Book Breaks

Tuesday, April 23, 2019, 18:15 - 20:30   ​​​​​​​                    Masahide Shibusawa   The book Private Diplomacy of Shibusawa Eiichi offers an account of the last thirty years of Eiichi’s life, which were dedicated to the betterment of US-Japan relations....

                Tokyo is a city that defies the orthodox and conventional, demanding a sensitive approach to particular occurrences in the smaller scale. Given its changing nature, urban scholars often find it hard to grasp a holistic reading of...

              In Kyudo (弓道＝Japanese archery), there is a phrase “seisha hicchu (正射必中)”, which means that if you do things correctly, you will hit the target. Based on that proverb, Jérôme Chouchan,...

             The Unmaking of an American is the author’s engaging and entertaining cross-cultural memoir spanning decades of dramatic history on four continents. Acclaimed author, playwright, translator, journalist, theater and film director, translator and journalist, Roger Pulvers explores the nature of...

                 Alan Booth   Timothy Harris                                                                ...

Tuesday, January 22, 2019, 18:15 - 20:30   ​​​​​​​                   On Tuesday, January 22, 2019, David Peace will be reading from and discussing his latest novel Patient X: the Case-Book of Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, published by Faber & Faber (UK) and...

Wednesday, December 05, 2018, 18:15 - 20:30       ​​​​​​​                           Takashi Inoue’s new book Public Relations in Hyper-Globalization seeks to help the next generation of global leaders to see more clearly the new environment...

Wednesday, November 14, 2018, 18:15 - 20:30                                                                             ​​​​​​​     This...

Wednesday, October 17, 2018, 18:15 - 20:30            ​​​​​​​     Gavan McCormack will introduce his new bookThe State of the Japanese State which casts a cold eye over the contemporary Abe state, especially the relationship with the United States, suggesting that the...

Thursday, October 04, 2018, 18:15 - 20:30 ​​​​​​​    Book Break "Masaaki Hatsumi: Dojo Giga | Heaven (『初見良昭 道場戲画 天』) " By Masaaki Hatsumi Thursday, October 4, 2018 from 6:15 pm to 8:30 pm The book Masaaki Hatsumi: Dojo Giga | Heaven, published in September 2018, features...