Support Program for Translation and Publication on Japan (2023 - 2024)

Asia and Oceania

China

Language Simplified Chinese
Title of the Book Uesugi Kenshin [trans. Uesugi Kenshin]
Publisher Shaanxi People's Publishing House
Author / Translator Yoshikawa Eiji / Zhang Lei
Type of Support Translation
To be published in 2024
Language Simplified Chinese
Title of the Book Gakurekikakusa no keizaigaku [The Degree-gap in Economics]
Publisher Zhejiang Gongshang University Press
Author / Translator Matsuura Tsukasa, Tachibanaki Toshiaki / Jiang Chunhua, Han Bing
Type of Support Publication
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Mongolia

Language Mongolian
Title of the Book Ryōjū [trans. The Hunting Gun]
Publisher Monsudar Publishing
Author / Translator Inoue Yasushi / Tsulbaatar Onon
Type of Support Translation and Publication
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Indonesia

Language Indonesian
Title of the Book Murasaki no sukāto no onna [trans. The Woman in the Purple Skirt]
Publisher Haru Publisher
Author / Translator Imamura Natsuko / Asri Pratiwi Wulandari
Type of Support Translation and Publication
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Vietnam

Language Vietnamese
Title of the Book Oshi, moyu [trans. Idol, Burning]
Publisher Nha Nam Publishing and Communications
Author / Translator Usami Rin / Nguyen Thi Ngoc
Type of Support Translation and Publication
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Language Vietnamese
Title of the Book Bitamin efu [Vitamin F]
Publisher Viet Nam AZ Communication and Culture Company
Author / Translator Shigematsu Kiyoshi / Nguyen Thuy Ngan
Type of Support Translation and Publication
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Language Vietnamese
Title of the Book Kentōshi [trans. The Emissary]
Publisher Vietnam Women's Publishing House
Author / Translator Tawada Yōko / Nguyen Thi Ai Tien, Nguyen Do An Nhien
Type of Support Translation and Publication
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India

Language Malayalam
Title of the Book Hikari no suashi (Miyazawa Kenji sakuhinshū) [Selected Stories of Miyazawa Kenji ]
Publisher V C Thomas Editions
Author / Translator Miyazawa Kenji / P. A. George
Type of Support Translation and Publication
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The Americas

U.S.A.

Language English
Title of the Book Tsui kinō no koto - watashi no Girishia [Only Yesterday]
Publisher Canarium Books
Author / Translator Takahashi Mutsuo / Jeffrey Angles
Type of Support Translation and Publication
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Language English
Title of the Book Misaki no mayoiga [The House of the Lost on the Cape]
Publisher Restless Books
Author / Translator Kashiwaba Sachiko / Avery Fischer Udagawa
Type of Support Translation and Publication
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Language English
Title of the Book Gojira / Gojira no gyakushū [Godzilla and Godzilla Raids Again]
Publisher University of Minnesota Press
Author / Translator Kayama Shigeru / Jeffrey Angles
Type of Support Publication
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Language English
Title of the Book Karui memai [Mild Vertigo]
Publisher New Directions Publishing
Author / Translator Kanai Mieko / Polly Barton
Type of Support Publication
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Mexico

Language Spanish
Title of the Book Tanikawa Shuntarō sakuhinshū [Selected Stories of Tanikawa Shuntarō]
Publisher Publishing Services Red Dragón
Author / Translator Tanikawa Shuntarō / Cristina Rascón Castro
Type of Support Translation and Publication
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Brazil

Language Portuguese
Title of the Book Kentōshi [trans. The Emissary]
Publisher Todavia Editora
Author / Translator Tawada Yōko / A group of translators coordinated by Satomi Takano Kitahara
Type of Support Publication
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Language Portuguese
Title of the Book Ninshin karendā [trans. Pregnancy Diary]
Publisher Estação Liberdade Publishing House
Author / Translator Ogawa Yōko / Eunice Suenaga
Type of Support Publication
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Europe

Netherlands

Language Dutch
Title of the Book Pāku raifu [Park Life]
Publisher Zirimiri Press
Author / Translator Yoshida Shūichi / Luk Van Haute
Type of Support Translation and Publication
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Greece

Language Greek
Title of the Book Tanin no kao [trans. The Face of Another]
Publisher Agra Publications
Author / Translator Abe Kōbō / Stelios Papalexandropoulos
Type of Support Translation and Publication
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Language Greek
Title of the Book Yukiguni [trans. Snow Country]
Publisher Agra Publications
Author / Translator Kawabata Yasunari / Panagiotis Evangelidis
Type of Support Translation and Publication
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Spain

Language Spanish
Title of the Book Kami no tsuki [Paper Moon]
Publisher Galaxia Gutenberg
Author / Translator Kakuta Mitsuyo / Fernando Cordobes, Ogihara Yoko
Type of Support Translation and Publication
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Germany

