“Tell me, Dazai,” it says. “Why is it you wish to die?” “Let’s turn that question around,” someone earnestly replies. “Is there really any value to this thing we call … living?

GOSHOGAWARA, Aomori Prefecture--Apple growers created an apple wine similar to what is featured in "Tsugaru" by Osamu Dazai (1909-1948), considered one of Japan's foremost novelists of the 20th ...