They've announced the winners of the latest round of two of the leading Japanese literary awards and, as reported at Mainichi, Shibasaki wins Akutagawa award, Kurokawa wins Naoki Prize.
Shibasaki Tomoka is fairly well-established -- indeed, this was the fourth time she had been up for the prize; see more about her and some of her books at Books from Japan
Shibasaki Tomoka is fairly well-established -- indeed, this was the fourth time she had been up for the prize; see more about her and some of her books at Books from Japan