In "Ghosts of the Tsunami," Richard Lloyd Parry asks: How can you write about a disaster beyond comprehension?

The author has now won the Nobel Prize. But critics are still struggling to understand him.

Netflix's "Death Note" is a case study in whitewashing a great story so thoroughly that it becomes unrecognizable.

Minae Mizumura's "Inheritance From Mother" takes on aging, family, and Japan's complicated relationship with the West.

His emerging foreign policy would divide the planet along racial lines.

In a new book of conversations, Haruki Murakami mines the memories of famed conductor Seiji Ozawa for an insider view of orchestra life.

Japan's country and culture is conflicted over cuteness.

It’s been five years since the meltdown forced them to abandon their village. Now they’re going home. Can a town devastated by nuclear disaster be brought back to life?

The outrage prompted by her role in "Ghost in the Shell" simplifies Japan and America’s long history of mutual appropriation.