This book explores how the tremendous earthquake on March 11, 2011 impacted literary authors in Japan and generated issues and perspectives previously unrecognized in Japanese literary and social cult
“Cancer isn’t just a physical battle, it’s a mental and spiritual battle as well.”Chris Haga wrote those words at age fifty after being diagnosed with stage IV lung cancer that had metastasized to his
DeLayne and Chris Haga’s lives change in an instant when he is diagnosed with stage IV lung cancer. He had never smoked.Learn from this diligent caregiver’s experiences as she proactively advocates fo
Ecocriticism in Japan provides an answer to the question, “What can ecocriticism do when engaging with Japanese literature and culture?” Engaging works ranging from The Tale of Genji to Ab
The art of origami, or paper folding, is carried out using a square piece of paper to obtain attractive figures of animals, flowers or other familiar figures. It is easy to see that origami has links
While most people are familiar with origami, those animals and other shapes made by folding paper, few of us have thought of paper-folding as anything but an art or craft. For biologist Haga, however,
