The Japan Society Review

Edited by Kazutoshi Hando Bunshun Shinsho, Bungei Shunju, October 2007, 181 pages, paperback ￥70, ISBN-13: 978-4166605941 Review by Fumiko Halloran

By Melanie Trede and Lorenz Bichler Taschen, 2008, 294 pages, Japanese binding & bookcase £80.00, ISBN: 978-3-8228-4827-2 Review by Sir Hugh Cortazzi

Edited by Alex Kerr Penguin Books, 2001, 432 pages, ISBN: 0141010002 Review by Hiroko Kawai (GLOCOM)

By 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

By Isao Iijima Nihon Keizai Shimbun Shuppansha, 2007,343 pages. Hardback ¥1,890. ISBN -13: 978-4532352714 Review by Fumiko Halloran

Edited 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

By Sandra Collins Routledge, London and New York, 2007, 198 pages. Hard Back £65.00. ISBN-13: 978-0415373173 Review by Ben-Ami Shillony

By 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

By Penny Underwood The Crowood Press, 2005, 192 pages, including bibliography and index. Hardback £25. ISBN 13: 978 – 186126 7832 Review by Sir Hugh Cortazzi

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