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Museum hopes to stop artist Isson Tanaka's fade into obscurity
Daily Yomiuri,  26 August , Atsuko Matsumoto
In 1984, a 45-minute TV program spotlighted a Japanese painter who never had a solo exhibition when he was alive. Now, a quarter-century later and following a period of interest in the artist, the name of Isson Tanaka is again at risk of fading into obscurity.
A world of books
The Hindu,  25 August , Akila Kannadasan
Tall wooden shelves lined with old books; green stained glass windows; the quietest of halls and heads buried deep inside a labyrinth of words. Standing tall along Cowley Brown Road, the District Central Library is a whole world in itself.
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Edhi Sunarso: Rising to the president’s challenges
Jakarta Post,  19 August , Carla Bianpoen
I would not be where I am, if it were not for then president Sukarno, says sculptor Edhi Sunarso.
Unresolved mystery from the mind of Murakami
Japan Times,  15 August , Daniel Morales

In May 2009, Haruki Murakami released "1Q84" to tremendous sales and mostly positive domestic reviews. The novel, released initially in two parts, follows two, 29-year-old Tokyoites as they are pulled into an alternative version of the year 1984.

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