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The 1940 Tokyo Games: The Missing Olympics – Japan, the Asian Olympics and the Olympic MovementBy Sandra Collins Routledge, London and New York, 2007, 198 pages. Hard Back £65.00. ISBN-13: 978-0415373173 Review by Ben-Ami Shillony
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Rivals: How the Power Struggle Between China, India and Japan Will Shape Our Next DecadeBy Bill Emmott Allen Lane, London, 2008, 314 pages including notes and index. ISBN -13: 978-1-846-14009-9, price hardback £20. Review by Sir Hugh Cortazzi
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Designing and Creating Japanese GardensBy Penny Underwood The Crowood Press, 2005, 192 pages, including bibliography and index. Hardback £25. ISBN 13: 978 – 186126 7832 Review by Sir Hugh Cortazzi
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Netto Senso (The Net War)By Izumi Harada and Yasuhide Yamanouchi NTT Publications,2007, 285 pages, including notes and index. Hardback ¥3,360. ISBN -13:978-47571-0223-1 Review by Takahiro Miyao
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Japan’s Imperial Forest, Goryōrin, 1889-1945Japan’s Imperial Forest, Goryōrin, 1889-1945: With a supporting study of the Kan/Min division of woodland in early Meiji Japan, 1871-76) By Conrad Totman Global Oriental, 2007, 184 pages, including index and bibliography. Hardback £50.00. ISBN – 13: 978-1905246304 Review by Sir Hugh Cortazzi
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Death of a SalarymanBy Fiona Campbell Chatto and Windus, 2007, 320 pages. Paperback £7.99. ISBN 13: 978-0099503699 Review by Anna Davis
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Minka, My Farmhouse in JapanBy John Roderick Princeton Architectural Press, New York, 2008, 255 pages, many black and white illustrations.Hardback £14.99. ISBN – 13: 978-1-56898-731-6 Review by Sir Hugh Cortazzi
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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