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‘Official Supplementary’ to Abe Memoir To Hit Shelves Aug. 9
An official follow-up tome to former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s memoir is set to hit the shelves We...
August 6, 2023
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Bound to Please / Hayabusa2 Took a Pinch of Ryugu; a Novelist Imagines Taking Tons of It
Call me irrational, but as a resident of Japan I have somewhat proprietary feelings about the astero...
June 29, 2023
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Japan’s Nobel Laureate Satoshi Omura Takes Presidency of Nihon Essayist Club
Nobel laureate Satoshi Omura took over the presidency of the Nihon Essayist Club on Monday in Tokyo,...
June 27, 2023
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Novelist Kanako Nishi Shares Her Story of Battling Cancer
Novelist Kanako Nishi, who received the prestigious Naoki Award, has recently published her first no...
June 22, 2023
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Japan Author Haruki Murakami Wins Spain’s Prestigious Award
PARIS, May 24 (Jiji Press) — Renowned Japanese writer Haruki Murakami has won this year’s Princess o...
May 25, 2023
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Haruki Murakami Resurrects Old Story in Latest Novel
Last month saw the release in Japan of acclaimed author Haruki Murakami’s latest novel, “Machi to So...
May 18, 2023
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French Author: Reading Helps Us Understand People Different from Ourselves
Clara Dupont-Monod, who won the first Choix Goncourt du Japon prize with her novel “S’adapter,” spok...
May 11, 2023
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Haruki Murakami’s 1st novel in 6 years goes on sale in Japan
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Renowned Japanese writer Haruki Murakami’s first full-length novel in around si...
April 13, 2023
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Kenzaburo Oe Recalled with Gratitude, Awe by Younger Writers
Kenzaburo Oe, the second Japanese writer to win the Nobel Prize in Literature, died at age 88 last m...
April 6, 2023
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Best-Selling Japanese Author Keigo Higashino Tops 100 Mil. Mark
Author Keigo Higashino has sold more than 100 million books in Japan, publishers Kodansha Ltd. and B...
April 4, 2023
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Bound to Please / A Bloody Old World Dispute in a Verdant New World Setting
“They scouted out a place a little way off the road, where part of the riverbank had been eroded by ...
February 19, 2023
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Haruki Murakami’s First Novel in 6 Years to Go on Sale in April
The first novel by world renowned author Haruki Murakami in six years will go on sale on April 13, p...
February 1, 2023
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Bound to Please / Realms of Animal Senses, from Vision to Vibration and Beyond
You’re at a soiree, on the host’s balcony with a drink in your hand, watching bats flit through the ...
January 30, 2023
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Survey: 26％ of municipalities have no bookstores
Of the 1,741 municipalities in Japan, 456, or 26.2%, have no bookstore at all, according to a survey...
December 11, 2022
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‘Kaiketsu Zorori’ children’s book series sets Guinness record
“Kaiketsu Zorori,” a popular children’s book series by Yutaka Hara, has been certified by Guinness W...
November 30, 2022
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