Saul David

Admin Nightmare

Burma ’44: The Battle that Turned the War in the Far East

By James Holland

Lesley Downer

In the Shadow of Fukushima

Where the Dead Pause, and the Japanese Say Goodbye: A Journey

By Marie Mutsuki Mockett

James Kirkup

The Timeless Void

Samurai

By Hisako Matsubara (Translated by Ruth Hein)

David Sexton

Interview: Kazuo Ishiguro

Christopher Ross

Martial Artistry

Kendo: Culture of the Sword

By Alexander C Bennett

Colin Booth

Passion and Commitment

Katie Hickman

Japanese Jumblies

On the Narrow Road to the Deep North: Journey Into a Lost Japan

By Lesley Downer

Jonathan Mirsky

Stealing the Crown’s Jewel

The Fall of Hong Kong: Britain, China and the Japanese Occupation

By Philip Snow

Martin Booth

Decline and Rise

Inventing Japan: 1853-1964

By Ian Buruma

Lesley Downer

Things that Change Shape in the Night

The Book of Yōkai: Mysterious Creatures of Japanese Folklore

By Michael Dylan Foster

Allan Massie

Burmese Days

One Fourteenth of an Elephant: A Memoir of Life and Death on the Burma-Thailand Railway

By Ian Denys Peek

Christopher Ross

‘Like Goldman Sachs – With Guns’

Tokyo Vice

By Jake Adelstein

Edward Luce

Eastern Promises

Rivals: How the Power Struggle Between China, India and Japan Will Shape Our Next Decade

By Bill Emmott

Richard Overy

War in Asia

Nemesis: The Battle for Japan, 1944–45

By Max Hastings

Francis King

Drawing Conclusions

Wrong About Japan

By Peter Carey

Lesley Downer

Artists of the Floating World

Obtaining Images: Art, Production and Display in Edo Japan

By Timon Screech

Lesley Downer

Kabuki Nights

An Imperial Concubine’s Tale: Scandal, Shipwreck, and Salvation in Seventeenth-Century Japan

By G G Rowley

Bill Emmott

The Sun Also Rises

Bending Adversity: Japan and the Art of Survival

By David Pilling