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Japanese publisher flooded with new orders for Ishiguro's novels

A special section dedicated to British novelist Kazuo Ishiguro's works is set up at a bookstore in Tokyo on Oct. 6, 2017, a day after he was awarded this year's Nobel Prize in literature. Hayakawa Publishing Corp., the exclusive publisher of the Japanese translations of Ishiguro's books, has announced an additional 225,000-copy run of his eight works to meet a flood of new orders. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

British novelist Kazuo Ishiguro wins Nobel Prize in literature

A clerk changes books written by Japanese novelist Haruki Murakami for those by Japanese-born British novelist Kazuo Ishiguro at a book store in Tokyo's Shinjuku district on Oct. 5, 2017, after Ishiguro was awarded this year's Nobel Prize in literature. In Japan, expectations for Murakami winning the Nobel prize have been high each year recently. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

British novelist Kazuo Ishiguro wins Nobel Prize in literature

A clerk changes books written by Japanese novelist Haruki Murakami for those by Japanese-born British novelist Kazuo Ishiguro at a book store in Tokyo's Shinjuku district on Oct. 5, 2017, after Ishiguro was awarded this year's Nobel Prize in literature. In Japan, expectations for Murakami winning the Nobel prize have been high each year recently. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Nobel Prize-winning writer Alexievich gives lecture in Tokyo

Belarusian writer and journalist Svetlana Alexievich, who won the Nobel Prize in literature in 2015, gives a lecture at the Tokyo University of Foreign Studies on Nov. 28, 2016. The 68-year-old Alexievich, best known for her work "Chernobyl Prayer," said she visited Fukushima Prefecture on Nov. 26-27 to meet people affected by radiation leaks at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, where she saw with her own eyes there is "no resistance culture" in Japanese society. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Nobel Prize-winning writer Alexievich gives lecture in Tokyo

Belarusian writer and journalist Svetlana Alexievich, who won the Nobel Prize in literature in 2015, gives a lecture at the University of Tokyo in the Japanese capital on Nov. 25, 2016. The 68-year-old Alexievich, best known for her work "Chernobyl Prayer," said that in an age of confusion when democracy can break down easily, it is important not to lose imagination. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Svetlana Alexievich of Belarus awarded Nobel Prize in Literature

Photo taken June 9, 2015, shows Belarusian writer Svetlana Alexievich, who was awarded the 2015 Nobel Prize in Literature on Oct. 8, 2015. The 67-year-old Alexievich, known for her nonfiction works on the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, became the 14th female Nobel laureate in literature, with the prize judges hailing her works as "a monument to suffering and courage in our time." (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Svetlana Alexievich of Belarus awarded Nobel Prize in Literature

Photo taken June 9, 2015, shows Belarusian writer Svetlana Alexievich, who was awarded the 2015 Nobel Prize in Literature on Oct. 8, 2015. The 67-year-old Alexievich, known for her nonfiction works on the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, became the 14th female Nobel laureate in literature, with the prize judges hailing her works as "a monument to suffering and courage in our time." (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Nobel Prize-winning writer Alexievich gives lecture in Tokyo

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