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

BUTTER', a Japanese novel based on a real-life incident, has attracted a great deal of international attention. Its author ...

Butter, a cult Japanese bestseller by Asako Yuzuki inspired ... surprised by the reception of her book overseas as a feminist novel, as opposed to the focus in Japan on how she had depicted ...

Japanese novelist Asako Yuzuki was one of the panellists at the recently concluded Alliance Literary Festival in Bengaluru.

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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 ...

thought of as a crime novel in Japan, is celebrated in UK and elsewhere for exploring misogyny and body shaming Butter, a cult Japanese bestseller by Asako Yuzuki inspired by the real-life case of ...