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Escape from Impasse: The Decision to Open JapanBy Mitani Hiroshi, translated by David Noble I-House Press, 2006, 356 pages including notes and index, ISBN 978-4-903452-06-7, 3000 Yen Review by Sir Hugh Cortazzi
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Kokuryoku KaigiKokuryoku Kaigi (Conference on National Power: Group Discussion with Kaoru Yosano, Takeo Hiranuma, Taro Aso & Shigeru Ishiba) By Kazuyuki Hamada Shodensha, May 2008, 240 pages. Hardback ¥1600. ISBN-13: 978-4396613075 Reviews by Fumiko Halloran
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Intellectual Property and the New Japanese Global EconomyBy Ruth Taplin Routledge, 2009, 196 pages. Hardback, £35.00. ISBN 13: 978-0-415-46597-7 Review by Sean Curtin
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New Zen: the tea-ceremony room in modern Japanese architectureBy Michael Freeman Eightbooks Ltd, 2007, 240 pages. Hardback, £35.00. ISBN 13: 978-0-9554322-0-0 Review by Suzanne Perrin
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Origami for Children: 35 Easy-To-Follow Step-By-Step ProjectsBy Mari Ono and Roshin Ono Cico books , 2008, 128 pages. Hardback, £14.99. ISBN 13: 978-1906094386 Review by Anna Davis
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Totetsu Mo Nai Nippon (Extraordinary Japan)By Taro Aso Shincho Shinsho, June 2007, 190 pages. Price: ¥ 680. ISBN-13: 978 – 4106102172 Review by Fumiko Halloran
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The Meiji Constitution: The Japanese Experience of the West and the Shaping of the Modern StateBy Takii Kazuhiro, translated by David Noble I-House Press, Tokyo, 2007, 196 pages (including index), hardcover £140.00, ISBN-13: 978-1435710009 Review by Sir Hugh Cortazzi
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Kurosawa Akira vs. HollywoodBy Hiroshi Tasogawa Bungei Shunju, 2006, 486 pages, hardback ￥ 2476, ISBN-13: 978-4163677903 Review by Fumiko Halloran
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The Diary of Charles Holme’s 1889 Visit to Japan and North AmericaThe Diary of Charles Holme’s 1889 Visit to Japan and North America with Mrs Lasenby Liberty’s Japan: A Pictorial Record Edited by Toni Huberman, Sonia Ashmore, Yasuko Suga Global Oriental, 2008, 240 pages (including 8 plates and 50 photographs by Lasenby Liberty), hardback £65.00, ISBN-13: 978-1905246397 Review by Dr Jill Raggett
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What I Talk About When I Talk About RunningBy Haruki Murakami This book is a fascinating account of Murakami’s road to becoming a writer, tied up with his reasons for taking up running. In 1979, Murakami, young and out of University after having studied Greek drama, was at a baseball game. Review by Mikihiro Maeda