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Category: Books
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Goodbye Madame Butterfly
Chin Music Press has just announced its next release. Ladies and gents, you’re going to hearing a lot more from this woman in the coming months because she’s the author of our next title, Goodbye Madame Butterfly: Sex, Marriage and the Modern Japanese Woman. If you think you know Japanese women, think again. Sumie Kawakami’s…
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JPG 2
Who doesn’t love Japan graphics? If you’re visiting this site, chances are you do love them, and chances are you’ll find something to like in Actar’s JPG 2. It’s on the pricey side, but then again, that’s pretty much par for the course when it comes to graphic-related books (sigh). Volume two of “JPG, Japan…
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Jeremyville Sessions
As a sort of follow-up to the designer toy book VINYL WILL KILL!, Jeremyville has just launched JEREMYVILLE SESSIONS, which “examines the collaborative process through the mediums of toys, tees, accessories, sketchels, art shows, animations and much more.” A few Japanese creators get covered (think Devil Robots and the like), and the package itself looks…
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Japanese Schoolgirl Inferno Now!
Looks like copies of Patrick Macias’ JAPANESE SCHOOLGIRL INFERNO — scheduled to come out this May in the US — are already on store shelves here. Why do you want this book? Because it’s filled with an “encyclopedic mega-narrative about how the outlaw spirit of post-war Japanese youth was tamed and ultimately overtaken by the…
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The Secret Sense of Japanese Magazine Design
When I was last at Junkudo, I spotted this terrific book, THE SECRET SENSE OF JAPANESE MAGAZINE DESIGN. It was put together by CAP — the company behind most of the great layouts you see in Japanese magazines these days — and covers the history of Japanese magazine design by spotlighting 12 or so magazines…
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Japanamerica Talk Event at Good Day Books
Today’s edition of THE JAPAN TIMES has a piece on Roland Kelts and his recent book, JAPANAMERICA — I mentioned it a while back here. Kelts is currently in Tokyo, and he’ll be giving a talk at Good Day Books in Ebisu tomorrow (February 19, 18:30-20:00).
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T-Shirt Factory
Like t-shirts? Like Beams T? Then you’ll probably want to pick up a copy of T-SHIRT FACTORY.
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The End of Intelligent Idiot
Chin Music Press‘ Craig reports: It’s with a heavy heart I have to report that one of my favorite English language bookshops here in Tokyo is closing its doors this week. Intelligent Idiot sits next to Yoga Jaya in the Las Chicas courtyard in back-alley Omotesando. It’s small and it’s selection limited. But thanks to…