Book Reviews
(fiction)
2026
When the museum is closed, a girl falls in love with a statue
The Japan TImes, Jan. 26, 2026
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2026/01/26/books/emi-yagi-book-museum/
The Dilemmas of Working Women by Fumio Yamamoto
World Literature Today, Jan. 2026
https://worldliteraturetoday.org/2026/january/dilemmas-working-women-fumio-yamamoto
2025
The Female Researcher and Patriarchal Figures in Hon Lai Chu’s Mending Bodies
Cha: An Asian Literary Journal, Dec. 5, 2025
https://chajournal.com/2025/12/05/female-researcher/
Feminism & Imagination in Fifty-Two Stories: A Review of The Woman Dies by Aoko Matsuda
Asymptote Journal, Dec. 1, 2025
‘Palaver’: A queer story set in Tokyo searches for a home for the heart
The Japan Times, Nov. 7, 2025
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2025/11/07/books/palaver-bryan-washington-review/
