The Japan Society Review
The Japan Society Review is published on a quartely basis, both online and printed (members are entitled to receive a copy by post). Since the starting of the publication in 2006, each issue covers a selection of Japan-related books and films, as well as theatre and stage productions, tv series and exhibitions. Its purpose is to inform, entertain and encourage readers to explore the works for themselves.
The Japan Society Review is possible thanks to the work of volunteers who dedicated their time and expertise to help us to promote the learning and understanding of Japanese culture and society.
Books
Still Walking [歩いても 歩いても]Still Walking [歩いても 歩いても], directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda [是枝裕和], 2008, 114 minutes. Review by Susan Meehan.
Books
Japan and its worlds: Marius Jansen and the Internationalization of Japanese StudiesJapan and its worlds: Marius Jansen and the Internationalization of Japanese Studies. Edited by Martin Collcut, Kato Mikio and Ronald P. Toby. I House Press, Tokyo, 2007, 299 pages including index, ISBN 978-4-903452-08-1. Review by Ian Nish.
Books
Yasukuni, the War Dead and the Struggle for Japan’s PastYasukuni, the War Dead and the Struggle for Japan’s Past. By John Breen (Ed), C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd, 2007, 202 pages, ISBN-10:850659079. Review by Sean Curtin.
Books
Japan Power (Nihon Ryoku)By Seigow Matsuoka, Everett Kennedy Brown PARCO Publishing (Ltd.) Parco Entertainment Business Bureau, January 2010, 303pares, 1600yen, ISBN: 978-4-89194-814-6. 0095 Review by Mikihiro. Maeda Seigow Matsuoka was born in 1944 in Kyoto. After serving as Object Magazine “Yu (play)” editor, visiting professor at Tokyo University, and Professor at Tezukayama Gakuin, now he is Director of Editorial […]
Books
Britain and Japan: Biographical Portraits, Volume VIIIEdited by Sir Hugh Cortazzi. Global Oriental in association with the Japan Society, 2010, 665 pages, ISBN: 978-1906876265.
Books
Art of Edo Japan, The Artist and the City 1615-1868By Christine Guth, Yale University Press, 2010 (soft back edition), 176 pages including index, glossary and chronology, copious colour illustrations, ISBN 978-0-300-16414-8.
Books
The Meiji Restoration, Monarchism, Mass Communication and Conservative RevolutionBy Alistair D. Swale, pp 206 including index, select bibliography and notes, ISBN 13: 978-0-230-59386-2,Palgrave Macmillan, 2009.
Films & Series
Perfect Blue (パーフェクトブルー)Directed by Satoshi Kon (今 敏), 1998, anime, 82 minutes, based on novel of same name by Yoshikazu Takeuchi (竹内義和).
Books
Why Did the Greater East Asian War Happen?"Why Did the Greater East Asian War Happen? – The Economic and Political History of Pan-Asianism (「大東亜戦争」はなぜ起きたのか -汎アジア主義の政治経済史)" By Matsuura Masataka (松浦 正孝), Nagoya University Press (名古屋大学出版会), 2010, 1079 pages, ISBN 978-4-8158-0629-3, 9975 yen.
Books
Shot by Both SidesBy Meisei Goto, translated by Tom Gill, Counterpoint Berkeley, 2009, 215 pages, ISBN-10: 1582434735.