The Straw Sandal or The Scroll of the Hundred Crabs
By Santo Kyoden, translated by Carmen Blacker with an introduction by Peter Kornicki ISBN 978-1-905246-64-9, pages 166, Global Oriental, 2008, price £35 (but Japan Society members can order direct from the publishers at a discount) Review by Sir Hugh Cortazzi
Under The Sun
By Justin Kerr-Smiley Reportage Press, 2007, 243 Pages, ISBN13: 9780955572937 (Hardback), £16.99 Review by Susan Meehan
Kamome Diner
(“Kamome Shokudo” in Japanese, “Ruokala Lokki” in Finnish) Directed by Naoko Ogigami, Released in 2006, 102 mins Review by Fumiko Halloran
Governing Japan, Divided Politics in a Resurgent Economy
By J.A.A. Stockwin Blackwell Publishing, Oxford, 2008, 298 pages including index and tables, £19.99 Review by Sir Hugh Cortazzi
The Last Concubine
By Lesley Downer Bantam Press, 2008, 480 pages. Hardback £12.99. ISBN 13: 978 – 0593057537 Review by Anna Davis
Myth, Struggle and Protest in Okinawa
By Miyume Tanji Routledge, 2006, 234 pages including index, maps, glossary and abbreviations. Hardback. £85.00. ISBN13: 978 – 0415365000 Review by William Farr
One Hundred Poets, One Poem Each
By Peter McMillan Columbia University Press, 2008, 194 pages. Hardback £23.50. ISBN 13: 978 – 02311143981 Review by Takahiro Miyao
Kozo Kaikaku No Shinjitsu: Takenaka Heizo Daijin Nisshi
By Heizo Takenaka Nihon Keizai Shimbunsha, December 2006, 344 pages, 1800 yen Review by Fumiko Halloran
Nemesis: The Battle for Japan, 1944-45
By Max Hastings Harper Press, 2007, 673 pages including index, notes and bibliography Review by Sir Hugh Cortazzi