Event Brief
Shogakukan Faces Backlash Over Author's Rehiring
Filed: Mar 10, 2026 at 7:06 AM ET
Summary: The publisher apologized for rehiring a convicted author under a pseudonym.
WHO: Shogakukan
WHAT: Rehired an author convicted of sexual assault
WHEN: Mar 10, 2026 at 5:29 AM ET
WHERE: Hokkaido
WHY: Controversy over allowing a convicted author to write under a pseudonym
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