Allison Markin Powell

Osamu Dazai

The novella that first propelled Dazai into the literary elite of post-war Japan. Essentially the start of Dazai's career, Schoolgirl gained notoriety for its ironic and inventive use of language. Now it illuminates the prevalent social structures of a lost time, as well as the struggle of the individual against them--a theme that occupied Dazai's life both personally and professionally. This new translation preserves the playful language of the original and offers the reader a new window into the mind of one of the greatest Japanese authors of the 20th century.

Schoolgirl

Hiromi Kawakami

The Nakano Thrift Shop

Shunmyo Masuno

48 Lessons on Relieving Anxiety from a Zen Buddhist Monk

Don't Worry

A new edition of the bestselling Japanese novel, now including the new short story, 'Parade'.

Strange Weather in Tokyo

Ryūnosuke Akutagawa

Lisa Hofmann-Kuroda

Kappa

Shiori Ito

The Memoir That Sparked Japan's #metoo Movement

Black Box

Kaoru Takamura

Marie Iida

This second half of Lady Joker, by Kaoru Takamura, the Grand Dame of Japanese crime fiction, concludes the breathtaking saga introduced in Volume I.

Inspired by the real-life Glico-Morinaga kidnapping, an unsolved case which terrorized Japan for two years, Lady Joker reimagines the circumstances of this watershed episode in modern Japanese history and brings into riveting focus the lives and motivations of the victims, the perpetrators, the heroes and the villains. As the shady networks linking corporations to syndicates are brought to light, the stakes rise, and some of the professionals we have watched try to fight their way through this crisis will lose everything—some even their lives. Will the culprits ever be brought to justice? More importantly—what is justice?

Lady Joker, Volume 2

Hotaru Odagiri

Satoru Kannagi

The growing romance between high school students Yuichi and Wataru is endangered by scholastic stress and well-meant deceptions.

The Lonely Ring Finger: Only the ring ringer knows

Lady Joker

Riichiro Inagaki

Yusuke Murata

The Devil Bats face off against a team of ruthless delinquents, the Chameleons, but Sena may be able to show them a thing or two about intimidation.

Intimidation. Vol. 4

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