Is ‘Badly in Love’ Terrible Television or Brilliant Satire?
The Japanese reality dating show throws punks together to teach them romantic love
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Japan
‘Mina’s Matchbox’ Perfectly Captures the Frustrations of Modern Japan
Author Yoko Ogawa’s story of thwarted ambitions is also a parable about her society’s post-WW2 fortunes
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Oe Warned Us
Japan’s second Nobel laureate, who died earlier this month, would not let his nation forget the dehumanization of war
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Werner Herzog Writes His Novel
The Japanese protagonist of the director’s fiction debut refuses to give up the fight of World War II
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Haruki Murakami Library Opens in Tokyo
A literary salve for a nation in troubled times
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