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Hiroshima at Eighty: Contemporary Literature as a Product of the Post-Nuclear World

Hiroshima at Eighty: Contemporary Literature as a Product of the Post-Nuclear World

Ed Simon Considers the Enduring Impact of the Atomic Bomb on Artistic and Literary Production

By Ed Simon | August 18, 2025

The Poet Who Watched a Football Game on Nagasaki’s Atomic Killing Field

The Poet Who Watched a Football Game on Nagasaki’s Atomic Killing Field

Greg Mitchell on William W. Watt’s Experience in the Aftermath of Nuclear Devastation

By Greg Mitchell | August 8, 2025

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M.G. Sheftall Chronicles Daily Life in Japan At the End of the Second World War

By M.G. Sheftall | August 7, 2025

Inside the Days, Hours and Minutes Leading Up to the Hiroshima Bombing

Inside the Days, Hours and Minutes Leading Up to the Hiroshima Bombing

Iain MacGregor on the Preparation and Aftershocks of the Attack That Marked the Beginning of the Nuclear Age

By Iain MacGregor | July 24, 2025

Following the Poet’s Path: A Daughter’s Journey to Japan In Search of Closure

Following the Poet’s Path: A Daughter’s Journey to Japan In Search of Closure

Rebecca Chace on Matsuo Bashō and the Life and Death of Her Mother, the Poet Jean Valentine

By Rebecca Chace | July 14, 2025

Race Made Radioactive: How Yuko Tsushima Fused Multiracial Identity and Military Occupation

Race Made Radioactive: How Yuko Tsushima Fused Multiracial Identity and Military Occupation

Lisa Hofmann-Kuroda on Translating the Nuclear Novel “Wildcat Dome”

By Lisa Hofmann-Kuroda | March 18, 2025

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How Japanese Female Photographers Channeled Exclusion Into Experimentation

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Ghosts, Seen Darkly: Richard Flanagan on Visiting the Site of a Japanese Prison Camp

Ghosts, Seen Darkly: Richard Flanagan on Visiting the Site of a Japanese Prison Camp

The Author of “Question 7” Remembers His Father’s Imprisonment at Ohama Camp

By Richard Flanagan | September 16, 2024

Reckoning and Refoundation: How the Tokyo Trials Created Modern Asia

Reckoning and Refoundation: How the Tokyo Trials Created Modern Asia

From Gary J. Bass's Cundill Prize-Shortlisted “Judgment at Tokyo”

By Gary J. Bass | September 6, 2024

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Marie Mutsuki Mockett on Japan’s National Literary Treasure

By Marie Mutsuki Mockett | March 12, 2024

Amanda Churchill on Embracing Her Japanese Heritage Through Food

Amanda Churchill on Embracing Her Japanese Heritage Through Food

“I wondered why it was Japanese food that I couldn’t get out of my mind.”

By Amanda Churchill | February 20, 2024

How Complex Math and Human Innovation Created the Calculator

How Complex Math and Human Innovation Created the Calculator

Keith Houston on the People, Technology, and Equations Behind a Modern Mathematical Convenience

By Keith Houston | August 31, 2023

Dealing with the Dead in Japan: On Cleaning Up After the Departed

Dealing with the Dead in Japan: On Cleaning Up After the Departed

Anne Allison Considers the Post-Mortem Care Work of “Keepers”

By Anne Allison | March 10, 2023

Japanese bookstores are closing at a much faster rate than here in America.

Japanese bookstores are closing at a much faster rate than here in America.

By Jonny Diamond | October 25, 2022

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