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Dogs and Demons: The Fall of Modern JapanEdited by Alex Kerr Penguin Books, 2001, 432 pages, ISBN: 0141010002 Review by Hiroko Kawai (GLOCOM)
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Chronicles of My Life, An American in the Heart of JapanBy Donald Keene Columbia University Press,New York, 2008, 208 pages, including photographs and list of names of Japanese mentioned in the text. Hardback £16.50. ISBN 13: 978-0231144407 Review by Sir Hugh Cortazzi
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Jitsuroku Koizumi Gaiko (Records of Koizumi Diplomacy)By Isao Iijima Nihon Keizai Shimbun Shuppansha, 2007,343 pages. Hardback ¥1,890. ISBN -13: 978-4532352714 Review by Fumiko Halloran
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Japanese Diplomacy in the 1950s: From Isolation to IntegrationEdited by Iokibe Makoto, Caroline Rose, Tomaru Junko, and John Weste Routledge, 2007, 215 pages including index and notes. Hardback £75.00. ISBN13: 978-0415372961 Review by Sir Hugh Cortazzi
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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