Book Breaks

Book Break : Iris Haukamp, author of “A Foreigner’s Cinematic Dream of Japan: Representational Politics and Shadows of War in the Japanese-German Coproduction New Earth (1937)”

Wednesday, July 07, 2021, 18:15 - 20:30

A Foreigner’s Cinematic Dream of Japan retells the story of “Japan’s first international export film,” or “[Nazi-]German propaganda played out on Japanese soil.” ...

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Book Break : Jon Mitchell, author of "Poisoning the Pacific: The U.S. Military's Secret Dumping of Plutonium, Chemical Weapons, and Agent Orange"

Wednesday, June 16, 2021, 17:30 - 20:00

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 ...

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Book Break : Robert Whiting, author of "Tokyo Junkie: 60 Years of Bright Lights and Back Alleys . . . and Baseball"

Wednesday, May 12, 2021, 17:30 - 20:00

Best-selling author and journalist Robert Whiting will speak about his latest book, Tokyo Junkie – a memoir that plays out over the dramatic 60-year growth of the megacity Tokyo, once a dark, fetid backwater and now the most populous, ...

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Book Break : Iain Maloney, author of "The Only Gaijin in the Village : A Year Living in Rural Japan"

Wednesday, April 14, 2021, 17:30 - 20:00

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 ...

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Book Break : Karen Hill Anton, author of "The View from Breast Pocket Mountain: A Memoir"

Wednesday, March 17, 2021, 17:30 - 20:00

The View From Breast Pocket Mountain: A Memoir published by Senyume Press in 2020, is aptly described in Roger Pulver’s editorial review: “Karen Hill Anton’s life has been a remarkable journey, from the United ...

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Book Break : Yu Miri, author of "Tokyo Ueno Station" - Winner of Akutagawa Prize and U.S. National Book Award for Translated Literature

Thursday, February 25, 2021, 17:00 - 19:30

Winner of Akutagawa Prize and U.S. National Book Award for Translated Literature 芥川賞・全米図書賞（翻訳文学部門）受賞作家 (英文の下に日本語の案内があります） Award winning author, Miri Yu, a Japanese-born Korean writer, will speak about her novel “Tokyo Ueno Station,” selected for top prize this year by the U.S. National ...

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Book Break : Timon Screech, author of “Tokyo Before Tokyo: Power and Magic in the Shogun’s City of Edo”

Wednesday, February 10, 2021, 17:00 - 19:30

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 seat ...

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Postponed Book Break: Susanne Klien, author of “Urban Migrants in Rural Japan: Between Agency and Anomie in a Post-growth Society”

Thursday, December 17, 2020, 18:15 - 20:30

Postponed: Book Break : Susanne Klien author of “Urban Migrants in Rural Japan: Between Agency and Anomie in a Post-growth Society” The Library Committee regrets to announce that the above planned event has been postponed until further notice. We apologize for any inconvenience and thank ...

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Cancelled Book Break : Japan by Hans Sautter

Friday, December 04, 2020, 18:15 - 20:30

The Library Committee regrets to announce the above planned event has been cancelled. We apologize for any inconvenience and thank you for your understanding. FCCJ Library Committee ----------------------------------- Book Break : Japan by Hans Sautter Friday, December 04, 2020, 18:15 - 20:30 Not a travel ...

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Book Break : Anthony H. Rowley, author of “Foundations of the Future – The Global Battle for Infrastructure”

Wednesday, November 18, 2020, 18:15 - 20:30

Book Break : Anthony H. Rowley, author of “Foundations of the Future – The Global Battle for Infrastructure” Wednesday, November 18, 2020, 18:15 - 20:30 20200303BB Anthony Rowley smaller 20201118BB book cover foundation of the future The book argues that the world is "in ...

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