My friend Shingo Tsuda passed away Saturday night after a long struggle against his illness.
He was undoubtedly one of the most important Japanese editors working in the humanities, made books with such authors as Toshiyuki Horie, Yoko Tawada, Kan Nozaki, Hideki Maeda, Mayumi Tomihara, and myself.
He was a lover of music and islands, walker in the forest, dreamer in the republic of books.
Rest in peace, Shingo, and I will follow you sooner or later! Should there be an afterlife, who knows, we'll find each other again!
