In Japan, there’s a term for this phenomenon: tsundoku.

There are a lot of reasons to start your kids learning a new language: preparation for a move to a new country, giving them greater ability to communicate with relatives and friends or simply to ...

Melissa Breyer was Treehugger’s senior editorial director before moving to Martha Stewart. Her writing and photography have been featured in The New York Times, The Guardian, National Geographic, ...

Every time I am back in Japan, I usually find myself wandering the aisles of Kinokuniya bookshop in Osaka, buying a few Japanese paperbacks on what might seem like random subjects. Collectively, these ...