The Japan Society Review

By Otani Akira In this no-holds-barred queer thriller, a fierce mixed-race fighter develops a powerful attachment to the yakuza princess she's been forced to kill. Review by Alex Russell

By Shibasaki Tomoka This collection is a finely wrought tapestry of life in Japan and abroad, imbued with universal themes of family, memory, resilience, and change. Review by Renae Lucas-Hall

By Aoyama Michiko This novel a quietly profound work that invites us to listen more closely — to others, to books, and to ourselves. Review by Vittorio Cimino

By Enchi Fumiko Written by one of the greats of postwar Japanese literature, Enchi Fumiko, Masks is a masterfully layered dismantling of conventional ideas of female forgiveness and love. Review by Tara Jones

Edited by Ruth Taplin and Fuchikawa Kazuhiko This volume addresses the regulatory challenges posed by digital platforms, whose rapid rise has led to new forms of market dominance. Review by Kenneth S. Friedman

By Anna Jackson and Yamada Masami This book explores the important role that woodblock prints played in the fashionable world of Edo-period Japan (1603-1868). Review by Carolin Becke

Edited by Fiona Collins This volume brings together over 75 significant woodblock prints, spanning 300 years, from the 17th to the late 20th centuries, from the Worcester Art Museum's collection, donated by John Chandler Bancroft in 1901. Review by Joseph Rosalind-Hayat

By various authors An anthology of short stories written by authors contemporaries of Japan's master of the macabre, Edogawa Ranpo, who kept a vast book collection in an old storehouse on the grounds of his property in Ikebukuro, Tokyo. Review by Shehrazade Zafar-Arif

By Richard Irving This revised edition of the story of William Adams, the English samurai, is now made available in two hardback volumes, with an updated text and the addition of several new illustrations. Review by Nicolas Maclean

By Timon Screech This illustrated book presents important sites and features from the rich history of Edo, the former name of the city of Tokyo, drawn from contemporary sources such as diaries, guidebooks and woodblock prints. Review by Trevor Skingle