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Final day of #januaryinjapan! (aka #japanuary?) Haneko Takayama is the most recent Akutagawa winner with free work available. She won in 2020 for "A Horse from Shuri", about a museum archivist in Okinawa. Her SF story, Udon—Unknown Dog of Nobody has also been translated into English by LK Nithya.

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Read Japanese Literature Jan 1

#JanuaryinJapan begins today! Soseki is sometimes regarded as Japan's first modern novelist. Novels like Botchan, Sanshiro, + Kokoro take up the mixed blessings of modernization and Westernization in Meiji Japan. He remains one of Japan's most widely-read authors. Check out I Am a Cat, chap. 1 👇

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I Am a Cat

Read Japanese Literature Dec 31

Check out RJL'sreading project for #JanuaryinJapan 2026. 31 days of free-to-read short stories or excerpts from novels, encompassing a short history of modern Japanese fiction. I'll post a new short story every day, and you're welcome to read along!

January in Japan 2026 - Read J...

January in Japan 2026 - Read Japanese Literature

RJL presents a list of 31 translated Japanese short stories you can read on-line for free, organized into a brief history of modern Japanese literature.

Read Japanese Literature

Read Japanese Literature Dec 28

Who’s participating in #januaryinjapan?! RJL will have another January in Japan reading project going up on 1/1–this time, presented as a brief survey of modern Japanese literature. Plan to join us!

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Read Japanese Literature Jan 1, 2025

This is my reading project for #JanuaryinJapan. 31 days of free-to-read short stories. I'll post a new short story every day, and you're welcome to read along!

31 Short Stories for January i...

Read Japanese Literature

Read Japanese Literature Dec 30, 2024

It's almost time for January in Japan! I've got suggestions—RJL’s Totally Arbitrary List of 31 Great Reads for January in Japan, or “Where Do I Begin with Japanese Literature”. Anyone planning to read along? #JanuaryinJapan

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Jan 21, 2024

Finished my first translated book of the year and it was a surprisingly sensual book about gender out of Japan! I intended to read this book last month, but it ended up being a great book for January instead. This was my first time reading Maru Ayase in any language and I really enjoyed it and the translation too.

#JanuaryInJapan #TranslatdLitChallenge #JapaneseLiterature #bookstodon #TranslatedLiterature

マリオ (Mario Menti)Dec 29, 2023

For #JanuaryInJapan I'm reading Yu Miri's The End Of August (tr. Morgan Giles). Looking at the size of it, it will last me well past the end of January 😹 (but not August, hopefully).

I loved Tokyo Ueno Station, so have high hopes for this, a generation-spanning exploration of nationhood, family, and what it is to be Korean in Japan (Yu Miri herself is of Korean descent). And I believe marathon running figures prominently, so that's another plus. 😊

#JapaneseLiterature #YuMiri #TheEndOfAugust #MorganGiles #ReadingWithCats

Crone Cold Kate Sherrod Jan 29, 2023

One more for #JanuaryInJapan and it's a stylish crime thriller about a pickpocket in over his head called The Thief by Fuminori Nakamura!
http://kateofmind.blogspot.com/2023/01/fuminori-nakamuras-thief-tr-by-sakoto.html?m=1
#Booktotodon

Next up, even though I only got one vote on my poll, I'm not Lonny Emeralds so it will be #FebruaryFromTheFrench

Fuminori Nakamura's THE THIEF (Tr by Sakoto Izumo and Stephen Coates)

With the bag completely concealed under my jacket, no one could see anything. I put my left hand inside, hunted quickly for the phone, hooke...

Crone Cold Kate Sherrod Jan 28, 2023

This is either the last or penultimate entry for #JanuaryInJapan, depending how the weekend goes, but if it's the last I ended on a winner. The Emissary by Yoko Tawada has quite a sad premise but is still a charming read because of the author's and translator Margaret Mitsutani's unique approach to language and how it changes over time. Don't miss it!
http://kateofmind.blogspot.com/2023/01/yoko-tawadas-emissary-tr-margaret.html?m=1
#Booktotodon #SecretSciFiNetwork

Yoko Tawada's THE EMISSARY (Tr Margaret Mitsutani, Narr Julian Cihi)

When bands of elderly Japanese volunteered to help with clean-up at the nuclear plant in the wake of the Fukushima disaster, it felt very li...