Author Sao Ichikawa rode to the podium on an electric-powered wheelchair to receive the prestigious Akutagawa Prize for literature. “I am extremely happy that I can stand here,” the 43-year ...

These facing pages of Ryunosuke Akutagawa’s “Notebook No. 6,” seen here at the Fujisawa city hall in Kanagawa Prefecture on July 19, contain blemishes, including an ink stain likely due to ...

The 172nd Akutagawa literary prize was awarded Wednesday to authors Jose Ando and Yui Suzuki, while Shin Iyohara took home the Naoki Prize. The Akutagawa Prize, given to up-and-coming writers for ...