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Review of "Japan" by Jeff Kingston
My review of "Japan" by Jeff Kingston is now published in Kyoto Journal 98.
Aug 25, 20201 min read


Asian Children’s Literature and Film in a Global Age
From Palgrave's Asia-Pacific and Literature in English Series where I serve as co-editor, a new volume Asian Children’s Literature and...
May 22, 20201 min read


Review of Tokyo Ueno Station by Yu Miri
My review of Tokyo Ueno Station by Yu Miri is published in Kyoto Journal No. 97.
Apr 26, 20201 min read


Footnotes in the Long Eighteenth Century: Recommended Secondary Reading
My article "Footnotes in the Long Eighteenth Century: Recommended Secondary Reading" is published on Eighteenth-Century Paratext Research...
Apr 18, 20201 min read


Rebel Poets Against the Machine
My piece on the fabulous Tokyo Poetry Journal "Rebel Poets Against the Machine: An interview with Tokyo Poetry Journal editors Jeffrey...
Jan 17, 20201 min read


Interview with embroidery artist Alison Carpenter-Hughes
My interview with embroidery artist Alison Carpenter-Hughes is out.
Oct 11, 20191 min read


Review - On the Bullet Train With Emily Brontë: Wuthering Heights in Japan
My review of On the Bullet Train With Emily Brontë: Wuthering Heights in Japan by Judith Pascoe is out on the latest issue of Kyoto Journal.
Sep 18, 20191 min read


Book Review: British Romanticism and the Critique of Political Reason by Timothy Michael
My review of British Romanticism and the Critique of Political Reason by Timothy Michael is out in the latest issue of The Byron Journal.
Jun 19, 20191 min read


Book Launch: British Romanticism in Asia
Thanks to Prof. Steve Clark at University of Tokyo, Laurence and I will be giving this book launch talk on British Romanticism in Asia on...
Jun 5, 20191 min read


British Romanticism in Asia (Print and E-book format)
E-book format of British Romanticism in Asia: The Reception, Translation, and Transformation of Romantic Literature in India and East...
Feb 22, 20191 min read


Review of "Tokyo Romance" by Ian Buruma
My new review of "Tokyo Romance" by Ian Buruma is published in Kyoto Journal No. 93.
Feb 20, 20191 min read


British Romanticism in Asia
I am pleased to announce Dr. Laurence Williams (Sophia University) and my new co-edited collection, British Romanticism in Asia: The...
Jan 19, 20191 min read


Have Something to Say
My new article "Have Something to Say: Masahiko Abe on the University of Tokyo’s rejection of the Japanese Education Ministry’s English...
Sep 29, 20181 min read


Review of "Pachinko" by Min Jin Lee
My review of "Pachinko" by Min Jin Lee, originally published in Kyoto Journal No. 89 (January 2018), has been reproduced on their...
Sep 6, 20181 min read


British Gothic Monsters in East Asian Culture: Ideas to Kick-start Reading and Viewing (updated)
Education material on TES "British Gothic Monsters in East Asian Culture: Ideas to Kick-start Reading and Viewing" by Sarah Olive and me...
Aug 2, 20181 min read


Asia-Pacific and Literature in English Series
Very thrilled to announce of the new “Asia-Pacific and Literature in English” Series with Palgrave Macmillan, co-edited with Shun-liang...
Jul 20, 20181 min read


Review of "Ghosts of the Tsunami: Death and Life in Japan’s Disaster Zone" by Richard Lloyd Parry
My new book review of "Ghosts of the Tsunami: Death and Life in Japan’s Disaster Zone" by Richard Lloyd Parry is published in Kyoto...
Jul 1, 20181 min read


The Hungry Fox: An interview with BJ Fox, star of Japanese television sitcom "Home Sweet Tokyo"
My new article 'The Hungry Fox: An interview with BJ Fox, star of Japanese television sitcom "Home Sweet Tokyo"' is just published on...
Jun 28, 20181 min read


Two book reviews in The Byron Journal 46.1
Two of my book reviews are published in The Byron Journal 46.1. Review of William Christie, The Two Romanticisms, and Other Essays:...
Jun 9, 20181 min read


Faking it for real: My Shinto wedding
My new article "Faking it for real: My Shinto wedding" is out on Wall Street International.
Feb 28, 20181 min read
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