Starting in June, Shinchosha will host the "What is Japan?" book fair at major bookstores nationwide, featuring three new releases and 13 backlist titles. A free booklet containing an interview with Professor Tadashi Karube of the University of Tokyo, titled "Recommendations for Dialogical Reading," along with reviews of the new books, will also be distributed.
[Fair Titles]
New Releases (Released May 21, 3 titles) Keishi Saeki, "The Spirit of the Japanese I: The Structure of Authority and Atmosphere" Yoshiro Yoshikawa, "Japan: Decline or Rebirth? The Zeitgeist and Animal Spirits" Yuri Kono, "How Has Japanese History Been Told?"
Backlist (13 titles) Noriko Imaizumi, "Meiji Jingu: The Great Project that Created 'Tradition'" Hideki Katayama, "Sonnō Jōi: 400 Years of Mito Studies" Tadashi Karube, "The Road to the 'Meiji Restoration Revolution': 19th Century Japan Seeking 'Civilization'" Ai Kawazoe, "Everyday Linguistics: Tips for Training 'Basic Language Skills'" Donald Keene, "Reading Japanese Literature: The Shadow of Japan" Takumi Sato, "Public Opinion and Popular Sentiment: A Genealogy of Japanese Public Will" Tokiko Sawada, "How to Walk in Kyoto: 50 Perspectives from a Historical Novelist" Akihiro Sazaki, "The Unfinished Saigo Takamori: Why Do the Japanese Keep Discussing Him?" Yoshiyuki Tatsumi, "Earthquakes and Eruptions Will Surely Happen: Living on a Volcanic Archipelago" Takeshi Nakajima, "Shinran and Japanese-ism" Takeshi Hara, "History of Japanese Political Thought" Kaii Higashiyama, "Dialogue with Landscapes" Peter J. McMillan, "Solving the Mystery of the Hyakunin Isshu: The Wonders of Japanese Culture Seen Through Waka Poetry"
(List of participating bookstores omitted)
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