#1 of the images The English version alone has sold more than 800,000 copies! After 8 years of despair, a novel about Japan’s “humble everyday life” is gaining popularity overseas. | FRIDAY DIGITAL

Satoshi Yagisawa’s new work “Pension Wakaerte” (photo right, Poplar Publishing Co., Ltd.), which had been translated and published in seven countries and eight languages before its release. What is the appeal of Yagisawa’s work that readers overseas are raving about…

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The English version alone has sold more than 800,000 copies! After 8 years of despair, a novel about Japan’s “humble everyday life” is gaining popularity overseas.

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