Janet Ashby

JANET ASHBY is a freelance writer and translator who has lived in Japan since 1975. She has written a long-running column in the Japan Times on Japanese books, and has a particular interest in Japanese popular culture. She is the co-author of Japanese The Spoken Language in Japanese Life and the author of the original Read Real Japanese , of which this book is a remake.

JANET ASHBY is a freelance writer and translator who has lived in Japan since 1975. She has written a long-running column in the Japan Times on Japanese books, and has a particular interest in Japanese popular culture. She is the co-author of Japanese The Spoken Language in Japanese Life and the author of the original Read Real Japanese , of which this book is a remake. See less