Support Program for Translation and Publication (2026 - 2027)

Asia and Oceania

Korea

Language Korean
Title of the Book Waga aisuru shijin no denki [My beloved poet's biography]
Publisher CommunicationBooks, Inc., Zmanz
Author / Translator Murou Saisei / Kim Myung-Ju
Costs Supported Translation and Publication
Language Korean
Title of the Book Nihon shisōshi to genzai [Japanese Intellectual History and the Present]
Publisher Beanshelf publishing
Author / Translator Watanabe Hiroshi / Lee Saebom
Costs Supported Translation and Publication

Taiwan

Language Traditional Chinese
Title of the Book Nijū yomi sareru chūkaminkoku: Sengo nihon wo ikiru kakyō taikyō tachi no kokyō [The Republic of China Seen Through Two Lenses: The “Homeland” of Overseas Chinese and Overseas Taiwanese in Postwar Japan]
Publisher SpringHill Publishing
Author / Translator Okano Shōta (Yō Shōta) / YaoChin Huang
Costs Supported Translation and Publication
Language Traditional Chinese
Title of the Book Kugai jōdo: Waga minamatabyō [trans. Paradise in the Sea of Sorrow: Our Minamata Disease]
Publisher SpringHill Publishing
Author / Translator Ishimure Michiko / Zi Chien Liu
Costs Supported Publication
Language Traditional Chinese
Title of the Book Hikaku bungaku hikaku bunka handobukku [A Handbook of Comparative Literature and Comparative Culture]
Publisher Asian Culture Co., Ltd.
Author / Translator Imahashi Eiko and six others / Yunhsien Liang and four others
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China

Language Simplified Chinese
Title of the Book Mikenzaka [Mikenzaka]
Publisher Hunan Literature and Art Publishing House Co., Ltd.
Author / Translator Horie Toshiyuki / Mi Qiao
Costs Supported Publication
Language Simplified Chinese
Title of the Book Ainu to kamigami no monogatari: Robata de kiita uwepekere [Tales of Ainu and Gods: Uepeker Heard by the Fireplace]
Publisher Zhejiang University Press, Co., Ltd.
Author / Translator Kayano Shigeru / Lu Yina
Costs Supported Translation and Publication
Language Simplified Chinese
Title of the Book Ai no seikatsu: Mori no meryujīnu [Love' Life, Melusine in Forest]
Publisher Shanghai Lucidabooks Co., Ltd.
Author / Translator Kanai Mieko / Liu Jianing
Costs Supported Translation
Language Simplified Chinese
Title of the Book Bokura no onnanoko shashin kara watashitachi no gārīfoto [I, the party involved, have objections]
Publisher Ruishan Cultural Communication Co., Ltd. (Shanghai)
Author / Translator Nagashima Yurie / Tang Shi
Costs Supported Translation
Language Simplified Chinese
Title of the Book Keiyaku Suzuki Izumi SF zenshū [trans. Terminal Boredom]
Publisher Beijing United Creadion Culture Media Co., Ltd.
Author / Translator Suzuki Izumi / Yu Mengjiao
Costs Supported Translation
Language Simplified Chinese
Title of the Book Deguchi Nao josei kyōso to kyūsai shisō [Deguchi Nao: The Spiritual History of a Marginalized Woman]
Publisher Chongwen Publishing House Co., Ltd.
Author / Translator Yasumaru Yoshio / Chen Min
Costs Supported Translation and Publication

Mongolia

Language Mongolian
Title of the Book Ruraru san no niwa [Mr. Ruraru's Garden]
Publisher Akai Nar
Author / Translator Itō Hiroshi / Noriko Tsuda
Costs Supported Translation and Publication

Indonesia

Language Indonesian
Title of the Book Yūyami dōri shōtengai kohaku yōgashiten [trans. The Amberglow Candy Store]
Publisher Renebook
Author / Translator Kurisu Hiyoko / Faira Ammadea
Costs Supported Translation and Publication

Thailand

Language Thai
Title of the Book Nandemo majo shōkai: oyōfuku rifōmu shiten [The Magical Sewing Shop]
Publisher Nalikasai Co., Ltd.
Author / Translator Anbiru Yasuko / Kanokwan Ketchaimas
Costs Supported Translation and Publication

