Book Breaks

Book Break : Karen Ann Takizawa, co-author of “World WBook Break : Karen Ann Takizawa, co-author of “World War II Revisited: Two POWs, Two Sides, Two Stories”ar II Revisited: Two POWs, Two Sides, Two Stories”

Wednesday, July 18, 2018, 18:15 - 20:30
Wednesday, July 18, 2018, 18:15 - 20:30    ​​​​​​​ Karen Ann Takizawa   In this book, the post-war generation looks back on the experiences of two extended family members who were Prisoners of War (POWs) on opposite sides of the conflict in World War II. One was a...
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Book Break : Eli K.P. William, author of "The Naked World"

Monday, June 11, 2018, 18:15 - 20:30
Monday, June 11, 2018, 18:15 - 20:30               ​​​​​​​                    The Naked World is volume two in dystopian science fiction (SF) trilogy the Jubilee Cycle, which is set in a near future Tokyo where all actions—from blinking...
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Book Break : Damian Flanagan, the author of "Yukio Mishima"

Wednesday, April 11, 2018, 18:15 - 20:30
Wednesday, April 11, 2018, 18:15 - 20:30      ​​​​​​​ Damian Flanagan     Damian Flanagan presents: “An Evening with Yukio Mishima.”   He’s back, for one night only! Join us for a celebration of literary great Yukio Mishima (1925-70) as writer and critic Flanagan discusses his recent...
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Book Break : Philip Seaton, co-author of “Contents Tourism in Japan : Pilgrimages to ‘Sacred Sites’ of Popular Culture”

Tuesday, February 20, 2018, 18:15 - 20:30
Tuesday, February 20, 2018, 18:15 - 20:30     ​​​​​​​   Professor Philip Seaton of Hokkaido University   “Contents tourism” is probably not a familiar term to many, but most people these days will have seen stories about the phenomenon and been contents tourists themselves. “Contents” are the...
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Book Break: Kazuo Abiko and Ko Yamaguchi, co-authors of “News Agencies: Challenges in the New Digital Era” （『挑戦する世界の通信社：メディア新時代に』）

Tuesday, January 23, 2018, 18:15 - 20:30
Tuesday, January 23, 2018, 18:15 - 20:30           Kazuo Abiko　 （我孫子和夫）　 　　　　　　　　　   Ko Yamaguchi (山口光）   The environment surrounding news media has changed drastically over the past two decades, primarily due to rapid advancement of information technology. The hardest-hit might be the newspaper...
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Book Break: Robert S. Boynton, the author of “The Invitation-Only Zone: The True Story of North Korea's Abduction Project”

Wednesday, January 10, 2018, 18:15 - 20:30
Wednesday, January 10, 2018, 18:15 - 20:30    Robert S. Boynton Professor of Journalism New York University   During the 1970s and early eighties, dozens – perhaps hundreds – of  Japanese civilians were kidnapped by North Korean commandos and forced to live in ‘Invitation-Only Zones’ in North Korea,...
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