"Han River" is popular in Japan, too.a sell-out procession throughout a large bookstore.

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Author Han Kang's Nobel Prize in Literature is also receiving hot attention in Japan.

The news of winning the Nobel Prize led to a sell-out procession of Han Kang's works throughout famous bookstores in the city.

Correspondent Kim Se-ho's report from Tokyo.

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When Han River's Nobel Prize in Literature is confirmed, Japanese citizens watching the presentation applaud.

They expressed great joy that Asian works can gain sympathy from other cultures, including Europe.

[Kita Matsumoto / Office worker: I was worried that Asian novels are inferior to Europe, but I'm glad that this award confirmed that they are being evaluated properly]

He also expressed expectations for his later work, saying that he got to know Korea better.

[Hitomi Mizukuchi / Tokyo citizen: I've been able to get to know Korea thanks to these books, and I'm reading them because it's powerful as a work of art]

A large bookstore in Tokyo has a special section for collecting works from the Han River.

The Japanese translation has already run out, and only some Korean and English translations remain.

This famous bookstore in Shinjuku, Tokyo, sold out all the Japanese version of the work when the news of the Han River's award was announced.

Most of the other major bookstores were not very different.

[Yoshina Yuji/Kinokuniya Bookstore Deputy Manager: I think the repercussions are very large. Compared to the last two to three years, many people are looking for works that are the most resonant.]

Major Japanese media also covered major news, and many literary experts also evaluated Han's Nobel Prize for Literature as a natural result.

Korean literary works are further ripening the atmosphere of the Korean Wave, which has reached the Japanese archipelago.

I'm Kim Se-ho from YTN in Tokyo.