A nonfiction work tracing Japanese prisoners of war who helped produce surrender leaflets in a U.S. camp near the end of the Pacific War. It explores the complex psychology of defeat and choices made under extreme conditions.

太平洋の生還者 reflects its age and human lives through the perspective of 上前淳一郎.

An essayistic nonfiction work that expands from daily life in London, seen through a homemaker’s eyes, to society, family, and the city’s atmosphere. It portrays British society and Japanese sensibilities observed within another culture.

黄昏のロンドンから reflects its age and human lives through the perspective of 木村治美.