Coming up for the preliminary Hugo Awards ballot are nominations for Speculative Japan: Outstanding Tales of Japanese Science Fiction and Fantasy (Kurodahan Press, 2007). This anthology premiered at Nippon 2007, and as a book is qualified for the "Best Related Book" category. There were also seven of the 15 stories in the anthology that appeared for the first time in English. Some are available for web viewing or download as PDF files. Links accompany those titles:

Novelette:

“Where do the Birds Fly Now?” by Yamano Kôichi
Translated by Dana Lewis
homepage.mac.com/gevantry/...Fly%3f.pdf

Short Stories:

“A Time for Revolution,” by Hirai Kazumasa
Translated by David Aylward
homepage.mac.com/gevantry/...lution.pdf

“Hikari,” by Kôno Tensei
Translated by Dana Lewis
homepage.mac.com/gevantry/...Hikari.pdf

“The Flower’s Life is Short,” by Fukushima Masami
Translated by Yano Tetsu and Judith Merril
homepage.mac.com/gevantry/...20Life.pdf

"Reiko's Universe Box," by Kajio Shinji
Translated by Toyoda Takashi and Gene van Troyer

"I'll Get Rid of Your Discontent," by Mayumura Taku
Translated by M. Hattori and Grania Davis

"Another Prince of Wales," by Toyota Aritsuné
Translated by David Aylward

The Kurodahan Press website for the anthology is here:

SPECULATIVE JAPAN: Outstanding Tales of Japanese Science Fiction & Fantasy
www.kurodahan.com/e/catalog...j0021.html