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Decotora: a short video by Masaru Tatsuki. Come see his cover art for the August 2012: New Writing from Japan, Part II Issue of Words without Borders.

Translator Shibata Motoyuki and Furukawa Hideo discuss literature in Japan after Fukushima (in Japanese and English). Come read some new Japanese Lit in our July 2012: New Writing from Japan Issue of Words without Borders.

Furukawa Hideo discusses Japanese Literature after Fukushima with translator Shibata Motoyuki (in Japanese and English). Come read “The Farside” by Hideo in the July 2012: New Writing from Japan Issue of Words without Borders. 

Translator Motoyuki Shibata and Hideo Furukawa talk about literature after Fukushima, Novelist Kawakami Hiromi and haiku master Minoru Ozawa comment. Come read Kawakami Hiromi’s piece “Record of a Night too Brief” in the July 2012: New Writing from Japan Issue of Words without Borders.  

French band Starsecrete plays at a Photographer Hal exhibition. Come see Hal’s piece “Flesh Love #27_Lim&Kyohei” on the cover of the July 2012: New Writing from Japan Issue of Words without Borders.

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Lawrence Dizon Sumulong, “Room 4A” (2011). Click through for more images from photographers inspired by Haruki Murakami.