Book Breaks

Book Break: Yunshin Hong, author of “‘Comfort Stations’ as Remembered by Okinawans during World War II”

Wednesday, September 28, 2022, 18:00 - 20:30

The speakers will be Yunshin Hong and Robert Ricketts. Okinawa was the only Japanese prefecture to be invaded by US forces during the battle fought there in the spring of 1945. It was also the only part of Japan proper forced to accommodate a network ...

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Book Break: Anthony Rowley, author of "Who Will Pay to Save the Planet? The $100 Trillion Question"

Wednesday, September 21, 2022, 18:00 - 20:30

We all know now that climate change is very much "for real" – and the question on many people's lips is, can we slow the process down sufficiently or quickly enough to prevent a climate disaster, or is it too late? But there is ...

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Book Break: Aleksandra Babovic, author of "The Tokyo Trial, Justice, and the Postwar International Order"

Thursday, June 23, 2022, 18:00 - 20:30

The Tokyo Trial, 1946 to 1948, seen by many as victors’ justice, was a dark and painful episode in Japan’s immediate post-WWII history. In contrast to Germany with the Nuremberg Trials, Japan’s postwar politics never accepted the Tribunal’s verdicts. The government ...

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Book Break: Christopher Gerteis, author of “Mobilizing Japanese Youth: The Cold War and the Making of the Sixties Generation”

Tuesday, June 14, 2022, 18:00 - 20:30

In Mobilizing Japanese Youth published by Cornell University Press in 2021, Christopher Gerteis examines how non-state institutions in Japan—left-wing radicals and right-wing ...

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Book Break: Viktoriya Kim, author of “The Politics of International Marriage in Japan”

Thursday, April 14, 2022, 18:00 - 20:30

In The Politics of International Marriage in Japan, Viktoriya Kim, Nelia Balgoa and Beverley Anne Yamamoto unravel the web of historical, governmental, and cultural influences on international couples and their children in Japan. The book, published by Rutgers University Press in the series “The ...

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Book Break: Burritt Sabin, author of "Kamakura: A Contemplative Guide"

Thursday, March 24, 2022, 18:00 - 20:30

Kamakura rose as the first samurai capital in the 12th century. Shogun Yoritomo chose for the seat of his military government a natural fortress far from the intrigues of the court in Kyoto. He summoned from the capital carpenters to build grand temples and ...

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Book Break : “Beyond Tokyo’s Vices And The Underworld” - Robert Whiting (Tokyo Underworld) and Jake Adelstein, (Tokyo Vice) discuss decades of reporting on the dark side of the rising sun and their next career moves.

Wednesday, March 16, 2022, 18:00 - 20:30

Best-selling author and journalist Robert Whiting and Jake Adelstein are respected names in the not-so respected underworld of Japan. They will speak about their deep knowledge of Japan’s criminals, racketeers, hustlers, corrupt politicians, nine-fingered gangsters, sex, violence, or, as they call it, the sleaze of ...

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POSTPONED: Book Break : Christopher Gerteis, author of “Mobilizing Japanese Youth: The Cold War and the Making of the Sixties Generation”

Thursday, February 24, 2022, 18:00 - 20:30

POSTPONED: Book Break “Mobilizing Japanese Youth: The Cold War and the Making of the Sixties Generation” By Christopher Gerteis Thursday, February 24, 2022 from 6:00 pm to 8:30 pm The Library Committee regrets to announce that the above planned event has been postponed due ...

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Book Break : Yuqing Xing, author of “Decoding China’s Export Miracle: A Global Value Chain Analysis”

Wednesday, January 19, 2022, 18:00 - 20:30

In less than three decades, China has emerged as the world's largest exporting nation with more than $2 trillion of exports annually. China's rapid rise as a leading exporter in the world is unprecedented. Decoding China’s Export Miracle adopts the global value ...

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Postponed: Book Break : Christopher Gerteis, author of “Mobilizing Japanese Youth: The Cold War and the Making of the Sixties Generation”

Wednesday, December 01, 2021, 18:00 - 20:30

POSTPONED: Book Break “Mobilizing Japanese Youth: The Cold War and the Making of the Sixties Generation” By Christopher Gerteis Wednesday, December 1, 2021 from 6:00 pm to 8:30 pm The Library Committee regrets to announce that the above planned event has been postponed until further ...

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