With a new facility that pays tribute to internationally acclaimed novelist Haruki Murakami, Waseda University is aiming to establish a new hub for literature and culture.
The university will open the Waseda International House of Literature, nicknamed the Haruki Murakami Library, on Oct. 1 at its campus in Tokyo.
During a news conference to introduce the facility, Murakami, a graduate of the prestigious university, expressed hope that “the library will become a new place (for students) to convey culture.”