Winners of prestigious literary prizes pose at ceremony

Winners of prestigious literary prizes pose at ceremony

Naoki Matayoshi (C) and Keisuke Hada (R), winners of the Akutagawa Prize for up-and-coming authors, strike a pose with Akira Higashiyama, winner of the Naoki Prize for popular fiction, during an award presentation ceremony at a Tokyo hotel on Aug. 21, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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