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Ono wins Akutagawa literary award, Nishi wins Naoki Prize

TOKYO, Japan - Kanako Nishi (L) and Masatsugu Ono smile while posing for photos at a hotel in Tokyo on Jan. 15, 2015, after winning the Naoki Prize for popular fiction and the prestigious Akutagawa Prize for up-and-coming authors, respectively. Nishi was awarded the prize for her work "Saraba!" (Farewell!) while Ono won the prize for his work "9 Nen Mae no Inori" (A Prayer Nine Years Ago).

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Ono wins Akutagawa literary award, Nishi wins Naoki Prize

TOKYO, Japan - Kanako Nishi (L) and Masatsugu Ono pose for photos at a hotel in Tokyo on Jan. 15, 2015, after winning the Naoki Prize for popular fiction and the prestigious Akutagawa Prize for up-and-coming authors, respectively. Nishi was awarded the prize for her work "Saraba!" (Farewell!) while Ono won the prize for his work "9 Nen Mae no Inori" (A Prayer Nine Years Ago).

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Lady Gaga arrives in Japan

NARITA, Japan - Popular American pop singer-songwriter Lady Gaga raises her left hand sporting a wrist band bearing a message, ''Nihon no tame ni Inori o (Pray for Japan),'' at Narita airport, east of Tokyo, on June 21, 2011, responding to cheers from some 200 avid fans who waited for her arrival.

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Children's picture book depicts tragedy of Hiroshima A-bombing

Artist Yasushi Tsukamoto talks about "Inori no ishi" (Stone for Peace), a children's picture book about the 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima, published by Froebel-Kan Co. last month, during an interview in Tokyo on July 8, 2015. Tsukamoto hopes the book will help pass on lessons from the tragedy and World War II as a whole to the younger generation. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Winner of Akutagawa literary prize attends award ceremony

Novelist Masatsugu Ono, winner of the 152nd Akutagawa Prize for budding authors with his "9 Nen Mae no Inori" (A Prayer Nine Years Ago), smiles at an award ceremony in Tokyo on Feb. 19, 2015. The Akutagawa Prize was named after renowned novelist Ryunosuke Akutagawa in 1935. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Civic theatre troupe rehearses play themed on "hibakusha"

Members of a civic theatre troupe in Ibaraki Prefecture's Hitachiota rehearse on May 26, 2015, for an upcoming performance of the play "Hiroshima no Inori," depicting the suffering of atomic bomb survivors. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Lady Gaga arrives in Japan

NARITA, Japan - Popular American pop singer-songwriter Lady Gaga raises her left hand sporting a wrist band bearing a message, ''Nihon no tame ni Inori o (Pray for Japan),'' at Narita airport, east of Tokyo, on June 21, 2011, responding to cheers from some 200 avid fans who waited for her arrival. (Kyodo)

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Ono wins Akutagawa literary award, Nishi wins Naoki Prize

TOKYO, Japan - Kanako Nishi (L) and Masatsugu Ono smile while posing for photos at a hotel in Tokyo on Jan. 15, 2015, after winning the Naoki Prize for popular fiction and the prestigious Akutagawa Prize for up-and-coming authors, respectively. Nishi was awarded the prize for her work "Saraba!" (Farewell!) while Ono won the prize for his work "9 Nen Mae no Inori" (A Prayer Nine Years Ago). (Kyodo)