Yō Henmi Born September 27, 1944 Novelist, Journalist, Poet Former Kyodo News reporter Awarded the 105th Akutagawa Prize in the May 1991 issue of *Bungakukai* (Bungeishunjū) for "Jidō Kikō Sōchi" (Automatic Awakening Device) Also notable for reportage such as *Mono Kū Hitobito* (1994). Other works include *Akai Hashi no Shita no Nurui Mizu* (1992) and *Mizu no Tōshigahō* (2011). Thoughts on Death and Destruction By Yō Henmi Mainichi Newspapers, First Edition, April 2012 Size: 4x6, Price: ¥1,300, 186 pages The Media Creates War One is made aware of the essence of Japan's abnormality and strangeness. The author, who is both a journalist and a writer/poet, is exasperated by the current state of Japan's "Japanese language, and linguistic situation." And, anger is directed not only at "the world of poetry and prose, but also at the mass media as a whole." The expanding and beginning to move "national crisis," the suspicious word "earthquake poetry"... The writer intuitively "finds something physiologically unbearable. It reminds me of the wartime support poetry and war poetry," and expresses it with his whole body. The book appears to be in good condition, please see the photos. We ask for the understanding of those who appreciate used books.