If you're into Japanese literature but feel it's time to look beyond Haruki Murakami, here are five authors waiting to be your next favourite ...

Born in Kyoto in 1949 to a literature professor, Haruki Murakami shaped his imagination through books and cats — both recurring motifs in his work. After studying theatre and running Peter Cat ...

His love for music and literature can be witnessed in his writings. Let’s discover 5 books by Murakami you should read. 5 Must Read Books My Murakami Books can often help us understand ourselves ...

Haruki Murakami's latest novel ... Characters that readers of Kafka on the Shore and his other books will find familiar—a gentle loner, a melancholy girl, an odd librarian—wonder whether ...

book-reading and other events to mark the opening of the Waseda International House of Literature known as the Haruki Murakami Library. In a captivating session where two of Japan’s most ...

Takashi Murakami During the early to mid-2000s ... which gives them bonus points in our book.