When Soichi Yamashita s (1936-2022)Â farm work of the day was done and everyone in his family was asleep, he would read works by Osamu Dazai (1909-1948) and Fyodor Dostoyevsky (1821-1881) and philosophize about farm villages and agriculture.
Tokyo's Nihon University has appointed award-winning author Mariko Hayashi to head its board in an effort to revamp its leadership after a series of scandals involving a former board chairman, sources close to the matter said. Hayashi, 68, a graduate of the school who is scheduled to take up the…
Nihon University in Tokyo on June 3 appointed award-winning novelist Mariko Hayashi as board chair, a post that was vacated by a powerful, long-term chairman who became embroiled in scandal.
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