<P> Battle Royale ( Japanese : バトル ・ ロワイアル , Hepburn : Batoru Rowaiaru ) is the first novel by the Japanese author Koushun Takami . Originally completed in 1996 , it was not published until 1999 . The story tells of junior high school students who are forced to fight each other to the death in a program run by the authoritarian Japanese government , now known as the Republic of Greater East Asia . </P>
<P> Battle Royale ( Japanese : バトル ・ ロワイアル , Hepburn : Batoru Rowaiaru ) is the first novel by the Japanese author Koushun Takami . Originally completed in 1996 , it was not published until 1999 . The story tells of junior high school students who are forced to fight each other to the death in a program run by the authoritarian Japanese government , now known as the Republic of Greater East Asia . </P>
when did the book battle royale come out
when did the book battle royale come out
1999
1999