During the past century, experimental poets in Japan have been stretching the conventional definition of the genre by ...

As evidence may I not cite a Japanese poem, paraphrased, I think, fairly closely in language, and, I believe, perfectly as to sentiment? It was translated for me by a Japanese friend, who ...

New to 4 Extra. Poet Daljit Nagra revisits the BBC's poetry archive and, to mark the 93rd birthday of Japan’s greatest living ...

TOKYO (AP) — Shuntaro Tanikawa, who pioneered modern Japanese poetry, poignant but conversational in its divergence from ...

At the height of the Olympics, parents were inspired by the athletes' names to baptize their children. After the success of ...

Here are some of the haikus we spotted that we thought were really good: ...

OSLO—A hibakusha who survived the atomic bombing of Hiroshima is traveling to Oslo for the Nobel Peace Prize festivities here ...

a literary translator who is currently translating all the poems from the "Manyoshu" into English. 02:24 Many poems in the "Manyoshu" describe the plight of people at the mercy of the powerful ...

TOKYO — Shuntaro Tanikawa, who pioneered modern Japanese poetry, poignant but conversational in its divergence from haiku and other traditions, has died. He was 92. Tanikawa, who translated the ...

BEIJING--Citizens here are praising a Chinese poem written on relief supply boxes sent from Japan as a sign of heartfelt support for China in its struggle to cope with the deadly coronavirus. The ...

Shuntaro Tanikawa, who pioneered modern Japanese poetry, poignant but conversational in its divergence from haiku and other traditions, has died. He was 92. Tanikawa, who translated the Peanuts ...