Viet Nam

Language Vietnamese
Title of the Book Manga de tetsugaku: Tetsugaku no megane de sekai wo miruto [Seeing the World through Philosophy Glasses]
Publisher Vietnam Women's Publishing House
Author / Translator Kōno Tetsuya, Sugahara Yoshiko, Nagashima Hiromi / Hoàng Phúc
Costs Supported Translation and Publication
Language Vietnamese
Title of the Book Ki [trans. Tree]
Publisher Coral Books and Media Joint Stock Company
Author / Translator Kōda Aya / Chi Chi
Costs Supported Translation and Publication
Language Vietnamese
Title of the Book Shishōsetsu from left to right [trans. An I-Novel]
Publisher ZNZ Limited Company
Author / Translator Mizumura Minae / Quỳnh Quỳnh
Costs Supported Translation and Publication
Language Vietnamese
Title of the Book Kyodai Kūkō [The Huge Airport]
Publisher Nam Hai Industrial and Commercial Company Limited and its imprint Crabit Kidbooks
Author / Translator Kamata Ayumi / Tô Vân Anh
Costs Supported Translation and Publication

India

Language Malayalam
Title of the Book Batā [trans. BUTTER]
Publisher DC Books
Author / Translator Yuzuki Asako / Rauf Roomi
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The Americas

U.S.A

Language English
Title of the Book Kari no jidai [The Culling Times]
Publisher New York Review Books
Author / Translator Tsushima Yūko / Dennis Charles Washburn
Costs Supported Translation and Publication
Language English
Title of the Book Hizoku [Women of the Sea]
Publisher Counterpoint Press
Author / Translator Murata Kiyoko / Juliet Winters Carpenter
Costs Supported Translation
Language English
Title of the Book Tama chan to aka chan [Tama & Baby]
Publisher Enchanted Lion Books
Author / Translator Doi Kaya / David Boyd, Asa Yoneda
Costs Supported Translation and Publication

Chile

Language Spanish
Title of the Book Genbaku shishū [trans. Poems of the Atomic Bomb]
Publisher Telurica Press
Author / Translator Tōge Sankichi / Magdalena Lemus
Costs Supported Publication

Brazil

Language Portuguese
Title of the Book Hāto ni hi wo tsukete! Dare ga kesu [trans. Set My Heart on Fire]
Publisher DBA Publishing House
Author / Translator Suzuki Izumi / Jefferson José Teixeira
Costs Supported Publication

Europe

Italy

Language Italian
Title of the Book Tobu kujaku [The Flying Peacock]
Publisher add editore
Author / Translator Yamao Yūko / Alessandro Passarella
Costs Supported Translation and Publication
Language Italian
Title of the Book Mīna no kōshin [trans. Mina's Matchbox]
Publisher il Saggiatore Srl
Author / Translator Ogawa Yōko / Laura Testaverde
Costs Supported Publication
Language Italian
Title of the Book Himitsu dakedo hanashi masu [It's a secret but I'll tell you]
Publisher kira kira publishing house
Author / Translator Horikawa Rimako / Roberta Tiberi
Costs Supported Translation and Publication
Language Italian
Title of the Book Tsukurareta kokoro [Artificial Soul]
Publisher Gallucci editore
Author / Translator Satō Madoka / Massimo Soumaré
Costs Supported Translation and Publication
Language Italian
Title of the Book Yōji gari [trans. Toddler-Hunting]
Publisher Storie Effimere
Author / Translator Kōno Taeko / Asuka Ozumi
Costs Supported Translation and Publication
Language Italian
Title of the Book Babayaga no yoru [trans. The Night of Baba Yaga]
Publisher E/O Editions
Author / Translator Ōtani Akira / Gianluca Coci
Costs Supported Translation and Publication

U.K.

Language English
Title of the Book Tabisuru renshū [Traveling Practice]
Publisher Honford Star Ltd.
Author / Translator Norishiro Yūsuke / Takami Nieda
Costs Supported Translation and Publication
Language English
Title of the Book Shigoto wo tsukuru: Watashi no rirekisho [Creating Work]
Publisher Scribe Publications
Author / Translator Andō Tadao / Polly Barton
Costs Supported Publication

Netherlands

Language Dutch
Title of the Book Hitori biyori [trans. A Perfect Day to Be Alone]
Publisher Zirimiri Press
Author / Translator Aoyama Nanae / Luk Van Haute
Costs Supported Translation and Publication
Language Dutch
Title of the Book Kintsugi no ie: Atatakana shizukutachi [The Kintsugi House]
Publisher Park Uitgevers
Author / Translator Hoshio Sanae / Karin Kuwahara
Costs Supported Translation and Publication
Language Dutch
Title of the Book Karui memai [trans. Mild Vertigo]
Publisher Nijgh & Van Ditmar / Singel Publishers
Author / Translator Kanai Mieko / Maria Smolders
Costs Supported Translation

Greece

Language Greek
Title of the Book Sukūrugāru [trans. Schoolgirl]
Publisher Vakxikon Publications
Author / Translator Qudan Rie / Ektoras Anagnostou
Costs Supported Publication

