A Taoist detective on the prowl, surreal sexcapades in the city and a dystopia teeming with werewolves and vampires — these are among the motifs that contemporary readers might encounter on a gleeful romp through the world of Taiwanese comics. […]
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Mike Sunda, 36, is a creative strategist and co-founder of the studio Push Japan. A former writer for The Japan Times, he served as executive producer on the award-winning music video for Megan Thee Stallion’s “Mamushi.” 1. What was your
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As the first half of the 2020s comes to a close, one global literary trend shows no signs of abating: a hunger for the stories of Japanese writers. The past five years saw authors from Japan win prestigious literary prizes
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Futaba, Fukushima Pref. – Overtourism in Japan has been a major point of tension — and even outright conflict — in 2024. But what if those tourists could help local communities rebrand, regroup and regrow? That’s the thinking of the
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