Issue:

Japan’s Policy Trap: Dollars, Deflation, and the Crisis of Japanese Finance
Akio Mikuni; R. Taggart Murphy
Brookings Institution Press
Gift from Robert L. Kirschenbaum

Taking Japan Seriously: A Confucian Perspective on Leading Economic Issues
Ronald Dore
The Athlone Press
Gift from Robert L. Kirschenbaum

The Matsushita Phenomenon
Rowland Gould
Diamond Sha
Gift from Robert L. Kirschenbaum

Hiroshima: Why America Dropped the Atomic Bomb
Ronald Takaki
Little, Brown and Company
Gift from Robert L. Kirschenbaum

Ceramic Art of Japan
Tadanari Mitsuoka
Japan Travel Bureau
Gift from Robert L. Kirschenbaum

Counter Kabuki: Sixty-Seven Playlets on the Silly Side of Life in Japan
Jared Lubarsky
Gatekeeper Press
Gift from Robert L. Kirschenbaum

The Complete Japanese Expression Guide: Over 600 Idioms
Mizue Sasaki
Charles E. Tuttle Company
Gift from Robert L. Kirschenbaum

Watch Your Language: A Lively, informal guide to better writing, emanating from the News Room from The New York Times
Theodore M. Bernstein
Channel Press
Gift from Robert L. Kirschenbaum