Mystery Writers of Japan was created in 1947.
Honkaku Mystery Writers Club of Japan was created in 2000.
Japan Foundation Award was created in 1973.
Japan Record Award was created in 1959.
Japan Gold Disc Award was created in 1987.
Japan Cartoonists Association Award was created in 1972.
Japan Fantasy Novel Award was created in 1989.
Japan Series Most Valuable Player Award was created in 1950.
Directors Guild of Japan New Directors Award was created in 1960.
Japan Record Award happened in 1959.
Japan did have Lady Murasaki during the Heian period.
An author from Japan who is considered the father of the japanese short story. His works in english are compiled in Rashomon and Seventeen other stories. He committed suicide in 1927 via an overdose of sleeping drugs. The infamous Akutagawa award was founded in 1935, it is awarded to talented new writers in Japan.