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Books / Reviews | RECENTLY PUBLISHED BOOKS ABOUT JAPAN Jun 22, 2019

'The Woman in the White Kimono': Love and loss in postwar Japan

by Suzanne Kamata

Inspired by her own father's experiences in Japan, in "The Woman in the White Kimono" author Ana Jones pens a bittersweet love story that weaves together Japan's postwar past and present.

Books / Reviews | ESSENTIAL READING FOR JAPANOPHILES Sep 22, 2018

'The Journey': Jiro Osaragi depicts a society coming to grips with defeat and occupation

by Arthur O'keefe

Jiro Osaragi's "The Journey" is an intriguing literary and psychological depiction of a society coming to grips with the aftermath of defeat and occupation.