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Koreans are worried about the Japanese right-wing people, who tend to be against foreigners. But the Koreans in Japan aren’t even foreigners. They are essentially culturally Japanese. If a family has lived in Japan for three generations, it’s absurd to see them as foreigners.

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I suffer from an enormous amount of self-doubt, so the fact that ‘Pachinko’ has been so kindly received has encouraged me not to give up, as I’m always telling myself that, ‘Maybe this isn’t a smart idea.’

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It’s my belief that I was a writer – a very hardworking writer – well before I was published. I did care what others thought, and it was embarrassing when people asked me what I had published, so I didn’t talk much about writing; rather, I just kept writing.

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May 14, 2024

It’s my belief that I was a writer – a very hardworking writer – well before I was published. I did care what others thought, and it was embarrassing when people asked me what I had published, so I didn’t talk much about writing; rather, I just kept writing.

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May 14, 2024

I suffer from an enormous amount of self-doubt, so the fact that ‘Pachinko’ has been so kindly received has encouraged me not to give up, as I’m always telling myself that, ‘Maybe this isn’t a smart idea.’

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