Japan's Haruki Murakami to publish first new novel in 3 years

Japan's Haruki Murakami to publish first new novel in 3 years

A new book by Haruki Murakami set to be released in early July will mark the first time a full-length novel by the Japanese author features a female main character

Haruki Murakami has a new novel coming out—and for the first time, it features a female main character.

Haruki Murakami’s next novel, The Tale of KAHO, will be published on July 3rd by Shinchosha Publishing Co, the AP reports. This will be Murakami’s first full-length novel since 2023’s The City and its Uncertain Walls (published in the US in 2024). According to the publisher, “Kaho is the first lone, woman protagonist featured in a full-length novel by Murakami”—a fact that’s particularly notable given feminist critiques of his oeuvre, as well as…