Most titles can be found in bookstores or libraries throughout Japan. The next issue will be published on Jan. 3.) Profile: Risa Koshiba is a mother of two boys and loves picture books. She believes ...

Yasuke depicted in a Japanese children's book by Kurusu Yoshio Almost 500 years ago, a tall African man arrived in Japan. He would go on to become the first foreign-born man to achieve the status ...

Japanese author Kuroyanagi Tetsuko attended a book launch event at a bookstore ... She also serves as a goodwill ambassador for the United Nations Children's Fund and remains one of Japan's ...

Last year, Mauricio created a book to help Brazilian children learn about school life in Japan. It shows Monica experiencing new activities that are not common in Brazilian schools, such as ...

Children’s author Rieko Nakagawa, known for her beloved “Guri and Gura” picture book series about twin field mice, died of old age at a hospital in Tokyo on Oct 14. She was 89. Her family ...