A mindbending new collection of short stories from the unique, internationally acclaimed author of Norwegian Wood and The Wind-up Bird Chronicle.
The eight masterly stories in this new collection are all told in the first person by a classic Murakami narrator. From nostalgic memories of youth, meditations on music and an ardent love of baseball to dreamlike scenarios, an encounter with a talking monkey and invented jazz albums, together these stories challenge the boundaries between our minds and the exterior world. Occasionally, a narrator who may or may not be Murakami himself is present. Is it memoir or fiction? The reader decides.
Philosophical and mysterious, the stories in First Person Singular all touch beautifully on love and solitude, childhood and memory. . . all with a signature Murakami twist.

2022 anime film directed by Susumu Mitsunaka

「沈黙のパレード」の4年前に起きた事件を描く「ガリレオ 禁断の魔術」。帝都大学の准教授である湯川のもとを刑事の草薙俊平と、部下の牧村朋佳が訪れる。殺害されたフリーライター・長岡修の部屋から、突然倉庫の壁に穴が開くという奇妙な動画ファイルが見つかったのだ。動画を観て珍しく興味を抱く湯川。「映像が撮影された場所を見せてくれ」と言う湯川のただならぬ様子を気にかけつつ、草薙は牧村とともに現場へ向かう。

The international literary icon opens his eclectic closet and shares photos of his extensive unique personal T-shirt collection, accompanied by essays that reveal a side of the writer rarely seen by the public.

Haruki Murakami's books have galvanized millions around the world. Many of his fans know about his 10,000-vinyl-record collection, and his obsession with running, but few have heard about a more intimate, and perhaps more unique, passion: his T-shirt-collecting habit.

In Murakami T, the famously reclusive novelist shows us his T-shirts - including gems found in bookshops, charity shops and record stores - from those featuring whisky, animals, cars and superheroes, to souvenirs of marathons and a Beach Boys concert in Honolulu, to the shirt that inspired the beloved short story 'Tony Takitani'. Accompanied by short, frank essays that have been translated into English for the first time, these photographs reveal much about Murakami's multifaceted and wonderfully eccentric persona.

'The world's most popular cult novelist' Guardian

In 1982, having sold his jazz bar to devote himself to writing, Murakami began running to keep fit. A year later, he’d completed a solo course from Athens to Marathon, and now, after dozens of such races, not to mention triathlons and a dozen critically acclaimed books, he reflects upon the influence the sport has had on his life and—even more important—on his writing.
Equal parts training log, travelogue, and reminiscence, this revealing memoir covers his four-month preparation for the 2005 New York City Marathon and takes us to places ranging from Tokyo’s Jingu Gaien gardens, where he once shared the course with an Olympian, to the Charles River in Boston among young women who outpace him. Through this marvelous lens of sport emerges a panorama of memories and insights: the eureka moment when he decided to become a writer, his greatest triumphs and disappointments, his passion for vintage LPs, and the experience, after fifty, of seeing his race times improve and then fall back.
By turns funny and sobering, playful and philosophical, What I Talk About When I Talk About Running is rich and revelatory, both for fans of this masterful yet guardedly private writer and for the exploding population of athletes who find similar satisfaction in running.

本书通过第二次世界大战结束至今美国对日本包括空域在内的实际管控、美军人员在日本境内享有的治外法权甚至不受日本宪法约束等历史及现况，梳理、分析美日两国之间的公开协议、军事密约，将美日联合委员会及“安保法体系”的“潜规则”拉出水面，最终指向“美日间隐秘的法理关系”。作者指出，正是这些不合理的体制导致了美日同盟的畸形关系，影响了战后日本的社会结构，致使日本社会方方面面处于扭曲状态，陷入危机之中。本书直击当前日本社会深层次问题的核心，为解读美日关系提供了一种新的角度，加深读者对相关历史及东亚局势的理解。

1995 film by Shunji Iwai

Former ace runner Kakeru grudgingly returns to the sport when college senior Haiji recruits him to an unlikely team with one goal: the Hakoden relay.

“潮死了。”

网代慎平收到发小——小舟潮的讣告后，回到了阔别两年的故乡——和歌山市日都岛。

慎平与亲人朋友重聚，葬礼也顺利地进行着。然而，好友告诉他“潮的死有疑点，可能是他杀”。

第二天，邻近的一家人突然全部失踪。与此同时，慎平听说了一个不祥的传闻。

“看到与自己一模一样的‘影子’就会被杀。会被影子杀死！”

而且，潮的妹妹——澪说“姐姐在去世的三天前看到了影子”。

纪淡海峡的夏日小岛上，跨越时间的科幻悬疑剧即将开幕。

黑暗足球漫『BLUE LOCK蓝色监狱』动画化決定！
日本国家足球队在2018年国际足协世界杯止步16强，日本足球联会为了在2022年拿下下届世界杯，决定发起「蓝色监狱计划」。
出于计划主责人绘心什八的理念，在全国集合300名18岁或以下的优秀前锋，在名为「蓝色监狱」的建筑内进行残酷的闭门训练，并淘汰其中299人，训练出仅仅一名最自我中心的最强前锋。

在爱媛上学的中学三年生青井苇人，在那纤弱的身体中隐藏着强烈的足球天赋，但是因为那太过直球的性格，让他经历了很大的挫折。在这样的苇人面前，出现的是东京city esperion的青年队监督福田达也。