TOKYO (Kyodo) -- "Butter," the cult Japanese bestseller by Asako Yuzuki inspired by the real-life case of a ...

Butter, a cult Japanese bestseller by Asako Yuzuki inspired by the real-life ... The English translation of Yuzuki’s book, based on the “Konkatsu Killer” Kanae Kijima, has created a buzz ...

I feel obliged to read personally signed copies of books, and, so, I dived in. View Full Image Butter by Asako Yuzuki. (Photo by Samar Halarnkar) Yuzuki skirts the borders of food and sex.

LONDON -- English translations of Japanese novels are becoming best sellers in Britain. Asako Yuzuki's "Butter" has sold 280,000 copies, surpassing the sales of the original in Japan. Japanese fiction ...

Asako Yuzuki's Butter, thought of as a crime novel in Japan ... The English translation of Yuzuki's book, based on the "Konkatsu Killer" Kanae Kijima, has created a buzz in Britain, with sales ...