By Damian Flanagan The other day I had the pleasure of attending a very interesting presentation about antique books by an ...

BEHIND THE RISING SUN—James R. Young—Doubleday, Doran ($3). JAPAN UNMASKED—Hallett Abend—Washburn ($3). Fortnight ago, startled Americans blinked in the rising sunlight and asked: How could it happen?

Bryan Washington’s latest novel, “Palaver,” chronicles a mother-and-son reunion miles from home, after more than a decade of ...

GOVERNMENT BY ASSASSINATION—Hugh Byas—Knopf ($3). With the possible exception of Joseph Clark Grew, there is no one as well qualified to explain the Japanese to Americans as Hugh Byas. Ambassador Grew ...

A survey of the preferred reading material among students in Japan has revealed paper books to be the clear winner, The Japan News reported. Interestingly, this applies to all student tiers such as ...