But if you still want to see the infographics, here’s the original in Japanese: The final deadline for Fast Company’s Next Big Things in Tech Awards is Friday, June 20, at 11:59 p.m. PT.

With the translation of Japanese literature into English, new meaning is given to the texts which illuminates our understanding of Japanese culture Understanding Japanese culture has fascinated ...

Kafka on the Shore (2002), Haruki Murakami As a true pillar of Japanese literature, Murakami delivers one of his finest ...

Donald Keene, a Columbia University professor who found solace and beauty in Japanese literature, then helped introduce its long-overlooked canon to Western readers, died Feb. 24 at a hospital in ...

Donald Keene, whose translations of Japanese literature into English and prodigious academic output helped define the study of the subject and made him a celebrity in Japan, died on Sunday in Tokyo.