Book reviews

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Association for Japanese‐Language Teaching, Japanese for Professionals. Kodansha International, Tokyo, 1998. 238pp. £16.99. International Christian University Staff, Japanese for College Students Basic Volume 1. Kodansha International, Tokyo, 1996. 285pp. £19.99. Joyce Yumi Mitamura and Yasuko Kosaka Mitamura, Let's Learn Kanji: An Introduction to Radicals, Components, and 250 Very Basic Kanji. Kodansha International, Tokyo. 1997. 256pp. £19.99. Yōichi Nagashima, Objective Description of the Self: A Study of Iwano Hōmei's Literary Theory. Aarhus University Press, Aarhus, 1997. 240pp. Stephen Turnbull, The Kakure Kirishitan of Japan: A Study of their Development, Beliefs and Rituals to the Present Day. Japan Library, Folkestone, 1998. xii + 296pp. £40.00. Jeffrey Ruoff and Kenneth Ruoff, The Emperor's Naked Army Marches On: Yukiyukite shingun. Flicks Books, Trowbridge, 1998. 58pp. £9.95. Esben Andreasen, Popular Buddhism in Japan: Shin Buddhist Religion and Culture. Japan Library, Folkestone, 1998. xiv + 199pp. £35.00 (hbk), £12.99 (pbk). Richard Maidment, David Goldblatt and Jeremy Mitchell, Governance in the Asia‐Pacific. Routledge, London and New York in association with The Open University, 1998. xi +315pp. Richard Maidment and Colin Mackerras (eds), Culture and Society in the Asia‐Pacific. Routledge, London and New York in association with The Open University, 1998. xi +267pp. Frank B. Tipton, The Rise of Asia. Macmillan, Basingstoke, 1998. xiv + 527pp. D.P. Martinez (ed.), The Worlds of Japanese Popular Culture: Gender, Shifting Boundaries and Global Cultures. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1998. xii + 212pp. £14.95. William W. Farris, Sacred Texts and Buried Treasures: Issues in the Historical Archaeology of Ancient Japan. Hawaii University Press, Honolulu, 1998. xii + 333pp. $58 (hbk), $35.95 (pbk). Ross H. McCleod and Ross Garnaut (eds), East Asia in Crisis: From being a Miracle to Needing One?. Routledge and New York, London, 1998. xix + 389pp. Roger Goodman, Gordon White and Huck‐ju Kwon (eds), The East Asian Welfare Model. Routledge, London and New York, 1998. xvii + 206pp. Mayumi Itoh, Globalization of Japan: Japanese Sakoku Mentality and U.S. Efforts to Open Japan. Macmillan, Basingstoke and London, 1998. 224pp. £40.00 (hbk). Yuko Ogasawara, Office Ladies and Salaried Men: Power, Gender and Work in Japanese Companies. University of California Press, Berkeley, Los Angeles and London, 1998. iii + 221pp. £35.00 (hbk), £12.95 (pbk). Andrew Cobbing, The Japanese Discovery of Victorian Britain: Early Travel Encounters in the Far West. Japan Library, Folkestone, 1998. xiii + 257pp. £45.00. Takazawa Shūji, Hyōden: Nakagami Kenji. Shūeisha, Tokyo, 1998. 267pp. ¥2,000.