Shuyojo kara Kita Isho is a nonfiction work by Jun Henmi. It traces how the wills of Hatao Yamamoto, who died in a Siberian internment camp after Japan's defeat, reached his family, portraying a person who preserved intellect and friendship amid cold, hunger, and confinement.

Words sent from an icy camp to a bereaved family illuminate the darkness of internment and human dignity.

Settoku: Ehoba no Shonin to Yuketsu Kyohi Jiken is a nonfiction work by Mitsunari Oizumi. It investigates a case in which parents refused a blood transfusion for their injured child on religious grounds, confronting difficult questions involving medicine, religion, family, and a child's life.

Following the site of a transfusion refusal case, the book reexamines a life lost between faith and medicine.