Showa Japan: The Post-War Golden Age and Its Troubled Legacy
"A work of eminently readable journalism, but also of scholarly scope, an engaging mix of analysis and memoir."—Japan Times"[A] quirky assemblage of 34 extremely brief chapters that are each vignettes on a variety of topics, from the changing style of Japanese eateries to the author's belief in the failure of Japan's media to play their proper watchdog function."—CHOICE