Akutagawa and Naoki Award Decision Marks Rare Absence of Literary Prizewinners

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The selection committee for the 173rd Akutagawa Prize and Naoki Prize (sponsored by the Japan Literature Promotion Society) was held on the 16th at the restaurant Shinkiraku in Tsukiji, Tokyo, and it was announced that there were no eligible works for either prize. This was the sixth time since the 118th prize in 1998 (the second half of 1997) that there had been no eligible works for either prize. This was an unusual turn of events for Japan's …

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[NHK] The selection committee for the 173rd Akutagawa Prize and Naoki Prize was held in Tokyo on the 16th, and there were no works that were eligible for either prize. The reason there were no works that were eligible for either prize was because...

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[Yomiuri Shimbun] The selection committee for the 173rd Akutagawa Prize and Naoki Prize (sponsored by the Japan Literature Promotion Association) was held on the 16th at Shinkiraku in Tsukiji, Tokyo, and it was announced that there were no works eligible for either prize. This is the first time in 27 years, since the 118th prize in 1998, that there were no works eligible for either prize.