The Japan Society Review

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

By Justin Kerr-Smiley Reportage Press, 2007, 243 Pages, ISBN13: 9780955572937 (Hardback), £16.99 Review by Susan Meehan

(“Kamome Shokudo” in Japanese, “Ruokala Lokki” in Finnish) Directed by Naoko Ogigami, Released in 2006, 102 mins Review by Fumiko Halloran

By J.A.A. Stockwin Blackwell Publishing, Oxford, 2008, 298 pages including index and tables, £19.99 Review by Sir Hugh Cortazzi

By Lesley Downer Bantam Press, 2008, 480 pages. Hardback £12.99. ISBN 13: 978 – 0593057537 Review by Anna Davis

By Miyume Tanji Routledge, 2006, 234 pages including index, maps, glossary and abbreviations. Hardback. £85.00. ISBN13: 978 – 0415365000 Review by William Farr

By Peter McMillan Columbia University Press, 2008, 194 pages. Hardback £23.50. ISBN 13: 978 – 02311143981 Review by Takahiro Miyao

By Heizo Takenaka Nihon Keizai Shimbunsha, December 2006, 344 pages, 1800 yen Review by Fumiko Halloran

By Max Hastings Harper Press, 2007, 673 pages including index, notes and bibliography Review by Sir Hugh Cortazzi

By Tomohito Shinoda Chikura Shobou, 2007, 274 pages including notes and index, ISBN: 978-4-8051-0884-0 C3031 Review by Takahiro Miyao