Asabuki, Nishimura win Akutagawa Prize

Asabuki, Nishimura win Akutagawa Prize

TOKYO, Japan - Photo, taken in January 2011, shows Mariko Asabuki, who shared Japan's Akutagawa Prize for promising writers of serious fiction with Kenta Nishimura. Their winning of the award was announced by the selection committee on Jan. 17, 2011.

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