Haruki Murakami's high school reading card was reported in a newspaper article without permission overseas.

A photo of the card of the book that the writer Haruki Murakami borrowed when he was a high school student was posted on the news site, and there was a turmoil that 'it may be a violation of privacy', but this story spread overseas and the United Kingdom Major news site The Guardian and others report.

On October 5, 2015, it was reported in the Kobe Shimbun NEXT that a card with Murakami's name was found in the collection on the verge of disposal at Murakami's alma mater, Hyogo Prefectural Kobe High School. Was it.

Kobe Shimbun NEXT ｜ Culture ｜ Haruki Murakami High 1 Kessel love reading Record rented to Kobe's alma mater
http://www.kobe-np.co.jp/news/bunka/201510/0008458279.shtml

Kobe High School had donated more than 10,000 old books to the prefectural library, but this year, thousands of unnecessary books were returned. When a former teacher was organizing books, he found a card with Mr. Murakami's name at the end of Joseph Kessel 's 'What Comes After Happiness' and contacted the Kobe Shimbun Co., Ltd. because he thought it was a valuable resource. is.

In Kobe Shimbun NEXT, only the preface is released for free, and you need to register for a paid service to read the full text, but the full text of the paid version says 'I do not know why I borrowed Volume 2 twice, but I am in the first year of high school. I'm sure I was reading such a masterpiece. High school students at that time liked reading, but most of the other students on this card were in the second and third grades, and Murakami-san seems to have been exceptional. ' Along with the comments, a photo of the card with the name of Mr. Murakami was posted.

In response to this, the Library's Freedom Committee was inquired that it would violate the Third Statement on Intellectual Freedom (the library keeps the user's secret), and the committee conducted an investigation. increase. And, 'When Kobe High School disposes of the old books, the book card showing the reading facts of the user should have been properly disposed of.' 'Even if the Kobe Shimbun has properly obtained the book card, the card It is not admissible to report without the consent of the person mentioned above. '

Kobe High School old collection loan record leaked
http://www.jla.or.jp/portals/0/html/jiyu/toshocard2015.html

The Kobe Shimbun Co., Ltd. said, 'Usually, we do not report the reading history of the library, but Mr. Haruki Murakami is not just a private person, his movements are attracting social attention, and what kind of books did Mr. Haruki Murakami read when he was young? I reported that it was highly publicly beneficial to tell if I had read it before the announcement of the Nobel Literature Award, 'but the day after the article was published in the Kobe Shimbun NEXT, three book cards Stopped posting photos. In the article database, we have stopped posting images on paper and only use text data.

And the series of news spread overseas, and in December 2015, major British news sites The Telegraph and The Guardian reported on the situation. The Telegraph is 'Librarians in uproar after borrowing record of Haruki Murakami is leaked', The Guardian is 'Haruki Murakami's teenage reading list at spurts privacy row' A series of flows was posted under the title 'Privacy issues erupted about the list of books'.

Librarians in uproar after borrowing record of Haruki Murakami is leaked | Books | The Guardian
http://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/dec/02/librarians-in-uproar-after-borrowing-record-of-haruki-murakami-is-leaked

Haruki Murakami's teenage reading list at spurts privacy row
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/books/what-to-read/haruki-murakamis-teenage-reading-list-at-spurts-privacy-row/

Mr. Murakami has not announced any comments on this matter at this time. Mr. Murakami appeared as a surprise guest of the literature course held in Koriyama City, Fukushima Prefecture on November 29, but writing a sentence without touching one of the books is 'a lonely task.' 1 It's very similar to 'Hito Kaki Fry'. '

[Literature School / Detailed Report] Haruki Murakami 'Writing a sentence, the lonely work is very similar to' One person Kaki Fry '', Hideo Furukawa 'I was told the story of Kaki Fry wonderfully ...' (1 / Page 4) --Sankei News
http://www.sankei.com/life/news/151129/lif1511290050-n1.html

Hideo Furukawa, a writer who attended the meeting, said, 'School is more about nurturing people who follow norms than imagination. People who have ◯ × and are graded ◯ are great. Imagination is out of the norm. If it goes out of the norm, I think it's different from other people. I thought that Mr. Murakami might be talking about that, but he talked about oyster fly ( (Laughs) That idea is wonderful. I thought I shouldn't do it without imagination. '