THE Japan Foundation, Manila, in partnership with the Philippine Center of International PEN (Philippine PEN) and Fully Booked, is set to hold talks on contemporary Japanese literature with award-winning literary translator Ginny Tapley Takemori.

These talks will be held at the National Museum of the Philippines in Manila on October 3 at 11 a.m. and at The Studio of Fully Booked Bonifacio High Street in Taguig City on October 5, at 2 p.m. as part of the 85th PEN International Congress in Manila. Admission to both events is free.