Mieko Kawakami wins Akutagawa literary award

Mieko Kawakami wins Akutagawa literary award

TOKYO, Japan - File photo of Mieko Kawakami, 31, who on Jan. 16 won the 138th Akutagawa Prize for promising new writers of serious fiction for her work ''Chichi to Ran'' (Breasts and Egg).

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