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2008
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The Japanese Way - Garden Designs
by Maureen Busby
JGS Publishing, 2008, 127 pages, (188 colour photographs and 111 line drawings & water colours),
ISBN 978-0-9558188-0-6, price £25.00
Review by Colin Ellis
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The Straw Sandal or The Scroll of the Hundred Crabs
by Santo Kyoden
translated by Carmen Blacker
with an introduction by Peter Kornicki
ISBN 978-1-905246-64-9, pages 166, Global Oriental, 2008, price £35 (but Japan Society members can order direct from the publishers at a discount)
Review by Sir Hugh Cortazzi
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Under The Sun
by Justin Kerr-Smiley
Reportage Press, 2007, 243 Pages,
ISBN13: 9780955572937 (Hardback), £16.99p
Review by Susan Meehan
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Kamome Diner (Kamome Shokudo)
Director Naoko Ogigami
Starring: Hairi Katagiri, Satomi Kobayashi, Genre: Drama, Run time: 101 mins approx., Released in 2006
Review by Fumiko Halloran
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Governing Japan, Divided Politics in a Resurgent Economy
by J.A.A. Stockwin
Blackwell Publishing, Oxford, 2008, 298 pages including index and tables, £19.99
Review by Sir Hugh Cortazzi
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The Last Concubine
by Lesley Downer
Bantam Press, 2008, 480 pages, ISBN 0593057538
Review by Anna Davis
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Myth, Struggle and Protest in Okinawa
by Miyume Tanji
Routledge, 2006, 234 pages including index, maps, glossary and abbreviations
Review by William Farr
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Nemesis: The Battle for Japan, 1944-45
by MaxHastings
Harper Press, 2007, 673 Pages including index, notes and bibliography £25.00
Review by Sir Hugh Cortazzi
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Nichi-Bei Domei-toiu Riarizumu (Emerging Realism of Japan-US Alliance)
by Tomohito Shinoda
Chikaru Shobu, 2007, 274 pages including notes and index, ISBN: 978-4-8051-0884-0 C3031
Review by Takahiro Miyao
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"Koizumi Kantei Hiroku" (Confidential Records of the Office of Prime Minister Koizumu)
by Isao Iijima
Nihon Keizai Shimbunsha (Japan Economic Journal), December 2006, 334 pages, 1800 yen
Review by Fumiko Halloran
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"Kozo Kaikaku No Shinjitsu: Takenaka Heizo Daijin Nisshi" (Truth of Structural Reforms: Diary of Minister Takenaka Heizo)
by Heizo Takenaka
Nihon Keizai Shimbunsha, December 2006, 344 pages, 1800 yen
Review by Fumiko Halloran
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Getting Wet - Adventures in the Japanese Bath
by Eric Talmadge
Kondansha Europe Ltd (Japan), 2006, 272 pages (Hardback), ISBN:9784770030207
Review by William Farr
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Divorce in Japan: Family Gender, and the State, 1600-2000
by Harald Fuess
Stanford University Press, 2004, 226 pages, ISBN 0-804-4357-6
Review by Sean Curtin
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Preview: Under The Sun
by Justin Kerr-Smiley
Reportage Press, 2007, 243 Pages, ISBN13: 9780955572937 (Hardback), £16.99p
Preview by J. Sean Curtin (review next month)
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Hirohito: The Showa Emperor in War and Peace,
Ikuhiko Hata, edited by Marius B.Jansen,
ISBN 978-1-905246-35-9, pages 272 including notes and index, Global Oriental, 2007.
Review by Sir Hugh Cortazzi
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"Koizumi no Shori, Media no Haiboku" (Victory for Koizumi, Defeat for the Media),
by Takashi Uesugi,
Soshisha, November 2006, 286 pages, 1500 yen
Review by Fumiko Halloran
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Britain and Japan: Biographical Portraits, Volume VI,
Edited by Sir Hugh Cortazzi,
Japan Society and Global Oriental (Folkestone, Kent), 2007), xxiv + 424 pages, ISBN 978-1-905246-33-5
Review by Janet Hunter
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The Japanese Housewife Overseas: Adapting to Change of Culture and Status,
by Ruth Martin,
Global Oriental, 2007, 162 pages including index bibliography and endnotes, ISBN 978-1-905246-43-4, 45.
