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Hiroshima after the US nuclear bombing on the city during World War II.
He established a pro-constitutional group in 2004 with other intellectuals, including the Nobel laureate novelist Kenzaburo Oe.
After starting his career as a TV script and gag writer while still at university, he published a number of novels and plays, including "Tegusari Shinju" (Handcuffed Double Suicide) which won him the prestigious Naoki literature award in 1972.
His works also include "Chichi to Kuraseba", translated in English as "The Face of Jizo", a play about a father and daughter who experienced the 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima.
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After starting his career as a TV script and gag writer while still at university, he published a number of novels and plays, including "Tegusari Shinju" (Handcuffed Double Suicide) which won him the prestigious Naoki literature award in 1972.
His works also include "Chichi to Kuraseba", translated in English as "The Face of Jizo", a play about a father and daughter who experienced the 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima.
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