FEATURE: Japanese fiction boom looks set to endure, experts say

An unusual mix of stories about alienation, feminism, cats and coffee shops is charming foreign audiences as a boom in translated Japanese fiction shows little sign of fading.Industry insiders told Kyodo News that Japan remains the leading source of translated fiction in Britain and expect its dominance to continue for the foreseeable future, despite growing competition from other East Asian countries and regions, including Taiwan.Authors such as Asako Yuzuki ("Butter" and "Hooked"), Sayaka Murata ("Convenience Store Woman"), Mieko Kawakami ("Breasts and Eggs") and Hiromi Kawakami ("Strange…READ FULL ARTICLE