Language German
Title of the Book Kimyōji yokochō no natsu [trans. Temple Alley Summer]
Publisher limbion
Author / Translator Kashiwaba Sachiko / Luise Steggewentz
Type of Support Translation and Publication
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Finland

Language Finnish
Title of the Book Yume jūya / Eijitsu shōhin [trans. Ten Nights' Dream / Short Pieces from Long Spring Days]
Publisher Teos Publishers
Author / Translator Natsume Sōseki / Aleksi Jarvela
Type of Support Translation and Publication
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Language Finnish
Title of the Book JR Uenoeki kōenguchi [trans. Tokyo Ueno Station]
Publisher Sammakko Publishing
Author / Translator Yu Miri / Raisa Porrasmaa
Type of Support Translation and Publication
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Albania

Language Albanian
Title of the Book Honkaku shōsetsu [trans. A True Novel]
Publisher OMBRA GVG Publishing House
Author / Translator Mizumura Minae / Nonda Varfi
Type of Support Translation and Publication
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Language Albanian
Title of the Book Hisoyaka na kesshō [trans. The Memory Police]
Publisher Onufri Publishing House
Author / Translator Ogawa Yōko / Eni Myrtollari
Type of Support Translation and Publication
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Language Albanian
Title of the Book Hevun [trans. Heaven]
Publisher Onufri Publishing House
Author / Translator Kawakami Mieko / Andreas Dushi
Type of Support Translation and Publication
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Ukraine

Language Ukrainian
Title of the Book Massuguna michi de samishii [Straight Road Sorrow is Coming] (Anthology of Taneda Santōka's works)
Publisher Dmytro Burago Publishing House
Author / Translator Taneda Santōka / Ivan Bondarenko
Type of Support Translation and Publication
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Language Ukrainian
Title of the Book Midare gami [trans. Tangled Hair]
Publisher Dmytro Burago Publishing House
Author / Translator Yosano Akiko / Ivan Bondarenko
Type of Support Translation and Publication
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Estonia

Language Estonian
Title of the Book Ichininshō tansū [trans. First Person Singular]
Publisher Varrak Publishing
Author / Translator Murakami Haruki / Maret Nukke
Type of Support Translation and Publication
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North Macedonia

Language Macedonian
Title of the Book Haha no isan [trans. Inheritance from Mother]
Publisher Slovenika DOOEL Skopje
Author / Translator Mizumura Minae / Zoran Spasovski
Type of Support Translation and Publication
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Language Albanian
Title of the Book Ningen shikkaku [trans. No longer human]
Publisher SHKUPI Publishing House
Author / Translator Dazai Osamu / Luan Morina
Type of Support Translation and Publication
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Georgia

Language Georgian
Title of the Book Kicchin [trans. Kitchen]
Publisher Diogene Publishers
Author / Translator Yoshimoto Banana / David Goginashvili
Type of Support Translation
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Language Georgian
Title of the Book Bunchō / Yume jūya [trans. Bunchō / Ten Nights' Dream]
Publisher Diogene Publishers
Author / Translator Natsume Sōseki / Tamta Bokeria
Type of Support Translation and Publication
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Slovenia

Language Slovenian
Title of the Book Ichininshō tansū [trans. First Person Singular]
Publisher Mladinska Knjiga Publishing House
Author / Translator Murakami Haruki / Domen Kavčič
Type of Support Translation and Publication
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Hungary

Language Hungarian
Title of the Book Kentōshi [trans. The Emissary]
Publisher Libri Publishing
Author / Translator Tawada Yōko / Ikematsu-Papp Gabriella
Type of Support Translation and Publication
image of Kentōshi
Language Hungarian
Title of the Book Kamogawa shokudō [trans. The Kamogawa Food Detectives]
Publisher General Press Publishers
Author / Translator Kashiwai Hisashi / Mayer Ingrid
Type of Support Translation and Publication
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Language Hungarian
Title of the Book Morisaki shoten no hibi [trans. Days at the Morisaki Bookshop]
Publisher Athenaeum Publisher
Author / Translator Yagisawa Satoshi / Nagy Anita
Type of Support Translation and Publication
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Poland

Language Polish
Title of the Book Ottottō no Sei-chan genki desuka? [How are you, Sei-chan from Otto Island?]
Publisher Wydawnictwo Dwie Siostry (Two Sisters Publishing)
Author / Translator Iwasa Megumi / Anna Zalewska
Type of Support Translation and Publication
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Middle East and Africa

Israel

Language Hebrew
Title of the Book Orientarizumu igo: Karatani Kōjin no sensho [After Orientalism: Karatani Kōjin, A Selection of Writings]
Publisher Tel Aviv University Press
Author / Translator Karatani Kōjin / Ayelet Zohar, Rotem Ayalon
Type of Support Translation
To be published in 2025

Egypt

Language Arabic
Title of the Book Aru otoko [trans. A Man]
Publisher Al Karma Publishers
Author / Translator Hirano Keiichirō / Maisara Afifi
Type of Support Translation and Publication
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