Some of his works which appeared in German turned out to be translations from English rather than from Japanese (South of the Border, West of the Sun, 2000; The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, 2000s), encouraged by Murakami himself.
Beberapa tulisannya yang terbit dalam bahasa Jerman ternyata diterjemahkan dari Bahasa Inggris daripada bahasa aslinya, Jepang (South of the Border, West of the SUn, 2000; The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, 2000an), didorong oleh Murakami sendiri.