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To me and millions of other people who grew up listening to alternative rock in the early 2000s, Chester Bennington was a generation-defining voice of rock music. This month marks the eighth ...

Whether directly or indirectly, Japanese literature in the aftermath of World War II showed the influence of the devastating conflict. The second of a series on Japanese literature in the Shōwa era ...

NO LONGER HUMAN (177 pp.)—Osamu Dazai—New Directions ($3.50). One day in 1948, aged 38, Japanese Novelist Osamu Dazai committed suicide by jumping into Tokyo’s Tamagawa Reservoir. It was Dazai’s fifth ...

Osamu Dazai can easily turn his head, raise a peace sign with a ‘teehee’ sound, and get fans to swoon over him. Or he could get morbid as he slays his enemies in the most torturous ways possible.

A UK employment tribunal will today begin to hear the case of Polina Zabrodskaya, a former creative director at AMV BBDO, who claims “harassment and discrimination” for speaking against contentious ...

Dazai was born into the fourth wealthiest family in Aomori, Dazai, who never felt true happiness while being raised on material wealth, gradually began to think that true happiness lies in the heart ...

Bungo Stray Dogs has been a long-time fan-favorite not just for its unique premise of literary figures with supernatural abilities, but for its distinctive character designs. The series masterfully ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. A leading advertising agency is facing employment tribunal claims that it harassed a senior staff member after ...