Support Program for Translation and Publication on Japan (2024 - 2025)

Asia and Oceania

China

Language Simplified Chinese
Title of the Book Kentōshi [trans. The Emissary]
Publisher Folio (Beijing) Culture & Media
Author / Translator Tawada Yōko / Lelac
Costs Supported Translation and Publication
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Language Simplified Chinese
Title of the Book Mukashibanashi no gohō [Poetics of Folktales]
Publisher The Commercial Press
Author / Translator Ozawa Toshio / Liu Weiying, Hou Dongmei, Guo Chonglin
Costs Supported Translation and Publication
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Language Simplified Chinese
Title of the Book Chūgoku igaku no kigen [The Origin of Chinese Medicine]
Publisher Guangxi Science and Technology Publishing House
Author / Translator Yamada Keiji / Jianping Han, Min Zhou
Costs Supported Translation and Publication
Cover image of Chūgoku igaku no kigen [The Origin of Chinese Medicine]
Language Simplified Chinese
Title of the Book Shin Nihon: AI dēta jidai ni okeru nihon no saisei to jinzai ikusei [Japan's Regeneration and Talent Training in the Era of AI & Big Data ]
Publisher Zhejiang Gongshang University Press
Author / Translator Ataka Kazuto / Han Bing, Jiang Chunhua
Costs Supported Publication
Cover image of Shin Nihon: AI dēta jidai ni okeru nihon no saisei to jinzai ikusei [Japan's Regeneration and Talent Training in the Era of AI ＆ Big Data ]
Language Simplified Chinese
Title of the Book Are mo kirai kore mo suki shinsōban [Love to Hate It]
Publisher Shanghai Bookstore Publishing House
Author / Translator Sano Yōko / Bian Xiyan
Costs Supported Translation and Publication
Cover image of Are mo kirai kore mo suki shinsōban [Love to Hate It]

Indonesia

Language Indonesian
Title of the Book Chijin no ai [trans. Naomi]
Publisher Haru Publisher
Author / Translator Tanizaki Jun'ichirō / Ribeka Ota
Costs Supported Translation and Publication
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Language Indonesian
Title of the Book Hanchibakku [Hunchback]
Publisher Anagram Publisher
Author / Translator Ichikawa Saou / Dewi Anggraeni
Costs Supported Translation and Publication
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Language Indonesian
Title of the Book Kimyōji yokochō no natsu [trans. Temple Alley Summer]
Publisher Baca Publishing House
Author / Translator Kashiwaba Sachiko / Andry Setiawan
Costs Supported Translation and Publication
Cover image of Kimyōji yokochō no natsu [trans. Temple Alley Summer]
Language Indonesian
Title of the Book Shinkashikō zōhokaiteiban ikinokoru konseputo wo tsukuru hen'i to sentaku [Evolutional Creativity]
Publisher Simpul Aksara Group
Author / Translator Tachikawa Eisuke / Ribeka Ota
Costs Supported Translation and Publication
Cover image of Shinkashikō zōhokaiteiban ikinokoru konseputo wo tsukuru hen'i to sentaku [Evolutional Creativity]

Vietnam

Language Vietnamese
Title of the Book Inumukoiri [trans. The Bridegroom Was a Dog]
Publisher Vietnam Women's Publishing House
Author / Translator Tawada Yōko / Nguyen Thi Ai Tien
Costs Supported Translation and Publication
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Malaysia

Language Malay
Title of the Book Morisaki shoten no hibi [trans. Days at the Morisaki Bookshop]
Publisher The Biblio Press Enterprise
Author / Translator Yagisawa Satoshi / Hazman Baharom
Costs Supported Translation and Publication
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India

Language Malayalam
Title of the Book Natsu monogatari [trans. Breasts and Eggs]
Publisher DC Books
Author / Translator Kawakami Mieko / Asha Nair
Costs Supported Translation and Publication
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The Americas

U.S.A.

