TOKYO -- A new library dedicated to Japanese novelist Haruki Murakami will open next week at his Tokyo alma mater Waseda University, with the internationally-acclaimed writer hoping it will serve as a cultural hub bringing together students and young people in Japan and from around the world.
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New library tunnels into the world of Haruki Murakami
Facility funded by Uniqlo owner Tadashi Yanai and designed by Kengo Kuma
"I hope the library will become a base for the transmission of new culture," Murakami told a press conference ahead of the opening of the Waseda International House of Literature (The Haruki Murakami Library) next week. (Photo by Ken Kobayashi)
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