R.I.P. Sakyo Komatsu, author of Japan Sinks
Sakyo Komatsu’s 1973 novel Japan Sinks hit a nerve for a whole generation of Japanese people, and spawned two movie versions. (Just as the name suggests, it was a novel in which the tectonic plates under Japan suddenly shift, setting off volcanos, earthquakes and tsunamis, killing millions.) After the giant earthquake and tsunami earlier this…
