Read Japanese Literature
By Alison Fincher
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Episodes: 50
Description
A podcast about Japanese literature and some of its best works
New episodes more-or-less monthly
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Aum Anxiety in Japanese Fiction
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Jun 25, 2026 |
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Yasunari Kawabata
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May 11, 2026 |
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Japanese Monster Stories on the Big Screen—Godzilla and Mothra
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Feb 10, 2026 |
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The Japanese Cell Phone Novel
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Dec 14, 2025 |
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Lafcadio Hearn—The Master of the Japanese Ghost Story
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Oct 29, 2025 |
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Bullying in Japanese Literature—Mizuki Tsujimura and Lonely Castle in the Mirror
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Sep 20, 2025 |
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Christianity in Japanese Literature
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Jun 05, 2025 |
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Japanese Writers Standing Up to the State
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Mar 18, 2025 |
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Keiichiro Hirano
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Feb 05, 2025 |
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Christmas in Japanese Literature
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Dec 14, 2024 |
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LGBTQ+ Stories from Japan, Part 2
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Dec 01, 2024 |
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LGBTQ+ Stories from Japan, Part 1
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Oct 30, 2024 |
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Japanese Crime and Mystery Writing
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Sep 13, 2024 |
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Atomic Bomb Literature
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Aug 17, 2024 |
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Zainichi Literature—Koreans Writing in Japan
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Jun 03, 2024 |
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The End of the World! Japanese Apocalypse, Part 3
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Apr 29, 2024 |
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The End of the World! Japanese Apocalypse, Part 2
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Apr 15, 2024 |
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The End of the World! Japanese Apocalypse, Part 1
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Apr 01, 2024 |
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Misogyny and Yukio Mishima, Part 2
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Feb 23, 2024 |
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Misogyny and Yukio Mishima, Part 1
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Feb 16, 2024 |
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Kenji Miyazawa
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Jan 17, 2024 |
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The Stories of Studio Ghibli
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Nov 21, 2023 |
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Haruki Murakami
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Oct 16, 2023 |
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Japanese Children's Literature
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Sep 05, 2023 |
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Translating Japanese to English, Part 2
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Aug 08, 2023 |
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Translating Japanese to English, Part 1
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Jun 29, 2023 |
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SF! Japanese Science Fiction
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Apr 25, 2023 |
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Writing from Okinawa
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Apr 14, 2023 |
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Fukushima Fiction
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Mar 06, 2023 |
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Sexlessness in Japanese Fiction
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Feb 13, 2023 |
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The Akutagawa Prize and Kobo Abe
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Jan 27, 2023 |
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Japanese Magical Realism
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Jan 06, 2023 |
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Cats in Japanese Literature
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Nov 28, 2022 |
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The Smile of the Mountain Witch
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Oct 25, 2022 |
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Writing about Japan's "Have-Nots"—Yu Miri and Tokyo Ueno Station
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Sep 22, 2022 |
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Translating Japanese Women: Sakaya Murata and Convenience Store Woman
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Sep 01, 2022 |
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Banana and the Bubble: Banana Yoshimoto and Kitchen
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Aug 23, 2022 |
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Literature of Change in the 1960s: Yukio Mishima and Kenzaburo Oe
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Aug 14, 2022 |
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Japanese Literature in WWII: Akiyuki Nosaka
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Jul 12, 2022 |
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The I-Novel, Osamu Dazai, and No Longer Human
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Jun 23, 2022 |
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Taisho Magazines and Ryunosuke Akutagawa’s Vision of Hell
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May 31, 2022 |
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The Women Writers of Meiji Japan: Ichiyo Higuchi
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May 06, 2022 |
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Meiji Literature and Japan’s Most Famous Literary Cat: Soseki Natsume and I Am a Cat
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Apr 13, 2022 |
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Kaidan—Japan’s Ghost Stories: Ueda Akinari
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Feb 26, 2022 |
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High and Low Literature in Edo Japan: Ihara Saikaku
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Feb 08, 2022 |
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Setsuwa and Medieval Japanese Buddhism
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Jan 13, 2022 |
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Yoshitsune Ballads and Tomoe Drama
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Dec 21, 2021 |
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The Tale of the Heike
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Dec 04, 2021 |
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The Tale of Genji
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Oct 06, 2021 |
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The Kojiki
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Sep 29, 2021 |