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Bending adversity : Japan and the art of survival / David Pilling.

By: Material type: TextPublication details: UK: Penguin Books, 2020Description: xxxiv, 382 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9781594205842 (hardcover)
  • 9780141990538 (softcover)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 952.0512 23 P641b
Contents:
Tsunami. Tsunami ; Bending adversity -- Double-bolted land. Shimaguni ; Leaving Asia -- Decades found and lost. The magic teapot ; After the fall -- Life after growth. Japan as number three ; Samurai with a quiff ; Life after growth ; The promised road ; From behind the screen -- Adrift. Asia ex-Japan ; Abnormal nation -- After the tsunami. Fukushima fallout ; Citizens ; After the tsunami.
Summary: Financial Times Asia editor David Pilling presents a fresh vision of Japan, drawing on his own deep experience, as well as observations from a cross section of Japanese citizenry, including novelist Haruki Murakami, former prime minister Junichiro Koizumi, industrialists and bankers, activists and artists, teenagers and octogenarians. Through their voices, Pilling captures the dynamism and diversity of contemporary Japan.
List(s) this item appears in: New Arrivals July - September 2024
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Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Vol info Copy number Status Barcode
Books Library, Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB) Read Japan Project 952.0512 P641b (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 2020 01 Available G000486
Total holds: 0

First published: London : Allen Lane, 2014.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-348) and index.

Tsunami. Tsunami ; Bending adversity -- Double-bolted land. Shimaguni ; Leaving Asia -- Decades found and lost. The magic teapot ; After the fall -- Life after growth. Japan as number three ; Samurai with a quiff ; Life after growth ; The promised road ; From behind the screen -- Adrift. Asia ex-Japan ; Abnormal nation -- After the tsunami. Fukushima fallout ; Citizens ; After the tsunami.

Financial Times Asia editor David Pilling presents a fresh vision of Japan, drawing on his own deep experience, as well as observations from a cross section of Japanese citizenry, including novelist Haruki Murakami, former prime minister Junichiro Koizumi, industrialists and bankers, activists and artists, teenagers and octogenarians. Through their voices, Pilling captures the dynamism and diversity of contemporary Japan.

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