The Japan Times Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
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Mild Vertigo
Mieko KanaiThe Japan TimesOriginally published in 1997, “Mild Vertigo” is just as relevant today in its unpacking of meaning within the ennui of our often stultifying, consumer-driven modern age. https://t.co/8t15BRioYX
Paperback, 2023
$16.95$8.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Trinity, Trinity, Trinity
Erika KobayashiThe Japan TimesErika Kobayashi delves into the history of nuclear warfare and its consequences in the speculative thriller "Trinity, Trinity, Trinity." https://t.co/gkh7k2HQwH
Paperback, 2023
$16.00$8.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Three Assassins
Kotaro IsakaThe Japan TimesKotaro Isaka, the author of "Three Assassins," skillfully plays with the thriller genre, mixing literary fiction with high-octane fun. https://t.co/Tf2VEa1jGu
Paperback, 2023
$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
U.S. Climate Finance: Tonga
U. S. Department of StateThe Japan TimesThe United States has opened a new embassy in Tonga, the State Department has said, as part of efforts to step up the U.S. diplomatic presence in the Pacific region to counter China. https://t.co/2J3o8Kwhqh
Paperback, 2014
$9.95$4.97 + Free shipping50% off your first book
How Do You Live?
Genzaburo YoshinoThe Japan TimesOriginally published in 1937, “How Do You Live?” became an instant bestseller in 2017 after director Hayao Miyazaki announced he was adapting the story for an upcoming film. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2022/05/08/books/book-reviews/how-do-you-live/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1652082967-2
Paperback, 2023
$9.99$4.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Daring to Struggle: China's Global Ambitions Under XI Jinping
Bates GillThe Japan Times"Daring to Struggle" is the capstone of Bates Gill’s 40 years of watching Beijing and his new book assesses Chinese leader Xi Jinping's rise to power and its consequences. https://t.co/BE7Jdzh3lJ
Hardcover, 2022
$34.99$17.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Basho: The Complete Haiku of Matsuo Basho
BashoThe Japan TimesAndrew Fitzsimons offers carefully considered translations of the poet’s works, including his famous haiku about a frog in a pond, in “Basho: The Complete Haiku of Matsuo Basho.” https://t.co/1iIfUV7scm
Paperback, 2022
$17.95$8.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
No Longer Human
Osamu DazaiThe Japan TimesAvailable in English for the first time, the novel adds new texture to Osamu Dazai's "No Longer Human," while bringing levity to a somewhat dire thesis: The world is full of inauthenticity. https://t.co/yC9q24nqCA
Hardcover, 2022
$24.95$12.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
A Fictional Commons: Natsume Soseki and the Properties of Modern Literature
Michael K. BourdaghsThe Japan Times‘A Fictional Commons’: Rethinking alternatives to capitalism with literature https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2022/03/20/books/book-reviews/a-fictional-commons-natsume-soseki/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1647817499
Paperback, 2021
$26.95$13.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
China: Investment Climate Statement 2015
United States Department of StateThe Japan TimesThe United States has opened a new embassy in Tonga, the State Department has said, as part of efforts to step up the U.S. diplomatic presence in the Pacific region to counter China. https://t.co/2J3o8Kwhqh
Paperback, 2016
$12.95$6.47 + Free shipping50% off your first book