Book Breaks

　　　　　　　　　　 Veteran journalists Hans Greimel and William Sposato will speak about their recent book Collision Course – a fast-paced chronicle of the spectacular downfall of Carlos Ghosn, the legendary auto executive who saved Nissan only to be charged with multiple counts of financial misconduct during ...

                   ​​​​​​​ Poisoning the Pacific reveals how US military operations have been contaminating Japan and neighboring countries with toxic substances, including plutonium, dioxin, and nerve agent. Hundreds of thousands of service members, their families, and residents have ...

               A Scotsman in provincial Japan, Iain Maloney, originally from Aberdeen, has lived in rural Gifu for five years. Together with his Japanese wife, he bought a house at the edge of a small village, a 20 minute drive ...

  ​​​​​​​ Visitors to Tokyo often object that the city is unplanned. It may look that way, but actually when Tokyo's forerunner, Edo, was laid out in 1590, it was subject to rigorous organisation. Edo changed many times, such as in 1603, when it became ...