Blood Heat (1988) is a 383-page medical thriller by Steve Pieczenik, the writer’s second novel. The first one, The Mind Palace, was published in 1987 and is about Soviet psychiatry….
710 – The capital city is moved to Nara (Heijokyo). The administration tries to enforce the land tax system on the Taika Reform (which proves unsuccessful because of the exemptions…
The Miko by American thriller writer Eric Van Lustbader is a 700-page thriller of revenge, honour, love, ninjas, and samurais. According to its front cover, the book is “the supershock…
552 – King of Paekche, in Korea, sends a bronze image of Buddha and Buddhist scriptures to the Emperor in the hope of obtaining Japanese help to defend his territory…
270-310 – The reign of the legendary Emperor Ojin. 300 – Japan is for the first time more or less united. 313-399 – The reign of the legendary Emperor Nintoku….
Jomon Period (cca. 8000 BC – cca. 300 BC) February 11, 660-585 BC – The reign of the legendary Emperor Jimmu Tenno, the first Japanese emperor. The early Japanese were…
The Japanese Archipelago lies in the eastern part of the Asian continent, stretching from the Tropics in the south to the Subpolar zone in the north. This archipelago is formed…
Published in Japanese more than twenty years ago, in 1989, before the collapse of the communist regimes in Eastern Europe, The Japan That Can Say No was officially translated in…
Debbi Michiko Florence is a third-generation Japanese-American author of children’s books. She was born in San Francisco in California. In this interview, Debbi talks about her books, her heritage, reading…
Hailed by Black Belt as “an acknowledged authority on the art,” Stephen K. Hayes is considered to be the “father of American ninjutsu.” And it all started with the story…