Does Japan have any famous science fiction or fantasy authors whose works have been translated to English?
Some of Haruki Murakami's work is sci-fi.
some is a bit of an overstatement, but 'hard-boiled wonderland and the end of the world' is still a really good book.
not quite sure i would call it sci-fi since it would probably fall into the same category as 'sirens of the titan' but not sure what else it would be so whateva, genres are passé anyway
it's a lot like 'haibane renmei' in a weird way