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Phil Whelan on Morning Brew asked Christopher Dillon whether it is a brave move to buy property in Japan. They also talked about demographic and earthquake problems there.
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Landed: The guide to buying property in Japan is a resource for anyone purchasing—or thinking of purchasing—real estate in Japan.
In Landed you’ll learn:
How property is bought and sold in Japan.
Where to find financing, legal advice and other essential services.
How to recognize and manage Japan-specific risks.
Where to find property listings...
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1904. Forty-two-year-old, handsome and influential Australian G.E. Morrison, Peking correspondent for THE TIMES of London, considered the most eligible Western bachelor in China has yet to meet his match. But one night he encounters Mae Perkins, the ravishing daughter of
a California millionaire and a turbulent affair begins.
War, meanwhile, has broken out...
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We welcome author and publisher Magnus Bartlett to talk about his new anthology Hiroshima Nagasaki.
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Thoroughly researched and impressive in scope, How Asia Works is essential reading for anyone interested in the development of these dynamic countries, a region that will shape the future of the world.
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This collection of annotated oral histories records the personal stories of twenty Chinese women who lived in the wartime capital of Chongqing during China's War of Resistance against Japan during World War II. By presenting women's remembrances of the war, this study examines the interplay between oral history and traditional historical narrative, public discourse...
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A tale of twisted love, from the author ofThe Diving Pool and The Housekeeper and the Professor.
In a crumbling seaside hotel on the coast of Japan, quiet seventeen-year-old Mari works the front desk as her mother tends to the off-season customers. When one night
they are forced to expel a middle-aged man and a prostitute from their room, Mari finds herself...
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Julia Boyd is the author of Hannah Riddell, An Englishwoman in Japan, and The Excellent Doctor Blackwell. She has travelled frequently to China and is now based in London. Her new book is “A Dance with the Dragon”.
Julia Boyd, talks to Crystal Kowk on Kowk Talk about the stereotypes and surprises of foreigners living in China during the 1920's.
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It's Malaya, 1949. After studying law at Cambridge and time spent helping to prosecute Japanese war criminals, Yun Ling Teoh, herself the scarred lone survivor of a brutal Japanese wartime camp, seeks solace among the jungle fringed plantations of Northern Malaya where she grew up as a child. There she discovers Yugiri, the only Japanese garden in Malaya, and its...
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The movie, The Japanese Wife, is about a young Bengali village school teacher who marries his Japanese pen friend over letters and remains true and loyal to her throughout his life, while never actually meeting her. It is based on a book of the same title by Dr. Kunal Basu. He has written novels, a collection of short stories and screen plays. This session was...
