Book Breaks

Book Break : Mieko Kawakami (川上未映子), author of "Breasts and Eggs (夏物語)" Thursday, November 05, 2020, 18:15 - 20:30 20201105Bb Breasts and Eggs book cover replace      0201106BB Mieko Kawakami with credit YUTO KUDO Madame Figaro Japon 20201105Bb Breasts and Eggs book cover Mieko ...

Book Break : Eiichiro Tokumoto, author of “The Emperors’ Files (エンペラー・ファイル)” Wednesday, October 21, 2020, 18:15 - 20:30 A new book, The Emperors’ Files, by author and investigative journalist, Eiichiro Tokumoto, presents unpublicized behind-the-scene stories of Japan's past two and current emperors in the Showa, ...

Book Break : Haruki Wada, author of "The Korean War: An International History - Updated Edition" Wednesday, September 16, 2020, 18:15 - 20:30        Although sixty-seven years have passed since the armistice, the Korean conflict has never really ended. Tensions remain high on ...

Tuesday, April 14, 2020, 18:15 - 20:30 The Library Committee regrets to announce that the above planned event has been postponed until further notice. We apologize for any inconvenience and thank you for your understanding. FCCJ Library Committee ...

Tuesday, March 03, 2020, 18:15 - 20:30   ​​​​​​​                            Anthony Rowley     Sustainable Investment has become a “hot topic” as a result of fast-growing concerns over climate change and global warming. The recent World ...

Thursday, February 27, 2020, 18:15 - 20:30   ​​​​​​​         A Social History of the Ise Shrines, published in the new Bloomsbury Shinto series, is the first attempt in any language to write a critical history of the Ise shrines from their 7th century ...

             Janine Beichman     With Dr.Donald Keene in 2017, taken by Nobuyuki Suzuki (Tokyo Shimbun)    The Library committee's January Book Break will commemorate the first death anniversary of Dr. Donald Keene, the esteemed scholar who is beloved in ...

                Kashiko Kodate                      Naonori Kodate   International studies highlight the fact that the obstacles facing women in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) are multifaceted and must be carefully ...

    ​​​​​​​       The coming book break on “From the History of Water Transportation to Global Water” by his Majesty the Emperor Naruhito, written in Japanese and published in April 2019 by NHK Publishing, Inc., will give a unique opportunity ...

          The second edition of Hidden Horrors: Japanese War Crimes in World War II documents little-known wartime Japanese atrocities during World War II. Yuki Tanaka’s case studies, remarkably original and significant, include cannibalism; the slaughter and starvation of prisoners of ...