Japan Focus

500 Years Later offers a thrilling deep dive into the creation of the revered PlayStation RPG. Comprising over 30 interwoven voices, this beautiful...

Designing Japan presents renowned designer Kenya Hara's vision of how his industry can support Japan in crafting a future founded on a unique philo...

A newspaper receives a letter from a man claiming to have been murdered—it's impossible but the truth is not so simple; five strangers who share th...

Dreux Richard presents post-Fukushima Japan in three illustrative parts. He follows members of Japan’s Nigerian community, who have been affected b...

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An old wooden mansion that turns on its inhabitants. A dissection class with a most unusual subject. A funeral where the dead are definitely not la...

The master of horror manga brings the world's greatest horror novel-Frankenstein-back to life. Junji Ito meets Mary Shelley! The master of horror m...

Growing up in the mountains of Japan, Yayoi Kusama (b. 1929) dreamed of becoming an artist. One day, she had a vision in which the world and everyt...

It's time for bed, but Natsumi has a brilliant idea, even better than going to sleep: She'll pretend to be something and Mom will guess what she is...

Spanning more than 150 years, and set in multiple locations in colonial and postcolonial Asia and the United States, Inheritors paints a kaleidosco...

It Might Be an Apple is a boisterous, philosophical shaggy dog story for young children - and probably a few adults. The story follows a child's hi...

An innovative and beautifully designed history of the nascent Japanese videogame industry, as told by those who were there, Japansoft: An Oral Hist...

Quirky, surprising and entertaining - with more than 400 houses, Jutaku is architecture at the speed of Japan. Frenetic. Pulsating. Disorienting. J...

translated by Emily Balistrieri Half-witch Kiki never runs from a challenge. So when her thirteenth birthday arrives, she's eager to follow a witch...

From rural Japan to international icon - Yayoi Kusama has spent her remarkable life immersed in her art. Follow her incredible journey in this vivi...

Sega Arcade: Pop-Up History presents six of the most iconic Sega Taiken ‘body sensation’ videogame cabinets – Hang-On, Space Harrier, Out Run, Afte...

A definitive history of the cult games console, produced in collaboration with Sega. This large format, deluxe hardback features a dazzling collect...

This volume includes nine of Junji Ito's best short stories, as selected by the author himself and presented with accompanying notes and commentary...

Thirteen chilling nightmares, presented by the master of horror. Try not to be noticed when you eat the secret nectar, otherwise you'll get smashed...

A searing, deeply candid memoir about a young woman’s journey to understanding her complicated parents–her mother an Okinawan war bride, her father...

In clear, practical, easily adopted lessons--one a day for 100 days--renowned Buddhist monk Shunmyo Masuno draws on centuries of wisdom to teach yo...

The Boring Book is a humorous picture book that follows the story of one particularly bored boy. As the story progresses, our protagonist discovers...

A delightful bestseller when first published in Japan, this charming illustrated book takes readers inside the magical realm of books, libraries, a...

The vivid and entertaining portraits in Chris Harding's enormously enjoyable new book take the reader from the earliest written accounts of Japan r...

From the unique standpoint of an American woman who married into a Japanese family and has lived in Japan for more than thirty years, Rebecca Otowa...

Japan may be one of the world’s biggest economies, a global leader in everything from architecture to food and a country whose brands have flourish...

Battle-tested project leader at a PR firm and slippery bachelor, Sakuma sees himself as a player. His smug self-regard doesn't seem entirely unfoun...

There Must Be More Than That! is all about perspective, and wading past the bad to embrace the possibility of good. A thoughtful and laugh-out-loud...

The complete classic horror series, now available in a single deluxe volume. Murdered again and again, one girl always comes back for more... Tomie...

The second volume of legendary animation director Hayao Miyazaki’s career memoir continues with essays, interviews, and discussions about some of h...

What Happens Next? follows a child's hilarious, wildly inventive train of thought following the death of his grandfather and the discovery of his j...

White is not a book about colors. It is rather Kenya Haras attempt to explore the essence of White, which he sees as being closely related to the o...