The Japan Society Review
The Japan Society Review is an digital publication covering Japan-related books and films, as well as theatre and stage productions, tv series and exhibitions. Published since 2006, it is released now on a quarterly basis and is available online on our website and printed for members. Its purpose is to inform, entertain and encourage readers to explore the works for themselves.
The Japan Society Review is possible thanks to the work of volunteers who dedicated their time and expertise to help us to promote the learning and understanding of Japanese culture and society.
To become a reviewer, please fill the form here and let us know a little about you, your professional or academic background, your interest, passion or expertise regarding Japan and the type of works you would like to review.
If you have any questions, please contact reviews@japansociety.org.uk.
Books
Britain and Japan: Biographical Portraits, Volume VIIIEdited by Sir Hugh Cortazzi. Global Oriental in association with the Japan Society, 2010, 665 pages, ISBN: 978-1906876265.
Books
Art of Edo Japan, The Artist and the City 1615-1868By Christine Guth, Yale University Press, 2010 (soft back edition), 176 pages including index, glossary and chronology, copious colour illustrations, ISBN 978-0-300-16414-8.
Books
The Meiji Restoration, Monarchism, Mass Communication and Conservative RevolutionBy Alistair D. Swale, pp 206 including index, select bibliography and notes, ISBN 13: 978-0-230-59386-2,Palgrave Macmillan, 2009.
Films & Series
Perfect Blue (パーフェクトブルー)Directed by Satoshi Kon (今 敏), 1998, anime, 82 minutes, based on novel of same name by Yoshikazu Takeuchi (竹内義和).
Books
Why Did the Greater East Asian War Happen?"Why Did the Greater East Asian War Happen? – The Economic and Political History of Pan-Asianism (「大東亜戦争」はなぜ起きたのか -汎アジア主義の政治経済史)" By Matsuura Masataka (松浦 正孝), Nagoya University Press (名古屋大学出版会), 2010, 1079 pages, ISBN 978-4-8158-0629-3, 9975 yen.
Books
Shot by Both SidesBy Meisei Goto, translated by Tom Gill, Counterpoint Berkeley, 2009, 215 pages, ISBN-10: 1582434735.
Books
China-Japan Relations in the Twenty-First Century: Creating a Future Past?Edited by Michael Heazle and Nick Knight, 247 pages, Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, 2007, ISBN-13: 978-1847201126, £59.95.
Books
Hyperart: ThomassonHyperart: Thomasson, by Genpei Akasegawa, translated by Matt Fargo, Kaya Press, 2010, 352pages, ISBN:9781885030467.
Books
Prince and Princess Chichibu, Two Lives Lived Above and Below the CloudsPrince and Princess Chichibu, Two Lives Lived Above and Below the Clouds, by Dorothy Britton, Global Oriental 2010, 223 including index, ISBN 978-1-905246-24-3.
Books
I Survived For All That – A Tale of British POWs (それでもぼくは生きぬいた―日本軍の捕虜になったイギリス兵の物語)By Hiroko Sherwin (シャーウィン 裕子), Nashinoki-sha, 2009, 244 pages, ISBN-10: 4816609105.