Set in Okinawa under U.S. military rule, this novel follows childhood friends confronting the absence of a hero and the island's political reality. Their struggle to reclaim a stolen homeland becomes a sweeping epic of youth and revolution before reversion.

A high-energy epic of young people racing through Okinawa before its reversion to Japan.

A historical novel that examines Oda Nobunaga's inner life and the dynamics of his retainers through the lens of organizational principles. Nobunaga's hunger, his followers' unease, and the shadow of betrayal converge toward Honnoji.

The novel traces the historical current toward Honnoji through Nobunaga's governing principles.

A historical novel about people trying to rebuild high school baseball in postwar Japan. Under the Allied occupation, their attempt to regain pride becomes a story of sport and national recovery.

A story of people entrusting the future to baseball in order to recover a lost summer.

An apocalyptic science-fiction novel in which a man's life in a picture-book-like town intersects with a reality shaken by global catastrophe. Unknown entities and amorphous creatures create a vision both cruel and beautiful.

One man's dream holds the key to a world moving toward extinction.

A school novel about a teenager whose dream of ekiden running collapses and who unexpectedly joins the broadcasting club, where he searches for a new place among new friends. It depicts dreams, friendship, jealousy, and regret within everyday school life.

A boy who can no longer run finds a new dream in a place devoted to sending voices outward.