Language English
Title of the Book Kojiki gakusei [The Beggar Student]
Publisher New Directions Publishing
Author / Translator Dazai Osamu / Sam Bett
Costs Supported Translation
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Mexico

Language Spanish
Title of the Book Tawada Yōko shishū (Fukushima to sonota no shi) [Fukushima and Other Poems by Tawada Yōko]
Publisher Universidad Veracruzana Press
Author / Translator Tawada Yōko / Christina Rascón Castro
Costs Supported Translation and Publication
Cover image of Tawada Yōko shishū (Fukushima to sonota no shi) [Fukushima and Other Poems by Tawada Yōko]

Colombia

Language Spanish
Title of the Book Akirame [Resignation]
Publisher Tanuki
Author / Translator Tamura Toshiko / Ariana Vallejo
Costs Supported Translation and Publication
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Brazil

Language Portuguese
Title of the Book Akkanbē Ikkyū (3) [Akkanbē Ikkyū Vol. 3]
Publisher Editora Veneta
Author / Translator Sakaguchi Hisashi / Drik Sada
Costs Supported Translation and Publication
Cover image of Akkanbē Ikkyū (3) [Akkanbē Ikkyū Vol. 3]
Language Portuguese
Title of the Book Ureigao no dōshi [The Child with a Melancholy Face]
Publisher Estação Liberdade Publishing House
Author / Translator Ōe Kenzaburō / Jefferson José Teixeira
Costs Supported Publication
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Language Portuguese
Title of the Book Keiyaku Suzuki Izumi SF zenshū [trans. Terminal Boredom]
Publisher DBA Literatura
Author / Translator Suzuki Izumi / Rita Kohl, Eunice Suenaga, Andrei Cunha
Costs Supported Translation and Publication
Cover image of Keiyaku Suzuki Izumi SF zenshū [trans. Terminal Boredom]

Europe

Italy

Language Italian
Title of the Book Karui memai [trans. Mild Vertigo]
Publisher Neri Pozza Editore
Author / Translator Kanai Mieko / Laura Testaverde
Costs Supported Translation
Cover image of Karui memai [trans. Mild Vertigo]
Language Italian
Title of the Book Keiyaku Suzuki Izumi SF zenshū [trans. Terminal Boredom]
Publisher add editore
Author / Translator Suzuki Izumi / Asuka Ozumi
Costs Supported Translation and Publication
Cover image of Keiyaku Suzuki Izumi SF zenshū [trans. Terminal Boredom]

U.K.

Language English
Title of the Book Susaki paradaisu [Susaki Paradise]
Publisher Another Gaze Editions
Author / Translator Shibaki Yoshiko / Polly Barton
Costs Supported Translation
To be published in 2025
Language English
Title of the Book Tsunagu [The Go-Between]
Publisher Penguin Random House
Author / Translator Tsujimura Mizuki / Yuki Tejima
Costs Supported Translation
Cover image of Tsunagu [The Go-Between]

Netherlands

Language Dutch
Title of the Book Neko to shōzō to futari no onna [trans. A Cat, A Man, and Two Women]
Publisher Meulenhoff Boekerij
Author / Translator Tanizaki Jun'ichirō / Geert van Bremen
Costs Supported Publication
Cover image of Neko to shōzō to futari no onna [trans. A Cat, A Man, and Two Women]
Language Dutch
Title of the Book Omoide ga kienai uchini [trans. Before Your Memory Fades]
Publisher Meulenhoff Boekerij
Author / Translator Kawaguchi Toshikazu / Sarah Van Camp
Costs Supported Publication
Cover image of Omoide ga kienai uchini [trans. Before Your Memory Fades]
Language Dutch
Title of the Book Subete mayonaka no koibitotachi [trans. All the Lovers in the Night]
Publisher Podium (Park Publishers)
Author / Translator Kawakami Mieko / Maria Smolders
Costs Supported Translation and Publication
Cover image of Subete mayonaka no koibitotachi [trans. All the Lovers in the Night]

Sweden

Language Swedish
Title of the Book Subete mayonaka no koibitotachi [trans. All the Lovers in the Night]
Publisher Tranan Publishing House
Author / Translator Kawakami Mieko / Vibeke Emond
Costs Supported Publication
Cover image of Subete mayonaka no koibitotachi [trans. All the Lovers in the Night]

Spain

Language Catalan
Title of the Book Onnagata, sono ta no tanpen [trans. Onnagata and Other Works of Mishima Yukio]
Publisher Cràter Publishing House
Author / Translator Mishima Yukio / Albert Nolla
Costs Supported Translation and Publication
Cover image of Onnagata, sono ta no tanpen [trans. Onnagata and Other Works of Mishima Yukio]

