Yu MiriA Japanese author of Korean descent, Yu Miri is the winner of Japan's most prestigious literary prize, the Akutagawa, and several of her novels have been bestsellers. Writing openly about the discrimination received by her ethnic Korean community hasalso meant criticism and even death threats from ultra-conservative Japanese. After the 2011 earthquake and tsunami, she relocated to Fukushima where she currently hosts a radio show interviewing survivors. Read More Read Less