What weeping face is that looking from the window? Why does it stream those sorrowful tears? Is it for some burial place, vast and dry? Is it to wet the soil of graves? This poem is written in free ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. TOKYO (AP) — Shuntaro Tanikawa, who ...

TOKYO (AP) — Shuntaro Tanikawa, who pioneered modern Japanese poetry, poignant but conversational in its divergence from haiku and other traditions, has died. He was 92. Tanikawa, who translated the ...