Denmark

Language Danish
Title of the Book Yume jūya [trans. Ten Nights of Dreams]
Publisher Cocoon Publishing
Author / Translator Natsume Sōseki / Steffen Kloster Poulsen
Costs Supported Publication
Cover image of Yume jūya [trans. Ten Nights of Dreams]

Germany

Language German
Title of the Book Kenchiku ni okeru nihon teki na mono [trans. Japan-ness in Architecture]
Publisher Edition Architecture and Culture
Author / Translator Isozaki Arata / Nora Bierich
Costs Supported Publication
Cover image of Kenchiku ni okeru nihon teki na mono [trans. Japan-ness in Architecture]
Language German
Title of the Book Inugokoro [Dog's Heart]
Publisher MSB Matthes & Seitz Berlin Publishing House
Author / Translator Itō Hiromi / Irmela Hijiya-Kirschnereit
Costs Supported Translation and Publication
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Language German
Title of the Book Saigo no kyōwa koku [The Last Republic]
Publisher Mitteldeutscher Verlag
Author / Translator Ishikawa Tatsuzō / Yuri Mizobuchi
Costs Supported Publication
Cover image of Saigo no kyōwa koku [The Last Republic]

Norway

Language Norwegian
Title of the Book Seijo no kyūsai [trans. Salvation of a Saint]
Publisher Hino Publications
Author / Translator Higashino Keigo / Harry Solvang
Costs Supported Translation and Publication
Cover image of Seijo no kyūsai [trans. Salvation of a Saint]
Language Norwegian
Title of the Book Kirawareru yūki [trans. The Courage to Be Disliked]
Publisher Frisk Publishing Company
Author / Translator Kishimi Ichirō, Koga Fumitake / Yngve Johan Larsen
Costs Supported Translation and Publication
Cover image of Kirawareru yūki [trans. The Courage to Be Disliked]
Language Norwegian
Title of the Book Machi to sono futashika na kabe [trans. The City and Its Uncertain Walls]
Publisher Pax Publishing House
Author / Translator Murakami Haruki / Ika Kaminka
Costs Supported Translation
Cover image of Machi to sono futashika na kabe [trans. The City and Its Uncertain Walls]

France

Language French
Title of the Book Ora ora de hitori igumo [I, I am Going Alone]
Publisher Éditions Leduc
Author / Translator Wakatake Chisako / Sophie Bescond
Costs Supported Translation
Cover image of Ora ora de hitori igumo [I, I am Going Alone]

Portugal

Language Portuguese
Title of the Book Wani san doki haisha san doki [trans. The Crocodile and the Dentist]
Publisher Orfeu Negro
Author / Translator Gomi Tarō / Nuno Quintas
Costs Supported Translation and Publication
Cover image of Wani san doki haisha san doki [trans. The Crocodile and the Dentist]

Azerbaijan

Language Azeri
Title of the Book Akutagawa Ryūnosuke tanpenshū [Selected Short Stories of Akutagawa Ryūnosuke]
Publisher Alatoran
Author / Translator Akutagawa Ryūnosuke / Yashar Ibrahimov
Costs Supported Translation and Publication
Cover image of Akutagawa Ryūnosuke tanpenshū [Selected Short Stories of Akutagawa Ryūnosuke]

Armenia

Language Armenian
Title of the Book Natsu monogatari [trans. Breasts and Eggs]
Publisher Granish Literary Community
Author / Translator Kawakami Mieko / Astghik Hovhannisyan
Costs Supported Translation and Publication
Cover image of Natsu monogatari [trans. Breasts and Eggs]
Language Armenian
Title of the Book Kokkyō no minami, taiyō no nishi [trans. South of the Border, West of the Sun]
Publisher Antares
Author / Translator Murakami Haruki / Lilit Khansulyan
Costs Supported Translation
Cover image of Kokkyō no minami, taiyō no nishi [trans. South of the Border, West of the Sun]

Ukraine

Language Ukrainian
Title of the Book Ozaki Hōsai kushū (Ippon ashi no suzume) [One-Legged Sparrow /Selected Haiku of Ozaki Hōsai]
Publisher Dmytro Burago Publishing House
Author / Translator Ozaki Hōsai / Ivan Bondarenko
Costs Supported Translation and Publication
Cover image of Ozaki Hōsai kushū (Ippon ashi no suzume) [One-Legged Sparrow /Selected Haiku of Ozaki Hōsai]
Language Ukrainian
Title of the Book Dazai Osamu meisakusen [Selected Works of Dazai Osamu]
Publisher Safran
Author / Translator Dazai Osamu / Yuliia Osadcha Ferreira
Costs Supported Translation and Publication
Cover image of Dazai Osamu meisakusen [Selected Works of Dazai Osamu]

