M. W. Larson

M. W. Larson is an author, editor, and assistant professor at the University of Tsukuba near Tokyo. A former Fulbright scholar, his book about the Great Tōhoku Earthquake and Tsunami, When the Waves Came, is available from Chin Music Press.

The Dialectics of March 11: A Decade After the Japan Tsunami

Japan’s remote northeast struggles, a decade after the tsunami hit....

M. W. LARSON

AROUND THE WORLD

The Anxiety of Intimacy in Hiromi Kawakami’s “The Nakano Thrift Shop”

M. W. Larson visits Hiromi Kawakami's "The Nakano Thrift Shop."...

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AROUND THE WORLD

FICTION

The Folkloric and the Fantastic: Hiromi Kawakami’s “Record of a Night Too Brief”

M. W. Larson reviews Hiromi Kawakami's recently translated story collection "Record of a Night Too Brief."...

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FICTION

The Sad March of the Japanese Left

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AROUND THE WORLD

POLITICS