Our critics' favorite Japanese books of the decade - The Japan Times

As 2020 approaches, The Japan Times
As 2020 approaches, The Japan Times' book reviewers look back at a decade of literature and their favorite and most impactful books written about Japan or by Japanese writers.

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54 Best Japanese Books (In 13 Genres)

65 Best Japanese Books of All Time

Examining Japan's Lost Decades - 1st Edition - Yoichi Funabashi - Bara

Japan's auteurs and anime triumphed in 2023 - The Japan Times

How faith and spirituality shape modern Japan - The Japan Times

INTERVIEW/ Media expert: Japan is shown only as the victim in yearly 'August journalism

Our critics' favorite books published in 2020 - The Japan Times

The Secrets of Mariko is a remarkably revealing and intimate look at the life of an ordinary Japanese woman at the close of the twentieth century. Mariko and her husband, three children, and aged parents live in a small house in Tokyo. It is a family typical of hundreds of thousands of others in Japan. Mariko is a part-time meter reader and a very full-time wife, mother, and daughter.

The Secrets of Mariko: A Year in the Life of a Japanese Woman and Her Family [Book]

The 50 best nonfiction books of past 25 years.

The best non-fiction books of all time - Pan Macmillan

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Japan Inc.' and Other Tales of Industrial Policy Apocalypse

Japanese stories captivated overseas audiences in 2022 - The Japan Times

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