Issue 17 (December 2008, Volume 3, Number 5)

Amongst our line-up in this issue we feature two new biographical-related books, one about John Milne and the other on Charles Holme. Both figures are from the early decades of Anglo-Japanese relations when Japan was still a distant, mysterious land and bilateral ties were in their infancy.

As usual, we also offer a selection of prominent new Japanese language books including Fumiko Halloran’s examination of the turbulent relationship between Japanese film legend Kurosawa Akira and Hollywood.

You will also find Sir Hugh Cortazzi’s look at a superbly illustrated new book on the artist Hiroshige, Mikihiro Maeda’s review on a book about Japanese writer Haruki Murakami as well as many more great reviews.