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Books Fiction

Vulture’s Banquet

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Japanese language. Thriller about the take-over of a scandal-drenched Japanese bank by a mysterious foreign private equity firm.

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Dragon Dance

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Japan, China and the US in a deadly geopolitical triangle featuring terrorism, assassinations and rock musicians. According to the Daily Yomiuri, “an absorbing and visceral read.”

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Wind of the Gods

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Japanese version of Dragon Dance.

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Samurai Boogie

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Mori rides again. The down-at-heel ex-radical private eye takes on a sinister software entrepreneur, psychotic gangsters, and wild wild strippers. “One of the best detective novels ever written,” according to Publishers Weekly.

Books Non-fiction

Japan In Play

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Japan’s challenges in the age of unconstrained globalization.

Books Non-fiction

Japan 2020

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Japanese language. Three wildly different scenarios for Japan in the year 2020 – Turning the Tables, Digital Renaissance, The Long Sayonara.

Books Fiction

Buddha Kiss

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Shinjuku-based private eye Mori confronts a crazed religious cult, financial shenanigans, bad men and worse women. “An engrossing and illuminating thriller” according to Kirkus Reviews.

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Silent Thunder

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Seedy private eye Mori in the midst of money wars. “Alternately a thriller a whodunit and a soft-porn page-turner,” according to Publishers Weekly. “A fresh and very clever thriller,” according to Kirkus Reviews

Books Non-fiction

The End of the Japanese Golden Era

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Japanese language. A warning of tough times to come and the need to adapt to survive.

Books Non-fiction

Inside Japan

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Overview of Japan written in the early years of the bubble economy.