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Title Bending adversity : Japan and the art of survival / David Pilling.
Author Pilling, David (Editor) author.
Publication Info. New York, New York : The Penguin Press, 2014.
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 Orlando Public Library (Downtown) - Fourth Floor  952.0512 PIL    Check Shelves
 Winter Garden  952.0512 PIL    Checked Out
Description xxxiv, 382 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Note Previously published: London : Allen Lane, 2014.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-348) and index.
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.
Subject Japan -- History -- 21st century.
Japan -- Politics and government -- 21st century.
Japan -- Economic conditions -- 21st century.
Japan -- Social conditions -- 21st century.
ISBN 9781594205842 : $29.95
1594205841