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 ...

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 ...

Written by Akutagawa Ryunosuke, one of Japan's leading modern literary authors. His works question human foolishness and the meaning of life and have been read by many people over the decades.