paul Martin on Japanese Swords
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Dec 16, 2024 |
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Burritt Sabin on Yokohama and Kamakura
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Oct 30, 2024 |
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Lesley Downer and How Empresses shaped Japan
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Sep 24, 2024 |
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Robert Whiting—Gangsters, Fraudsters, Dreamers & Spies
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Aug 13, 2024 |
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The Healing Power of Female Poet Otagaki Rengetsu
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Jul 30, 2024 |
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Angus Waycott Walks Sado Island
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Dec 14, 2023 |
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The Future of Books and AI
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Nov 15, 2023 |
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Fred Schodt on His Historical Non-Fiction on Japan
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Oct 31, 2023 |
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John Grant Ross on Taiwan & Japan
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Jun 21, 2023 |
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Japan's 31 Passions, with John Rucynski
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May 12, 2023 |
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Stephen Mansfield Talks Tokyo
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Feb 14, 2023 |
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Translating Hiromi Ito's "The Thorn Puller" with Jeffrey Angles
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Jan 23, 2023 |
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Sarah Coomber and the Female Experience Teaching in Japan
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Dec 12, 2022 |
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Azby Brown on Sustainability and his Book “Just Enough”
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Oct 24, 2022 |
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Traveling Japan as a Blind Person, with Maud Rowell
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Sep 26, 2022 |
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Moving to Japan's Countryside with Iain Maloney
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Aug 19, 2022 |
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The Spirit of Shizen: The Nature of Japan through 72 Seasons, with Robert Weis
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Jul 01, 2022 |
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Cody Poulton on Japanese Performing Arts
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Jun 09, 2022 |
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John Stevens, a lifetime of publishing
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May 16, 2022 |
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Abby Denson talks Japan via Comics
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Apr 06, 2022 |
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Novelist David Joiner talks “Kanazawa"
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Feb 13, 2022 |
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Liza Dalby on Geisha, Kimonos, and Translating Setouchi Jakucho's "Places"
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Jan 13, 2022 |
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Kathleen Burkinshaw, second-generation A-bomb victim
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Nov 13, 2021 |
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Meredith McKinney on Saigyō and "Gazing at the Moon"
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Oct 08, 2021 |
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Alex Kerr Discusses his Latest Book—Another Bangkok
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Jul 14, 2021 |
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The Yamamba--Japanese Mountain Witch--with Rebecca Copeland and Linda C. Ehrlich
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Jul 02, 2021 |
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Kyoto's Gion Festival: Exploring its Mysteries with Catherine Pawasarat
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Jun 18, 2021 |
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The Art of the Short Story with Tina deBellegarde
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Jun 07, 2021 |
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Robert Whiting Talks Baseball and Tokyo Junkie
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May 06, 2021 |
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Wes Lang, Hiking and Trekking the Japan Alps and Mount Fuji
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Apr 19, 2021 |
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Janine Beichman on translating Japanese Haiku and Tanka
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Apr 07, 2021 |
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Alex Kerr, author of Finding the Heart Sutra
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Mar 08, 2021 |
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Richard Lloyd Parry, author of Ghosts of the Tsunami
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Jan 19, 2021 |
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Lena Baibikov, translator of Haruki Murakami's non-fiction
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Jan 19, 2021 |
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William Scott Wilson, author of Walking the Kiso Road
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Jan 19, 2021 |
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Barry Lancet, author of Tokyo Kill
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Jan 19, 2021 |
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Juliet Winters Carpenter on translating Japanese Literature
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Jan 19, 2021 |
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Judith Pascoe on Wuthering Heights in Japan
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Jan 19, 2021 |
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John Dougill, founder of Writers in Kyoto
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Jan 19, 2021 |