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Haruki Murakamis status as an internationally renowned writer remains undisputed; however, critical ire directed at the confluence of foreign influences in his writing style complicates his literary legacy in Japan. Using Tokyos cosmopolitanism as a central point, we will begin with Murakamis journalistic investigation on the 1995 Tokyo subway sarin gas attacks to frame his preoccupations with the subterranean and Japanese psyche and then segue into his short stories. Works read in translation.