Japan Made In U.S.A. [Paperback]

Zipangu (Author, Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 16, 1998

"Japan Made in U.S.A." discusses the huge gap between the images of Japan appearing in U.S. media and the realities of Japan. Edited and published by Zipangu, a New York-based group of Japanese, it analyzes and criticizes Japan coverage -- especially about its culture, society and ways of thinking of Japanese people -- in major American newspapers, especially in the New York Times. In addition to the interview with New York Times' Tokyo Bureau Chief Nicholas D. Kristof who presents his side a dozen of prominent voices in journalism and academism from both sides of the Pacific ---- former Washington Post Tokyo Bureau Chief T.R. Reid, San Francisco Chronicle journalist Charles Burress, Japan scholars such as Carol Gluck, Norma Field and Harry Harootunian and Japanese sociologist Chizuko Ueno etc. -- have contributed their perspectives in essays and interviews. Though launched only in September, 1998 in Japanese and English (bilingual) in Japan, it is already in its third print! ing. "Japan Made in U.S.A." has bee much-talked about and well praised in Japan and abroad.

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Japan Made in U.S.A. deserves a once-over by anyone who reads, or writes, about Japan. -- Mainichi Daily News , Nov. 16, 1998

About the Author

Charles Burress, San Francisco Chronicle staff writer T.R.Reid, the London Bureau Chief of the Washington Post Tetsuya Chikushi, Anchorman and Editor-in-chief on Chikushi Tetsuya News 23 on TBS TV Network in Japan Chizuko Ueno, Sociology professor at Tokyo University Carol Gluck, George Sansom Professor of History, Columbia University Harry Harootunian, Director of East Asian Studies and Professor of History in New York University Matt Thorn, cultural anthropologist, writer and translator Keiko Ikeda, professor at the Graduate Department of American Studies and American Institute at Doshisha University Yukiko Tsunoda, a member of Women's Rights Committees at the Tokyo Bar Association and the Japan Bar Association Laura Hein, Associate Professor of Japanese History at Northwestern University Yoshihiro Tsurumi, Professor of International Business and Marketing, Baruch Graduate School of Business and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York Norma Field, professor, East Asian languages & civilization, University of Chicago

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Product Details

• Paperback: 275 pages
• Publisher: zipangu (September 16, 1998)
• ISBN-10: 4812306159
• ISBN-13: 978-4812306154
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.8 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,452,656 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3.0 out of 5 stars yes, but...., January 19, 2003

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This review is from: Japan Made In U.S.A. (Paperback)

Japan Made in the U.S.A is generally a helpful response to some shallow journalism written in the U.S. However, there are too many instances where authors themselves leave out important points , which seems to strengthen their arguments yet instead simplifies them. I found myself saying "yes, but..." several times while reading "Japan Made in U.S.A."