- Orchards, Holly Thompson ; illustrations by Grady McFerrin
- The boy of the three-year nap, Dianne Snyder ; illustrated by Allen Say
- Dragon of the red dawn, by Mary Pope Osborne ; illustrated by Sal Murdocca
- The sound of silence, by Katrina Goldsaito ; art by Julia Kuo
- Catfish rolling, Clara Kumagai
- Ink, Amanda Sun
- The theft of the Samurai sword, Japan, Elizabeth Singer Hunt ; illustrated by Brian Williamson
- Natsumi's song of summer, Robert Paul Weston ; illustrated by Misa Saburi
- My almost flawless Tokyo dream life, Rachel Cohn
- Attack of the ninja frogs, by Ursula Vernon
- The language inside, Holly Thompson
- Shadows on the moon, Zoë Marriott
- Tokyo dreaming, Emiko Jean
- The lost ryū, Emi Watanabe Cohen
- So far from the Bamboo Grove /, by Yoko Kawashima Watkins
- Fumiko and a Tokyo tragedy, a Great Kanto Earthquake survival story, by Susan Griner ; illustrated by Wendy Tan Shiau Wei
- Tokyo Dreaming : A Novel
- Flame in the Mist, Renée Ahdieh
- Moonshadow, rise of the ninja, by Simon Higgins
- The Japanese ninja surprise, created by Jeff Brown ; written by Sara Pennypacker ; pictures by Macky Pamintuan
- Tancho, Luciano Lozano
- Jasmine Toguchi, bridge builder, Debbi Michiko Florence ; pictures by Elizabet Vuković
- All the ways home, Elsie Chapman
- Take me out to the Yakyu, by Aaron Meshon
- Jasmine Toguchi, peace-maker, Debbi Michiko Florence ; pictures by Elizabet Vukovic
- So far from the bamboo grove, by Yoko Kawashima Watkins
- Molly Moon & the monster music, Georgia Byng
- The big wave, Pearl S. Buck
- I love you so mochi, Sarah Kuhn
- The keeper of night, Kylie Lee Baker
- Tokyo Ever After : A Novel
- Kenta and the big wave, Ruth Ohi ; edited by David Wichman
- My almost flawless Tokyo dream life, Rachel Cohn
- Lovely Muco!, presented by Takayuki Mizushina ; translation, Casey Lee, Volume 1
- Beyond me, Annie Donwerth-Chikamatsu
- The Japanese ninja surprise, [created by Jeff Brown ; written by Sara Pennypacker]
- Dolls of hope, Shirley Parenteau