Literary News from Japan

Manuscripts of Misima Yukio are purchased

The celebration for Abe Kobo at Columbia University

Sintyosya releases Selected Works of Oe Kenzaburo

Murakami Haruki opens a homepage on the WWW

Uno Tiyo died on June 10

Joyce Renaissance in Japan

The old house where Misima Yukio lived coming to a crisis

Model of Naomi died on June 23

Mr. Yosimoto Ryume had a narrow escape

A yearly workshop for Abe System at Theatre X

Yamanakako village makes open manuscripts of Misima

The 50th anniversary of Gunzo magazine

Best works of Japanese literature in this 50 years

100th Anniversary of Miyazawa Kenzi

Endo Syusaku died on September 29

Ono Tozaburo died on October 8

Manuscripts and documents of Ooka Syohe are donated

The exhibition of Abe Kobo as photographer at Hibiya, Tokyo

Discovery of two unknown Waka poems of Saigyo

Discovery of the manuscript of Oku no Hosomiti in Basyo's own handwriting

The Complete Works of Abe Kobo coming soon

Huzisawa Syuhe died on January 27

The symposium of Siba Ryotaro at Osaka

Haniya Yutaka died on February 19

Ikeda Masuo died on March 8

Conversion of Murakami Haruki

Woman in the Dunes won awards at a theatre festival in Moscow

Isawa Taka died on April 22

Reviving Yosiyuki Eisuke

Voice of Abe Kobo and the special issue of Kokubungaku

Abe Kobo Studio Project in September

Booming of Murakami Ryu

The Terayama Syuzi Museum opened on July 27

Nagayama Norio was executed on August 2

The exhibition of legacy of the Rezes starts

Misima Yukio's letters to Kawabata Yasunari

The first anniversary of Endo Syusaku

Tanizaki Zyun'itiro's letters to his housemaid

A stone monument for Yamaguti Hitomi will build

Exhibition of the last letter of Arisima Takeo

Nagayama Norio's last novel, Hana, was published

Yasiro Seiti died on January 11

Siko Magazine ended

Exhibition of Abe Kobo in Tyohu city

Sibusawa Takasuke died on February 8

Exhibition of Uno Tiyo started in Sinzyuku

The complete works of Haniya Yutaka started

Confession of Misima Yukio's gay partner

Murakami Haruki began Post Underground

Turugi to Kanbeni was prohibited

Oe Kenzaburo's inhibited story was recovered in Italy

Au retour de Abe Kobo at Institut Franco-Japonais de Tokyo

Misima family claimed a compensation for secret letters

Discovery of a fragment of Ryozin Hisyo