Japan
See also: Japanese literature, List of Japanese authors
- Kōbō Abe (1924–1993)
- Hiroyuki Agawa (born 1920)
- Osamu Dazai (1909–1948)
- Fumiko Enchi (1905–1986)
- Shusaku Endo (1923–1996)
- Ichiyō Higuchi (1872–1896)
- Masuji Ibuse (1898–1993)
- Kyōka Izumi (1873–1939)
- Yasunari Kawabata (1899–1972) (Nobel Prize, 1968)
- Natsuo Kirino (born 1951)
- Yukio Mishima (1925–1970)
- Kenji Miyazawa (1896–1933)
- Minae Mizumura
- Ogai Mori (1862–1922)
- Haruki Murakami
- Ryū Murakami
- Nisioisin (born 1981)
- Kenzaburō Ōe (born 1935) (Nobel Prize, 1994)
- Yoko Ogawa (born 1962)
- Edogawa Rampo (1894–1965)
- Hirotsu Ryurō (1861–1928)
- Murasaki Shikibu
- Junzo Shono (1921–2009)
- Ayako Sono (born 1931)
- Natsume Sōseki (1867–1916)
- Jun'ichirō Tanizaki (1886–1965)
- Shōtarō Yasuoka (born 1920)
- Banana Yoshimoto
- Akira Yoshimura (1927–2006)
- Junnosuke Yoshiyuki (1924–1994)
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