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Haruki Murakami on life as a radio DJ

Japanese author believes COVID has made his fiction even more relevant

Haruki Murakami, right, who serves as the DJ for the radio program "Murakami Radio," and musician Miu Sakamoto. (Photo courtesy of Tokyo FM)

TOKYO -- For international bestselling author Haruki Murakami, now is an essential time for novelists to create as many positive things as possible amid the growing uncertainty created by the COVID pandemic.

With a radio program currently being broadcast on Tokyo FM and affiliated radio stations across Japan from 7 p.m. on the last Sunday of each month, the globally acclaimed writer sat for an exclusive interview with Nikkei to share his feelings about becoming a radio broadcaster and how artists should meet the challenges created by the coronavirus.

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