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| BookNotes Speaker Series |
Since August 2004, Good Day Books has hosted BookNotes, a monthly series of presentations on Sunday evenings by the authors of books about Japan, past or present, and Japanese, famous or obscure. To be admitted to a BookNotes presentation by an author, a prospective member of the audience must purchase from Good Day Books a new copy of the book on which the author's presentation will be based. Each BookNotes presentation to date has been followed by a lively question-and-answer session and a book signing. |
Prof. Keene signing books after his talk on Aug 1st 2010 |
A presentation by a well-known author (for example, Donald Keene's presentation on So Lovely Country Will Never Perish) or a presentation on a topical subject (for example, Akihiko Matsutani's presentation on Shrinking Population Economics) is typically sold out well before the date of the presentation. Seating is limited and is offered on a first-come-first-served basis. Contact Good Day Books before any presentation to learn whether seats are still available for that presentation.
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24 October 2004
| Donald Richie
30 October 2005
| Donald Keene
26 November 2006
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NEXT SPEAKER
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Speaker: Takeo Iguchi, author of Demystifying Pearl Harbor: A New Perspective from Japan (I-House
Press, 2010)
Topic: "Pearl Harbor Revisited"
When: Starting at 6:30 p.m. on Sunday, 19 September 2010
Admission: Buy a copy of Demystifying Pearl Harbor from Good Day Books
Takeo Iguchi was born in Shanghai in 1930, graduated from the University of Tokyo Faculty of Law in 1953, and earned an MA in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics at St. John's College, Oxford University in 1956. After joining Japan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1953, he was posted to the United Kingdom, the Philippines, France, and the United Nations in New York. He served as consul-general in Boston and as ambassador to the Dominican Republic, Bangladesh, and New Zealand (1991-93), and was a visiting professor at the University of Virginia School of Law (1986-87).
After retiring from government service, he taught international law and politics as a professor at Tokai University Law School, a visiting professor at International Christian University, and a professor emeritus at Shobi Gakuen University. He was a Japanese delegate to the United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea, and has written extensively on maritime law. For the past decade, he has written and lectured frequently on Japan's diplomacy before Pearl Harbor.
To attend Takeo Iguchi's BookNotes presentation on 19 September 2010, you must purchase a copy of Demystifying Pearl Harbor: A New Perspective from Japan (I-House Press, 2010) from Good Day Books. Hardcover copies of Demystifying Pearl Harbor are available at Good Day Books for three thousand yen (¥3,000) each, tax included. Demystifying Pearl Harbor is available only in hardcover; I-House Press, the publishing arm of International House Japan, has no plans for a paperback edition.
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