Spain

Language Spanish
Title of the Book Niwa [trans. Garden]
Publisher Impedimenta S.L.
Author / Translator Oyamada Hiroko / Tana Oshima
Costs Supported Translation and Publication
Language Catalan
Title of the Book Abe Kōbō tanpenshū (“Kake” hoka) [trans. The Bet and Other Stories of Abe Kōbō]
Publisher Males Herbes Publishing House
Author / Translator Abe Kōbō / Pau Danés Griera
Costs Supported Translation and Publication
Language Spanish
Title of the Book Stā / Hanazakari no mori / Sākasu / Shi wo kaku shōnen / Mikumanomōde / Kujaku / Eirei no koe [trans. Star / Forest in Full Bloom / The Circus / The Boy Who Wrote Poetry / Acts of Worship / The Peacocks / Voices of the Fallen Heroes]
Publisher Alianza Publishing House, Ltd.
Author / Translator Mishima Yukio / Fernando Cordobés González, Yoko Ogihara
Costs Supported Publication

Germany

Language German
Title of the Book Haru hayate [The city in the west wind]
Publisher Péridot
Author / Translator Anzai Mizumaru / Ursula Gräfe
Costs Supported Translation and Publication
Language German
Title of the Book Gakumon [School]
Publisher Mahoroba Verlag
Author / Translator Yamada Eimi / Sabine Mangold
Costs Supported Translation and Publication
Language German
Title of the Book Honshin [Heart of Hearts]
Publisher Suhrkamp Publishing
Author / Translator Hirano Keiichirō / Katja Busson
Costs Supported Translation and Publication

Norway

Language Norwegian
Title of the Book Morisaki shoten no hibi [trans. Days at the Morisaki Bookshop]
Publisher BRIS Publishing
Author / Translator Yagisawa Satoshi / Yngve Johan Larsen
Costs Supported Translation and Publication
Language Norwegian
Title of the Book Himitsu [trans. Naoko]
Publisher Hino Publications
Author / Translator Higashino Keigo / Harry Solvang
Costs Supported Translation and Publication

Finland

Language Finnish
Title of the Book Banshū heiya [Banshū Plain]
Publisher Reiwa Suomi Japani Ltd.
Author / Translator Miyamoto Yuriko / Antti Valkama
Costs Supported Translation and Publication
Language Finnish
Title of the Book Ise monogatari [trans. The Tales of Ise]
Publisher Art House Ltd.
Author / Translator Unknown / Juhani Bonsdorff
Costs Supported Publication

Belgium

Language Dutch
Title of the Book Majo no takkyūbin [trans. Kiki's Delivery Service]
Publisher Clavis Publishing
Author / Translator Kadono Eiko / Tomoko Kaji, Heidi Van Hiel
Costs Supported Translation and Publication

Albania

Language Albanian
Title of the Book Kiiroi ie [trans. Sisters in Yellow]
Publisher Onufri Publishing House
Author / Translator Kawakami Mieko / Andreas Dushi
Costs Supported Translation and Publication
Language Albanian
Title of the Book Hakase no aishita sūshiki [trans. The Housekeeper and the Professor]
Publisher Onufri Publishing House
Author / Translator Ogawa Yōko / Enxhi Hudhri
Costs Supported Translation and Publication

Armenia

Language Armenian
Title of the Book Osagashimono wa toshoshitsu made [trans. What You Are Looking For Is in the Library]
Publisher Antares Ltd.
Author / Translator Aoyama Michiko / Lilit Khansulyan
Costs Supported Translation and Publication

Ukraine

Language Ukrainian
Title of the Book Batā [trans. BUTTER]
Publisher LLC Chitarium
Author / Translator Yuzuki Asako / Tetyana Ihorivna Korchuk
Costs Supported Translation and Publication
Language Ukrainian
Title of the Book Tsurī hausu [Tree House]
Publisher Anetta Antonenko Publishers
Author / Translator Kakuta Mitsuyo / Hanna Vozniuk
Costs Supported Translation
Language Ukrainian
Title of the Book Dogura magura [trans. Dogra Magra]
Publisher Anetta Antonenko Publishers
Author / Translator Yumeno Kyūsaku / Igor Dubinskyi
Costs Supported Translation
Language Ukrainian
Title of the Book Nigorie, Takekurabe [trans. Troubled Waters, Child’s Play]
Publisher Safran Ltd.
Author / Translator Higuchi Ichiyō / Anna Bogdanova
Costs Supported Translation and Publication
Language Ukrainian
Title of the Book Moeyo ken [Burn, O Sword]
Publisher Astrolabe Publishing
Author / Translator Shiba Ryōtarō / Igor Dubinskyi
Costs Supported Translation and Publication

Estonia

Language Estonian
Title of the Book Supūtoniku no koibito [trans. Sputnik Sweetheart]
Publisher Varrak Publishing
Author / Translator Murakami Haruki / Maret Nukke
Costs Supported Translation and Publication

