CORRECTED: Literary award winners in Japan

CORRECTED: Literary award winners in Japan

(From L) Novelists Shin Iyohara, Yui Suzuki and Jose Ando pose with their award-winning books in Tokyo on Jan. 15, 2025. Suzuki and Ando won the Akutagawa Prize, a Japanese literary award for up-and-coming authors, while Iyohara won the Naoki Prize, a Japanese literary award for popular fiction.

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