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Waga Jinsei No Utagatari – Showa No Aikan(Song Story in My Life – The Joys and Sorrows of Showa Era) By Hiroyuki Itsuki Kadokawa Shoten, 2007, 250 pages. Hardback ¥2,500. ISBN – 13: 978-4048839693 Review by Mikihiro Maeda
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‘Pal Hanji, Tokyo Saiban Hihan to Zettai Heiwa-shugi’(Judge Pal: His Criticism of the Tokyo Trial and His Absolute Pacifism) By Takeshi Nakajima Hakusui-sha, 2007, 308 pages. Hardback ¥1,890. ISBN-13: 978-4560031667 Review by Fumiko Halloran
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The Japanese Way – Garden Designsby Maureen Busby JGS Publishing (2008) Review by Colin Ellis
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The Straw Sandal or The Scroll of the Hundred CrabsBy 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 SunBy Justin Kerr-Smiley Reportage Press, 2007, 243 Pages, ISBN13: 9780955572937 (Hardback), £16.99 Review by Susan Meehan
Films & Series
Kamome Diner(“Kamome Shokudo” in Japanese, “Ruokala Lokki” in Finnish) Directed by Naoko Ogigami, Released in 2006, 102 mins Review by Fumiko Halloran
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Governing Japan, Divided Politics in a Resurgent EconomyBy 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 ConcubineBy Lesley Downer Bantam Press, 2008, 480 pages. Hardback £12.99. ISBN 13: 978 – 0593057537 Review by Anna Davis
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Myth, Struggle and Protest in OkinawaBy Miyume Tanji Routledge, 2006, 234 pages including index, maps, glossary and abbreviations. Hardback. £85.00. ISBN13: 978 – 0415365000 Review by William Farr
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One Hundred Poets, One Poem EachBy Peter McMillan Columbia University Press, 2008, 194 pages. Hardback £23.50. ISBN 13: 978 – 02311143981 Review by Takahiro Miyao