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Bruce Rutledge

Bruce Rutledge

Aug 19, 2026

5:32
And some of your early titles?
5:34
Kuhaku is our first title.
5:36
It's an anthology, Kuhaku meaning void.
5:39
And the idea was that we were looking at what it's like to live in Japan from sort of the outskirts or the edges of society.
5:46
So there's chapters about frustrated Japanese housewives or in loveless marriages.
5:52
There's a chapter about a Korean man and what he goes through trying to live his life in Japan.
5:58
So we're looking at the fringes of society to try to expand the understanding of what Japan is like.

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26:33
Reading between the lines, does that mean that they're not... economically feasible and you need support for them or
5:03
And some of your early titles?
5:06
Kuhaku is our first title.
5:08
It's an anthology.
5:09
Kuhaku meaning void.
5:11
And the idea was that we were looking at what it's like to live in Japan from sort of the outskirts or the edges of society.
5:18
So there's chapters about frustrated Japanese housewives or in loveless marriages.
5:23
There's a chapter about a Korean man and what he goes through trying to live his life in Japan.

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14:50
I think one of your best sellers would be a series of books on the Japanese-American experience during World War II.
12:49
Yeah.
12:49
And that's kind of like a tourist attraction.
12:51
If anyone buys a bass or a, even a smelt, whatever size the fish, once it's bought, they yell it out, and they throw it back and forth, and then they give it to the customers.
13:00
Become kind of a ritual.
13:01
You go down those steps right next to that where they throw the fish, and you go down from the fifth, fourth, to the third floor.
13:09
You head down those stores, you'll look straight ahead down the hall, and you'll see a mural on the wall with an open book.
13:16
It says, "Open your mind," and that's right where our, our store begins.
17:13
So those men were called Nisei?
5:35
And some of your early titles?
5:38
Kuhaku is our first title.
5:39
It's an anthology.
5:41
Kuhaku meaning void.
5:42
And the idea was that we were looking at what it's like to live in Japan from sort of the outskirts or the edges of society.
5:49
So there's chapters about frustrated Japanese housewives or in loveless marriages.
5:55
There's a chapter about a Korean man and what he goes through trying to live his life in Japan.

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26:39
Reading between the lines, does that mean that they're not – economically feasible and you need support for them or

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