North Macedonia

Language Albanian
Title of the Book Bocchan [trans. Botchan]
Publisher Shkupi Publishing House
Author / Translator Natsume Sōseki / Luan Morina
Costs Supported Translation and Publication
Cover image of Bocchan [trans. Botchan]

Georgia

Language Georgian
Title of the Book Yama no oto [trans. The Sound of the Mountain]
Publisher Siesta
Author / Translator Kawabata Yasunari / Tatia Memarnishvili
Costs Supported Translation and Publication
Cover image of Yama no oto [trans. The Sound of the Mountain]
Language Georgian
Title of the Book Ningen shikkaku [trans. No Longer Human]
Publisher Diogene Publishers
Author / Translator Dazai Osamu / Tamta Bokeria
Costs Supported Translation and Publication
Cover image of Ningen shikkaku [trans. No Longer Human]

Slovenia

Language Slovene
Title of the Book Kūshin techō [trans. Diary of a Void]
Publisher Beletrina Academic Press
Author / Translator Yagi Emi / Domen Kavčič
Costs Supported Translation and Publication
Cover image of Kūshin techō [trans. Diary of a Void]
Language Slovene
Title of the Book Tabi neko ripōto [trans. The Travelling Cat Chronicles]
Publisher Beletrina Academic Press
Author / Translator Arikawa Hiro / Domen Kavčič
Costs Supported Translation and Publication
Cover image of Tabi neko ripōto [trans. The Travelling Cat Chronicles]

Serbia

Language Serbian
Title of the Book Hanchibakku [Hunchback]
Publisher Lumo Books doo
Author / Translator Ichikawa Saou / Divna Tričković
Costs Supported Translation and Publication
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Czech

Language Czech
Title of the Book Mushi wo tēma to shita waka to haiku no ansorojī [Fireflies in the Sleeves - Old Japanese Poetry]
Publisher DharmaGaia Publishing House
Author / Translator Matsuo Bashō and other poets / Helena Honcoopová, Petr Borkovec
Costs Supported Translation and Publication
Cover image of Mushi wo tēma to shita waka to haiku no ansorojī [Fireflies in the Sleeves - Old Japanese Poetry]
Language Czech
Title of the Book Man'en gannen no futtobōru [trans. The Silent Cry]
Publisher Albatros Media
Author / Translator Ōe Kenzaburō / Anna Cima
Costs Supported Publication
Cover image of Man'en gannen no futtobōru [trans. The Silent Cry]

Poland

Language Polish
Title of the Book Oyasumi, Tōkyō [trans. Goodnight Tokyo]
Publisher Kirin Publishing House
Author / Translator Yoshida Atsuhiro / Anna Grajny
Costs Supported Publication
Cover image of Oyasumi, Tōkyō [trans. Goodnight Tokyo]
Language Polish
Title of the Book Utsukushisa to kanashimi to [trans. Beauty and Sadness]
Publisher Czytelnik Publishing House
Author / Translator Kawabata Yasunari / Katarzyna Sonnenberg-Musiał
Costs Supported Publication
Cover image of Utsukushisa to kanashimi to [trans. Beauty and Sadness]

Romania

Language Romanian
Title of the Book Kinjiki [trans. Forbidden Colors]
Publisher Humanitas Fiction
Author / Translator Mishima Yukio / Andreea Ștefana Sion
Costs Supported Translation and Publication
Cover image of Kinjiki [trans. Forbidden Colors]

Middle East and Africa

Turkey

Language Turkish
Title of the Book Ukigumo [trans. Floating Clouds]
Publisher Fihrist Book
Author / Translator Hayashi Fumiko / Gökçe Toprak
Costs Supported Translation and Publication
Cover image of Ukigumo [trans. Floating Clouds]

Egypt

Language Arabic
Title of the Book Kani kōsen [trans. The Cannery Boat]
Publisher Mahrousa Center For Publishing, Press Services, and Information
Author / Translator Kobayashi Takiji / Maher Elsherbini
Costs Supported Translation and Publication
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