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Japanese playwright Ryuta Horai

TOKYO, Japan, Jan. 8 Kyodo - Photo taken on Sept. 20, 2016, shows Japanese playwright and director Ryuta Horai in Tokyo.

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Playwright Juro Kara

OSAKA, Japan, Nov. 14 Kyodo - Japanese playwright Juro Kara speaks at a press conference in the western Japan city of Osaka in March 2005 after being appointed as a guest professor at Kinki University. Its English name was changed to Kindai University in 2016.(Kyodo)

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Japan's Sakamoto win's best screenplay award at Cannes

Japanese playwright Yuji Sakamoto (front) and Japanese director Hirokazu Koreeda react to the audience after the film "Monster" (Kaibutsu) directed by Koreeda and its screenplay written by Sakamoto received a standing ovation following its premiere at the Cannes film festival in Cannes, southern France, on May 17, 2023. Sakamoto won this year's best screenplay award for the film.

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Japan's Sakamoto wins best screenplay award at Cannes

Japanese playwright Yuji Sakamoto (L) and director Hirokazu Koreeda attend a press conference at the Cannes film festival in Cannes, southern France, on May 18, 2023. Sakamoto won this year's best screenplay award for the film "Monster" (Kaibutsu), directed by Koreeda.

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Japanese director Koreeda's film at Cannes

(From L) Palme d'Or winner and internationally acclaimed Japanese director Hirokazu Koreeda, actress Sakura Ando, actor Eita Nagayama and playwright Yuji Sakamoto speak to the press after the official screening of their film "Kaibutsu" (Monster) at the 76th Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, southern France, on May 17, 2023.

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Novelist Kobo Abe's letters found

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Japanese novelist and playwright Kobo Abe (1924-1993). About 30 letters that Abe wrote to his younger brother between 1947 and 1951 have been found, the author's daughter Neri said.

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Korean writer Chong surprises theater world once again

SEOUL, South Korea - Playwright Chong Wishing talks about his recent theatrical piece starring Japanese and South Korean actors at the National Theater of Korea in Seoul on Feb. 2, 2013. The play, titled "Boku ni Honoo no Sensha wo" (Bring Me My Chariot of Fire), received a standing ovation in Seoul earlier this year after successful showings in Tokyo and Osaka last year.

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Japanese director to stage Greek tragedy in Israel

TEL AVIV, Israel - Japanese theater director Yukio Ninagawa speaks at a press conference in Tel Aviv on Jan. 12, 2012. Ninagawa will direct ''The Trojan Women,'' a tragedy by the Greek playwright Euripides, for performances in Tel Aviv and in Tokyo in December. The cast -- Japanese, Israeli Arab and Jewish actors -- will speak in Japanese, Arabic and Hebrew.

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'Yuzuru' playwright Kinoshita dead at 92

TOKYO, Japan - Leading Japanese playwright Junji Kinoshita (R in photo taken in July 1989)), known for writing ''Yuzuru'' (Twilight Crane), died a month ago of pneumonia, the theatrical troupe Mingei Theatre Company said Nov. 30. He was 92.

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Female playwright Kishida dies at 57

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in 1987 shows playwright and director Rio Kishida who died of colon cancer at a hospital in Okaya, Nagano Prefecture on June 28, aged 57. Kishida started her career as a playwright with an experimental theater company called ''Tenjo Sajiki'' formed in 1967 by the late Japanese poet Shuji Terayama.

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'Yuzuru' playwright Kinoshita dead at 92

TOKYO, Japan - Leading Japanese playwright Junji Kinoshita (R in photo taken in July 1989)), known for writing ''Yuzuru'' (Twilight Crane), died a month ago of pneumonia, the theatrical troupe Mingei Theatre Company said Nov. 30. He was 92. (Kyodo)

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Playwrite Noda awarded OBE by Britain

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese playwright and theater director Hideki Noda (R) shakes hands with British Ambassador to Japan David Warren at the British Embassy in Tokyo on Oct. 2, 2009, as he receives an Honorary Officer of the British Empire award for his contribution to bilateral relations between Japan and Britain through art. (Pool photo)(Kyodo)

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Former U.N. reporter writes play, eyes Broadway

NEW YORK, United States - Abigail Somma (R), a first-time playwright and former reporter for Japanese dailies Yomiuri Shimbun and Sankei Shimbun, in discussion with Tom Herman on the set of her play, ''Beneath the Hush, a Whisper,'' at the WorkShop Theater Company in Manhattan, New York, on Sept. 17, 2011. Herman directed the play, which is about the United Nations. (Kyodo)

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Japanese director to stage Greek tragedy in Israel

TEL AVIV, Israel - Japanese theater director Yukio Ninagawa speaks at a press conference in Tel Aviv on Jan. 12, 2012. Ninagawa will direct ''The Trojan Women,'' a tragedy by the Greek playwright Euripides, for performances in Tel Aviv and in Tokyo in December. The cast -- Japanese, Israeli Arab and Jewish actors -- will speak in Japanese, Arabic and Hebrew. (Kyodo)

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Japanese playwright, critic Yamazaki dies at 86

File photo taken in November 2018 shows Japanese playwright and critic Masakazu Yamazaki attending a press conference in Tokyo after receiving the country's top cultural award. Yamazaki died of malignant mesothelioma on Aug. 19, 2020, at age 86.

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Japanese playwright, critic Yamazaki dies at 86

File photo taken in March 2019 shows Japanese playwright and critic Masakazu Yamazaki, a recipient of the country's top cultural award. Yamazaki died of malignant mesothelioma on Aug. 19, 2020, at age 86.

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Japanese playwright, critic Yamazaki dies at 86

File photo taken Oct. 7, 2016, shows Japanese playwright and critic Masakazu Yamazaki giving an interview in Takarazuka, Hyogo Prefecture. Yamazaki died of malignant mesothelioma on Aug. 19, 2020, at age 86.

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Japanese author Kan Kikuchi

Undated file photo shows Kan Kikuchi (1888-1948), a Japanese novelist, playwright and journalist.

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Japanese imperial family at garden party

(From L) Japanese Empress Michiko and Emperor Akihito greet playwright Koki Mitani at an imperial garden party at the Akasaka Imperial Gardens in Tokyo on Nov. 9, 2018. The garden party was the imperial couple's last before an imperial succession next year. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Order of Culture ceremony

Japanese Emperor Akihito (L) confers the Order of Culture, Japan's top cultural award, to playwright and critic Masakazu Yamazaki at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Nov. 3, 2018. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (back) is also pictured. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Female playwright Kishida dies at 57

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in 1987 shows playwright and director Rio Kishida who died of colon cancer at a hospital in Okaya, Nagano Prefecture on June 28, aged 57. Kishida started her career as a playwright with an experimental theater company called ''Tenjo Sajiki'' formed in 1967 by the late Japanese poet Shuji Terayama. (Kyodo)