sentences:  Together they formed the Chinese Literature Research Society (Chugoku Bungaku Kenkyukai) and in 1935, they published an official organ for the group, "Chugoku Bungaku Geppo" in order to open up the study of contemporary Chinese literature as opposed to the "old-style" Japanese Sinology.During 1937 to 1939 he studied abroad in Beijing where he became depressed due to the geo-political situation and drank a lot (cf.Second Sino-Japanese War).