Japan

Marie Kondo: ‘I didn’t think much about the opposite sex – I was completely absorbed in tidying’
Letter To My Younger Self

Marie Kondo: ‘I didn’t think much about the opposite sex – I was completely absorbed in tidying’

Her childhood tidying obsession made her a global icon, with bestsellers and a hit TV show. Since becoming a mother she’s embraced imperfection

In pictures: Meditative serenity with Michael Kenna’s latest exhibition Shin Shin
Photography

In pictures: Meditative serenity with Michael Kenna’s latest exhibition Shin Shin

In Michael Kenna’s black and white landscapes, snow becomes a veil that softens the world

DD Records: The remarkable story behind the ‘chaotic, eccentric but heartfelt’ Japanese DIY label
Music

DD Records: The remarkable story behind the ‘chaotic, eccentric but heartfelt’ Japanese DIY label

Disk Musik is a gloriously odd, hyper-local artefact from a micro-scene that barely registered outside of its own social circle

Japanese atomic bomb survivor Jiro Hamasumi: ‘Nuclear weapons must not coexist with humanity’
Nuclear disarmament

Japanese atomic bomb survivor Jiro Hamasumi: ‘Nuclear weapons must not coexist with humanity’

Hunchback by Saou Ichikawa review – a remarkable and original study of yearning
Books

Hunchback by Saou Ichikawa review – a remarkable and original study of yearning

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Top 5 novels from Japan, chosen by Nick Bradley
Fiction

Top 5 novels from Japan, chosen by Nick Bradley