Read more Japanese literature stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/21188/japanese-literature.htmlhttp://img1-cdn.newser.com/images/newser-black250x40.gifhttp://www.newser.com/2012 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorThu, 24 May 2012 15:40:28 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/45735/japan-fetes-genji-worlds-first-novel-at-1000.htmlVictoria Floethe<img src='http://img1-cdn.newser.com/getimage.aspx?mediaid=164104&width=45&height=45&crop=Y&updateddate=20111031135557' border='0' />Japan is celebrating the 1,000th birthday of The Tale of Genji , a story penned by a woman in an imperial court that is widely regarded as the first modern novel, the Economist reports. The chronicle of an aristocratic aesthete’s sexual adventures is many things to many readers, including conservative..."The Tale of Genji" is widely regarded as the world's first novel, with its first recorded mention in 1008.http://www.newser.com/story/45735/japan-fetes-genji-worlds-first-novel-at-1000.htmlSat, 20 Dec 2008 06:39:29 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/16878/cell-phone-novels-take-japan-by-storm.htmlNick McMaster<img src='http://img2-cdn.newser.com/getimage.aspx?mediaid=65745&width=45&height=45&crop=Y&updateddate=20110401023025' border='0' />Japan’s literary world has been rocked by the ascendancy of cell phone novels: serial works written mainly by young women on their phone keypads. The New York Times reports five of 2007’s 10 bestsellers were cell phone novels reprinted as conventional books—despite the fact that the country’s cultural establishment...A Japanese woman uses a mobile phone on March 24, 2006 in Tokyo, Japan. (Koichi Kamoshida/Getty Images) http://www.newser.com/story/16878/cell-phone-novels-take-japan-by-storm.htmlSun, 20 Jan 2008 15:51:15 CST