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Japanese Society at War: Death, Memory and the Russo-Japanese WarBy Naoko Shimazu Studies in the Social and Cultural History of Modern Warfare (No. 28), Birkbeck College, University of London, 2009, 354 pages, ISBN-13: 9780521859349 Review by Peter Gysin
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Contested Governance In Japan: Sites and IssuesEdited by Glenn D Hook Sheffield Centre for Japanese Studies/RoutledgeCurzon Series, Abingdon,2005, 288 pages, 978-0-415-36419-5 Review by Roger Buckley
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Mental Health Challenges Facing Contemporary Japanese Society – The ‘Lonely People’By Yuko Kawanishi Global Oriental, 2009, 175 pages including index and bibliography, ISBN 978-1-906876-00-5, £30 Reviews by Sir Hugh Cortazzi & Sandra Lawman
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Ultimate Crush: Waseda University Rugby, Leadership and Building the Strongest Winning Team in JapanBy Katsuyuki Kiyomiya, Translated by Ian Ruxton North Carolina: Lulu Press, 2006, 150 pages Review by Ian Nish
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Kigyō Ketsugou Housei no Shōraizou (企業結合法制の将来像), The Future of Corporate Groups LawBy Eiji Takahashi (高 橋 英 治) Chuokeizaisha, Tokyo, 2008, 312 pages, ISBN978-4-502-96390-2 Review by Manabu Matsunaka
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Showa Japan: The Post-War Golden Age and Its Troubled LegacyBy Hans Brinckman Tuttle, Tokyo and Singapore, 2008, 212 pages including index, glossary and plate section, ISBN-13:978-4-8053-1002-1 Review by Sir Hugh Cortazzi
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Discovering Japan – A New Regional GeographyBy Kiyonori Kanasaka and others Teikoku Shoin Co. Ltd, Tokyo 2009, 152 pages including index, copiously illustrated with colour photographs and maps. ISBN 978-4-8071-5844-7, (available in the UK from JP-Books (JPT Europe Ltd.) 14-20 Regent Street, London SW1Y 4PH or bookstores in Japan) ￡29.80/￥1,995 Review by Sir Hugh Cortazzi
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剣禅書 Ken Zen Sho, The Zen Calligraphy and painting of Yamaoka TesshūEd.Alex Bennett and Sarah Moate Published by Bunkasha International Corporation, Tokyo, 2008, ISBN4-9901694-8-4 Review by Sir Hugh Cortazzi
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Japan Through Writers’ EyesEdited by Elizabeth Ingrams Eland Publishing Ltd., 2009, 336 pages, ISBN: 978-190601108-6 (Paperback) £12.99 Review by Susan Meehan
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Glory in a Line, a Life of Foujita, The Artist Caught Between East and WestBy Phyllis Birnbaum Faber and Faber, 2006, 331 pages including index and endnotes , ISBN-13: 978-0-571-21179-1 (hard cover) Review by Sir Hugh Cortazzi