File-The file photo taken on Nov. 25, 1970 shows a Japanese great writer Yukio Mishima (1925-70) makes a speech before suicide at the Ground Self-Defense Force's Ichigaya garrison in Tokyo. A tape recording of a conversation has been found in which Mishima talked about his view of literature and life and death about nine months before he committed suicide by disembowelment. The tape-recorded conversation was conducted in Japanese between Mishima and British translator John Bester (1927-2010). It was found in the TBS (Tokyo Broadcasting System Television, Inc.) buildings in Tokyo. ( The Yomiuri Shimbun via AP Images )