Georgia

Language Georgian
Title of the Book Sensei no kaban [Strange Weather in Tokyo first published as The Briefcase]
Publisher Diogene Ltd.
Author / Translator Kawakami Hiromi /Tamta Bokeria
Costs Supported Translation and Publication
Language Georgian
Title of the Book Morisaki shoten no hibi [trans. Days at the Morisaki Bookshop]
Publisher Diogene Ltd.
Author / Translator Yagisawa Satoshi / Tamta Bokeria
Costs Supported Translation and Publication

Slovenia

Language Slovene
Title of the Book Machi to sono futashikana kabe [trans. The City and Its Uncertain Walls]
Publisher Mladinska Knjiga Publishing House d.d.
Author / Translator Murakami Haruki / Domen Kavčič
Costs Supported Publication
Language Slovene
Title of the Book Yōji gari / Yuki / Kani / Saigo no toki / Fui no koe / Han shoyūsha [trans. Toddler-Hunting / Snow / Crabs / Final Moments / A Sudden Voice / Joint Owners]
Publisher Society For Theoretical Psychoanalysis
Author / Translator Kōno Taeko / Domen Kavčič
Costs Supported Translation and Publication

Serbia

Language Serbian
Title of the Book Wasurerareta warutsu [Forgotten Waltz]
Publisher Partisan Book Ltd. Kikinda
Author / Translator Itoyama Akiko / Branka Takahaši
Costs Supported Translation and Publication
Language Serbian
Title of the Book Sanshirō [trans. Sanshirō]
Publisher Publishing House TANESI BOOKS Ltd.
Author / Translator Natsume Sōseki / Mateja Matic
Costs Supported Translation and Publication
Language Serbian
Title of the Book Honshin [Heart of Hearts]
Publisher Geopoetika Publishing
Author / Translator Hirano Keiichirō / Divna Glumac
Costs Supported Translation and Publication

Czech Republic

Language Czech
Title of the Book Neko to kotori [A Story about a Cat and a Bird]
Publisher TaBella Publishing, s.r.o.
Author / Translator Tateno Hiroshi, Nakano Mami / Lukas Bruna
Costs Supported Translation and Publication
Language Czech
Title of the Book Kinyōbi no honya san [The Friday Bookshop]
Publisher HOST Publishing House, LLC
Author / Translator Natori Sawako / Petr Kabelka, Eliška Kabelková Vítová
Costs Supported Translation and Publication

Hungary

Language Hungarian
Title of the Book Ningen shikkaku [trans. No Longer Human]
Publisher GABO Publishing and Trading Ltd.
Author / Translator Dazai Osamu / Eszter Katona
Costs Supported Publication
Language Hungarian
Title of the Book Kiri no mukō no fushigina machi [trans. The Village Beyond the Mist]
Publisher Cicero Book Studio Ltd.
Author / Translator Kashiwaba Sachiko / Ingrid Mayer
Costs Supported Publication

Poland

Language Polish
Title of the Book Yūjokō [trans. A Woman of Pleasure]
Publisher Marginesy Publishing House Ltd.
Author / Translator Murata Kiyoko / Dariusz Latoś
Costs Supported Publication

Latvia

Language Latvian
Title of the Book Chinmoku [trans. Silence]
Publisher Aminori, SIA
Author / Translator Endō Shūsaku / Linda Galvane
Costs Supported Translation

Lithuania

Language Lithuanian
Title of the Book Shōmetsu sekai [trans. Vanishing World]
Publisher Lithuanian Writers' Union Publishing House
Author / Translator Murata Sayaka / Indre Baronina
Costs Supported Translation and Publication

Romania

Language Romanian
Title of the Book Sorekara [trans. And Then]
Publisher The House of Scientific Book
Author / Translator Natsume Sōseki / Rodica Frențiu
Costs Supported Translation and Publication

Middle East and Africa

Egypt

Language Arabic
Title of the Book Ōkina tori ni saraware nai yō [trans. Under the Eye of the Big Bird]
Publisher Sefsafa Publishing House
Author / Translator Kawakami Hiromi / Mohamed Ahmed Hassan
Costs Supported Translation and Publication
Language Arabic
Title of the Book Uji shūi monogatari [trans. A Collection of Tales from Uji A Study and Translation of Uji Shūi Monogatari]
Publisher Hapi for publishing
Author / Translator Unknown / Ahmed Mohamed Fathy Mostafa Rahmy
Costs Supported Translation and Publication
Language Arabic
Title of the Book Kokuhaku [trans. Confessions]
Publisher Mahrousa Center for Publishing, Information, and Press Services
Author / Translator Minato Kanae / Rana Seif
Costs Supported Translation and Publication

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