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“Saraba Zaimusho!” さらば財務省 (Farewell, Ministry of Finance!)By Yoichi Takahashi Kodansha, March 2008 (11th printing in August 2008), 282 pages, 1700 yen Review by by Fumiko Halloran
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The Book of Sake: A Connoisseur’s GuideBy Philip Harper Kodansha, 2006, 96 pages including glossary, photographs, ISBN: 9784770029980 Review by William Farr
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The Edo InheritanceBy Tokugawa Tsunenari, translated by Tokugawa Iehiro International House of Japan, Tokyo, 2009, 200 pages including index and 30 pages of black and white engravings of famous places of Edo, ISBN978-4-903452-14-2 Review by Sir Hugh Cortazzi
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Contending With Nationalism and Communism: British policy towards Southeast Asia, 1945-65By Peter Lowe In series Global Conflict and Security since 1945, Palgrave Macmillan, 2009, 312 pages including notes, bibliography and index, ISBN 978-0-230-52123-0 Review by Sir Hugh Cortazzi
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The Japan-British Society Centenary BookPublished by the Japan-British Society, Tokyo, March 2009 (anyone interested in obtaining a copy of this book should contact the Japan British Society in Tokyo: http://www.japanbritishsociety.or.jp/) Review by Sir Hugh Cortazzi
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Japanese for Everyone: A Functional Approach to Daily CommunicationBy Susumu Nagara Japan Publications Trading Company, 2008, 383 pages Paperback £22.99. ISBN-13: 978-4889962345 Review by Roberta Ignirri
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The Business, Life and Letters of Frederick CornesThe Business, Life and Letters of Frederick Cornes: Aspects of the Evolution of Commerce in Modern Japan,1861-1910 By Peter N. Davies Global Oriental, 2008, 514 pages including index and appendices, plus a CD of the letters, Hardback £75. ISBN 978-1-905246. Review by Sir Hugh Cortazzi
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Angry White Pyjamas: An Oxford Poet Trains with the Tokyo Riot PoliceBy Robert Twigger Phoenix Publications, 1999, 320 pages. Hardback £7.99. ISBN: 9780753808580 Review by William Farr
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Kyushu, Gateway to Japan: A Concise HistoryBy Andrew Cobbing Global Oriental, 2009, 240 pages. Hardback, £55.00. ISBN-13: 978-1905246182. Review by Sir Hugh Cortazzi Review by Sir Hugh Cortazzi
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Britain and the ‘Re-opening’ of Japan: The Treaty of Yedo of 1858 and the Elgin MissionBy Sir Hugh Cortazzi The Japan Society, 2008 ISBN 978-0-9559977-0-9, pp91 – Illus. The Treaty of Yedo, signed by Lord Elgin and the representatives of the Tokugawa shogunate, stands as one of the hallmarks of the long relationship between Japan and Britain. Occurring at a time of great diplomatic and economic dynamism, the treaty presented […]