The following translations are available as of January 2009:

• Taketori Monogatari
• Miyazawa Kenji
  • Polano Square
  • Ame nimo Makezu (Japanese text)
  • The Restaurant of Many Orders
  • Across the Snow
  • Gauche, the Cellist
• Akutagawa Ryunosuke
  • The Dogs and the Flute
  • The Sage
  • Du Zichun
  • Magic
  • Carmen
  • A Strange Story
  • The World and Women (More commentary than a story)
  • Suspicion
  • Three Whys
  • The Marsh
  • Saru-Kani Gassen (Please read the folk-tale first if you're not already familiar with it.)
  • The God Agni (Akutagawa showed much influence from western literature-- this one seems to have been inspired by the Hardy Boys.)*
  • The Good Faith of Wei Sheng
• Hoshi Shinichi No translations of Hoshi's short stories are available at this site.
• Miura Shumon
  • Myths
  • The Western Wardrobe
  • The Cat
  • Peter Pan
• Nezu Yoshi
  • Half-Ton Pickup
  • Jack and the Harp
• Quilt Stories [Some short folk tales, if there are any short folks in your family]
  • Ikkyu San
  • Issun Boshi
  • Urashima Taro
  • Kaguya Hime
  • Gombei the Duck Hunter
  • Saru-Kani Gassen
  • Chofuku Yama
  • The Crane Wife
  • Mouse Paradise
  • Hanasaka Jiji
  • Bunbuku Chagama
  • Momotaro
  • Plus lots of related mukashibanashi

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*Nathan Bak points out that this story predated the Hardy Boys by six years. I meant only that it is a boys' adventure story rather than a searching psychological portrayal of Japanese expatriates. I certainly wouldn't question Ryunosuke's originality, even in the stories that are taken from known sources.