Review by Sir Hugh Cortazzi
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Long Nights Alone,
by Miki Fujita,
BookSurge Publishing, 2006, 268 pages, ISBN: 1419614274
Review by J. Sean Curtin
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Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman
by Haruki Murakami, translated from Japanese by Philip Gabriel and Jay Rubin,
Vintage, 2007, 436 pages, ISBN: 978-0-099-51282-0
Review by Mikihiro Maeda
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Warriors of Art: A Guide to Contemporary Japanese Artists,
by Yumi Yamaguchi and Arthur Tanaka,
Kodansha International, 2007, 176 pages, over 200 colour plates from 40 artists, ISBN 10: 4770030312, ISBN 13: 9784770030313, price £20.
Review by Sir Hugh Cortazzi
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Japanese Envoys in Britain, 1862-1964: A Century of Diplomatic Exchange,
Compiled and edited by Ian Nish,
Global Oriental/Japan Society, 2007, 255 pages, ISBN 978-1-905246-32-8, £55.00
Review by Sir Graham Fry
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Britain and Japan: Biographical Portraits, Volume VI,
Edited by Sir Hugh Cortazzi,
Global Oriental in association with the Japan Society, 2007, 368 pages, ISBN 978-1-905246-33-5
Review by Adrian Pinnington
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Create Your Own Japanese Garden: A Practical Guide,
Motomi Oguchi and Joseph Cali,
Kodansha International, 2007, 114 pages, 500 colour photos and 100 other illustrations, ISBN 10:4770028040 and ISBN 13:9784770028044, price £16.99.
Review by Sir Hugh Cortazzi
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The Contemporary Tea House: Japan's Top Architects Redefine a Tradition,
Arata Isozaki, Tadao Ando & Terunobu Fujimori,
Kodansha International, 2007, 136 pages, 200+ full colour photographs and sketches, ISBN 13: 9784770030467, £22.
Review by Sir Hugh Cortazzi
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The Impact of the Russo-Japanese War
Edited by Rotem Kowner
Routledge, 2007, 348 pages including bibliography and index ISBN 987-0-415-36842-7.
Review by Ian Nish
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From Mahan to Pearl Harbor: The Imperial Japanese Navy and the United States
By Sadao Asasa
Naval Institute Press, Annapolis MD, 2006, 388 pages including bibliography and index, ISBN 1-55750-042-8.
Review by Ian Nish
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Atomic Sushi: Notes from the Heart of Japan,
By Simon May,
Alma Books, 2006 (hardback) 2007 (paperback), 256 pages, ISBN: 1-84688-002-5
Review by Sir Hugh Cortazzi
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Atomic Sushi: Reader's Comments
By Simon May,
Alma Books, 2006 (hardback) 2007 (paperback), 256 pages, ISBN: 1-84688-002-5
By Ann Dent
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China and the Global Energy Crisis - Development and Prospects for China's Oil and Natural Gas,
by Tatsu Kambara and Christopher Howe,
Edward Elgar publishing, 2007, 160 pages, ISBN-13: 9781845429669
Review by J. Sean Curtin
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Japanese Envoys in Britain, 1862-1964: A Century of Diplomatic Exchange,
Compiled and edited by Ian Nish,
Global Oriental/Japan Society, 2007, 255 pages, ISBN 978-1-905246-32-8, £55.00
Review by Sean Curtin
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Innovation and Business Partnering in Japan, Europe and the United States,
edited by Ruth Taplin,
Routledge, 2006, ISBN 0-415-40287-5
Review by Christopher Williams
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Kita Ikki and the Making of Modern Japan: A Vision of Empire,
by Brij Tankha,
University of Hawaii Press/Global Oriental, 2006, 272/352 pages. ISBN 1901903990/ ISBN 1-901903-99-0
Review by Ben-Ami Shillony
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