A nonfiction work by a pediatric surgeon following a boy with trisomy eighteen and his family. Around a life expected to be brief before birth, it observes medical care and family choices.

From a physician's perspective, it carefully follows a family's time with a child expected to live only briefly.

Published as Showa Niju-gonen Saigo no Senshisha, this nonfiction work follows the Japanese special minesweeping unit sent into Korean War waters, revealing a little-seen memory of postwar Japan's involvement.

By tracing Japanese men who went to Korean War waters, the book uncovers a shadowed part of postwar history.

シロアリ――復興予算を食った人たち is a ノンフィクション by 福場ひとみ recognized in the relevant 2013 literary award cycle. The entry summarizes the work as a prize-listed title based on the available bibliographic record.

Bibliographic and descriptive notes for シロアリ――復興予算を食った人たち, recorded as a 2013 award-winning work.