Japanese author Haruki Murakami will host radio special to blow away ‘corona-related blues’

Haruki Murakami, one of Japan’s most acclaimed novelists, will host a radio special to try to lift the nation’s spirits as a state of emergency over the novel coronavirus lingers.Murakami, whose breakout novel Norwegian Wood debuted in 1987, will play favourite songs and welcome listener comments during a “Stay Home Special”, the name evoking a plea from Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike for residents to avoid going out.“I’m hoping that the power of music can do a little to blow away some of the…