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The Metropolis team thanks you for 30 years of unwavering support
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Ningen Restaurant and Mugi no Oto
The English-language debut of Kyohei Sakaguchi’s self-help nonfiction writing
The English-language debut of Kenji Miyazawa’s story
The English-language debut of a Japanese modernist master
Beyond the monsters with Adam Kabat’s The River Imp and the Stinky Jewel and Other Tales
Enter the absurdity of Kappa Land in this new English translation
The English-language debut of Kanoko Okamoto’s piece, Love