Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Europa Editions (2) About a month our from the American launch of her novel Breasts and Eggs, Mieko Kawakami wants to make ...

Only 1,100 lucky audience members were there to hear the yet-to-be published short story “Kaho,” read aloud by bestselling Japanese author Haruki Murakami himself.

ATLANTA - JUNE 20: Starting pitcher Kenshin Kawakami #11 of the Atlanta Braves is pulled in the third inning against the Kansas City Royals at Turner Field on June 20, 2010 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo ...

Patrick Newman of NPB Tracker passes along reports from Japan that Kenshin Kawakami has agreed to a deal with the Chunichi Dragons following a disappointing three-year stretch with the Braves.

Mieko Kawakami failed to collect this year’s International Booker Prize hosted in Britain after becoming the first Japanese ...

Japan's Ayumi Mine beat her compatriot Saena Kawakami to claim the women's singles title at the BWF Chinese Taipei Masters ©Getty Images In the all Japanese women's singles final, Mine showed her ...

David Marx from Neojapanisme posts an interview with Sumie Kawakami, author of Goodbye Madame Butterfly: Sex, Marriage and the Modern Japanese Woman. Global Voices stands out as one of the earliest ...

IN THE 1970s, Steinway, perhaps the grandest of America's piano makers, became alarmed at the success of Asian competitors, notably Yamaha of Japan. Yamaha offered well-made pianos at much lower ...

About a month our from the American launch of her novel Breasts and Eggs, Mieko Kawakami wants to make something clear: "Fiction is not about sending a message." She's preparing for a new audience to ...