It was established in 1999, when Mr Murakami retired from the-then International Trade and Industry Ministry.
If Mr Murakami wins this battle, other listed companies could soon land in investors' sights.
Hitomi Murakami, of KDDI, says battery-operated mobile phones cannot keep up with the new applications.
Tanaka spoke to Correspondent Murakami Mutsuko about the difficulty of refreshing politics in Japan.
Mr Murakami has admitted insider trading in a takeover initiated by Livedoor in 2005.
As it happens, Mr Murakami employed more than 200 craftsmen working round the clock.
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Murakami prefers to write his books in New Jersey, Massachusetts, Hawaii--anywhere outside Japan, beyond the mental box.
Mr Murakami moved the headquarters of his fund, formally known as MAC Asset Management, to Singapore in March.
The fund, widely known as the Murakami Fund, is a major shareholder in more than 30 listed firms.
Mr Murakami's version is lurid and surreal, a thrilling mash-up of ancient imagery and trippy effects (detail pictured).
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Two additional sessions (including works by Gerhard Richter, Takashi Murakami, and Damian Hirst) will take place on May 10.
But the star of the evening was the perfect book choice: Kafka on the Shore, by Haruki Murakami.
Japan's central bank governor, Toshihiko Fukui, has been heavily criticised for investing in high-risk funds run by Mr Murakami.
Expect works by Hirst (including an early cabinet piece), Richter, Prince, and Murakami.
The former trade ministry official has also said he will resign from his fund, widely known as the Murakami Fund.
"So many sick things have happened, " says Haruki Murakami, one of Japan's leading novelists (A Wild Sheep Chase, The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle).
When rumours of Mr Murakami's actions circulated on Friday there was selling of shares in firms in which his MAC fund invested.
Many artists, such as Japanese popmeister Takashi Murakami, see their work translated to consumer products like handbags, wallpaper and greeting cards.
Mr Jacobs collaborated with trendy artists like Stephen Sprouse, Julie Verhoeven and Takashi Murakami to spruce up the company's traditional pattern and logo.
It is set in a nondescript seaside town of the same name, the kind of place that might figure in a Haruki Murakami novel.
Mr Murakami, who has an 11.9% stake in Tokyo Style, is urging other shareholders to back a measure that, by Japanese standards, seems astounding.
"A slowdown in exports, which had led Japan's economy for the past five years, is now inevitable, " said Naoki Murakami, senior economist at Goldman Sachs.
Murakami's book 1Q84 was described in its nomination as "a gripping, intelligent and unusual read with characters and situations that fascinate and challenge the reader".
Whereas man (or his manga avatar) had been at the centre of Mr Murakami's universe, here he is part of nature, which is always transient.
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Correspondent Murakami Mutsuko talked to Fujioka, 53, about his provocative views.
And popular Japanese author Ryu Murakami may have signaled things to come when he wrote a novel specifically for an enhanced e-book format, skipping his publisher altogether.
To find out how Japanese travelers view the post-transition "experience, " Tokyo Correspondent Murakami Mutsuko signed up (incognito) for a four-day, three-night tour in the peak travel season.
Artists like Tom Otterness, Jeff Koons, Keith Haring and Takashi Murakami have had their works take flight, and this year Tim Burton will join the select group.
"I have been fielding requests for artists as diverse as Andy Warhol, Damien Hirst, Takashi Murakami, Richard Prince, Roy Lichtenstein, Alberto Giacometti and Pablo Picasso, among many others, " Simunovic said.
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