Book Breaks

Photo journalist and author Stephen Mansfield will talk about his background and why he has developed a particular interest in Japanese gardens, mentioning relevant previous experiences, publications, the genesis and evolution of the book, The Modern Japanese Garden (Thames & Hudson, 2025) in the pre-publication...

Book Break: Shoji Morimoto, Author of "Rental Person Who Does Nothing 『〈レンタルなんもしない人〉というサービスをはじめます。: スペックゼロでお金と仕事と人間関係をめぐって考えたこと』（森本祥司） 日本語の案内が英文の後に続きます。 The author, Shoji Morimoto, presents his book, Rental Person Who Does Nothing, that traces his experience of lending himself out ‘as someone who does nothing’—meaning he is available for “just...

In Brutalist Japan, photographer and writer Paul Tulett takes readers on a striking visual and written journey through more than 100 Brutalist buildings across the country—spanning from postwar civic landmarks to humble hair salons. With over 220 original photographs and 27,000 words of often...

The Speaker: Paul McCarthy   The Book Break will focus on the title story in a new anthology of short fiction by Yukio Mishima, published in January in honor of Mishima's birth centenary by Penguin Classics in the UK and Vintage Books in the US....