Issue:
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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
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Taking Japan Seriously: A Confucian Perspective on Leading Economic Issues
Ronald Dore
The Athlone Press
Gift from Robert L. Kirschenbaum
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The Matsushita Phenomenon
Rowland Gould
Diamond Sha
Gift from Robert L. Kirschenbaum
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Hiroshima: Why America Dropped the Atomic Bomb
Ronald Takaki
Little, Brown and Company
Gift from Robert L. Kirschenbaum
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Ceramic Art of Japan
Tadanari Mitsuoka
Japan Travel Bureau
Gift from Robert L. Kirschenbaum
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Counter Kabuki: Sixty-Seven Playlets on the Silly Side of Life in Japan
Jared Lubarsky
Gatekeeper Press
Gift from Robert L. Kirschenbaum
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The Complete Japanese Expression Guide: Over 600 Idioms
Mizue Sasaki
Charles E. Tuttle Company
Gift from Robert L. Kirschenbaum
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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