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Haruki Murakami's translator on what makes the pop-smash writer tick
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Haruki Murakami's translator on what makes the pop-smash writer tick

Ahead of the English release of "1Q84," Jay Rubin talks about the writer who describes modern Japan like no other
Digital shift is killing Japan's best English books
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Digital shift is killing Japan's best English books

The economics of pixels and bytes leave little room for the experts
'Pinball, 1973' is back in stores -- in English
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'Pinball, 1973' is back in stores -- in English

The Haruki Murakami novel immediately leading up to his hit "A Wild Sheep's Chase" had been out of print in English for years, but suddenly copies are flooding Japanese bookstores
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