How the culture war sees Haruki Murakami
chudrank score: 54 / 100, seen as neutral. 0 is CHUD (right-wing), 100 is WOKE (left-wing). A score is a poll of how voters see someone, not a statement of fact.
Japanese novelist known for Norwegian Wood, Kafka on the Shore and 1Q84.
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Why: Seen as split: a globally best-selling novelist known for dreamlike, largely apolitical fiction, though The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle confronts war crimes in Manchukuo. He called nationalist fervour over the China-Japan dispute cheap liquor and criticised Prime Minister Suga's Covid response.
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