In fact, he is a "hikikomori," or social recluse. Saito describes himself as “a Japanese novelist who writes novels and poems in Romanian while living in Japan.” “The story of how I ...

Japanese-born British author Kazuo Ishiguro is being celebrated around the world for winning this year's Nobel Prize in Literature. The Swedish Academy cited his "novels of great emotional force".

In a captivating session where two of Japan’s most renowned authors read from their books, Haruki Murakami and Yoko Ogawa showed off their mastery of the power of the spoken word. The writers ...