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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 ...

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KAWASAKI -- A local photojournalist here will publish a book compiling pictures he took in war-torn Ukraine over a span of more than 200 days, using crowdfunding to cover part of the publishing cost.