Tomihiko Morimi (Japanese: 森見 登美彦, Hepburn: Morimi Tomihiko; born January 6, 1979) is a Japanese writer from Nara Prefecture. He graduated from Kyoto University and his works often have Kyoto as the setting.
In July 2018, it was announced that the first two of Morimi's original works to be published in English will be Penguin Highway and The Night Is Short, Walk On Girl, both published by Yen Press in 2019.
In 2022, Tower of the Sun and Fox Tales were published in English by Yen Press, while The Tatami Galaxy was published by HarperCollins, who also published The Tatami Time Machine Blues in 2023.
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Date: 07 January 1979
Special to The New York Times
Small community of Indochina-watchers in Thailand is busy exchanging opinions and interpretations on Vietnam's large-scale invasion of Cambodia; only US and Australia appear to have full-time Indochina-watchers, one each on their embassy staffs; common source of information is broadcasts of 3 parties involved in war (M)
Date: 07 January 1979
By NICHOLAS GAGE Special to The New York Times
Nicholas Special
Iranian Prime Min Shahpur Bakhtiar, in effort to relieve some of pressures that have caused widespread unrest in country, ends censorship; Iran's newspapers begin publishing for 1st time in 2 mos (S)
Date: 07 January 1979
4 of 5 remaining unions seeking new contracts with St Louis Post-Dispatch reach tentative agreements and will vote on pacts on Jan 8; only Teamsters local 610 remains on strike; Fed mediator Michael O'Reilly comments (S)
Date: 07 January 1979
By JAMES H. WALL WORK
James WALL
Sen James H Wallwork article on reporter's right to confidentiality of news sources; cites ct case involving NY Times reporter Myron Farber's refusal to give over his notes; holds right to confidentiality is critical in investigative reptg; drawing (M)
Date: 07 January 1979
Columbia Univ pres Dr William J McGill announces apptmt of 53 editors who will make up advisory jury in selection of '79 Pulitzer Prizes for journalism; list (M)
Date: 07 January 1979
Virginia Adams and Tom Ferrell
Virginia Adams
Rev of Washington Star's contract settlement with printers union (S)