2009-05-24

100 books to Understand Japan today

Cross-posting from H-Japan with titles and descriptions of books in English.
http://www.nippon-foundation.or.jp/eng/news/20090514BookDonationProject.html

At bottom center there is a "Application Materials" section.
The book list is an Excel file. Under that each book is discussed separately in PDF files.

The category IV languages like Japanese are difficult especially for the cultural and social meanings and unfamiliar contexts for Second Language Learners. So having this comprehensive list of titles for one's own reading, and for using with one's students is handy.

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