Osamu was also told that Masakatsu was seen on TV accompanying Mishima. Still in confusion, Osamu rushed to the nearby Yokkaichi Minami Police Station and left for Tokyo after the prefectural ...

The Shizuoka Prefecture city of Mishima ranked first among municipalities nationwide in four categories for selling bulky ...

Mishima, who would have turned 100 today, often touted as a potential Nobel Prize winner, was one of the most acclaimed Japanese writers and seductive prose stylists of all time. He is also one of ...

Police in Mishima City, Shizuoka Prefecture, have arrested two boys, aged 16 and 15, on suspicion of throwing raw eggs at a koban (police box) in Kannami town. Police said the two boys, who both live ...

The short work revolving around the mysterious letter reveals Mishima’s great literary skill even in his early years, according to Masao Saito, professor of modern Japanese literature at Osaka ...

[Excerpted from Keene's "Chronicles of My Life: An American in the Heart of Japan"] However, Mishima's version of "Busu" never saw the light of day in the U.S. The Japanese version, staged this ...