This cover image released by Penguin Press shows "A Tokyo Romance," by Ian Burma. (Penguin Press via AP) "A Tokyo Romance" (Penguin Press), by Ian Buruma At a time when there still weren't a lot of ...

Tokyo during this 15-year span was the scene of intense economic, cultural, and political activity, and its artists displayed an awareness of global trends without sacrificing a sense of postwar ...

Much before Greg Girard found himself in 1970s Tokyo, he had nurtured an interest in photography. As a teenager in Vancouver, Girard learned the craft, traveling from his suburban home to the city, ...

At a time when there still weren’t a lot of foreigners in Japan, Ian Buruma moved to Tokyo to immerse himself in the esoteric world of avant-garde Japanese theater and film. Back in Amsterdam, he had ...

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