Event: Ryotaro Shiba

A letter from Ryotaro Shiba sent to Takeshi Kaiko's wife, Yoko Maki | JIJI A letter written by the late Japanese historical novelist Ryotaro Shiba praising Takeshi Kaiko as one of Japan's foremost 20th-century writers has recently been found.Kaiko, an Akutagawa literary prize winner known for works such as "Hadaka no Osama" and "Kagayakeru Yami," as well as a whiskey commercial and his coverage of the Vietnam War, died at 58 from esophageal cancer complicated by pneumonia some 36 years ago.Shiba sent the handwritten letter on two sheets of A3-sized paper in December 1989, soon after Kaiko's death, to the late writer's wife, poet Yoko Maki. In a time of both misinformation and too much information, quality journalism is more crucial than ever.By subscribing, you can help us get the story right. SUBSCRIBE NOW