L’Empire désorienté
Pourquoi le Japon est-il un pays qui, toujours, surprend? Comment explique-t-on que le site Web de la FNAC offre 395 volumes sur le Japon, tandis qu’à peine 25 livres apparaissent à son répertoire à propos, par exemple, de la Bulgarie? Pourquoi cette…
L’Empire désorienté
L’extrait de L’Empire désorienté de Catherine Bergman est reproduit avec l’aimable autorisation de Flammarion Québec (mars 2001, 24,95 $, 309 р.). De ces récits, il ressort un portrait inédit et fascinant de la société japonaise, une société en grand désarroi qui cherche…
A Tribute to Herbert Norman
Jeremy Kinsman, then Canada’s Ambassador to Italy, spoke at the tribute to Herbert Norman. The text follows:
If Only I Had Known
Foreigners living in Japan have a saying: “After you have lived here for two weeks you can write a book about it; after two years, an article; but after five years you cannot seem to put pen to paper.” Mary Taylor has…
Pious Peregrinations
“Whan that Aprille with his shoures sote, The droghte of March hath perced to the rote,… Than longen folk to goon on pilgrimages.”
An Asian Day is Over / Une journée en Asie c’est déjà terminée
The ADM returns to his office. He stops to ask one of the officers how the trade awards went in Indonesia. No word until tomorrow. It is now about nine o’clock in the evening in most of the Asian posts. The Asian…
Early Days in the Life of a Trade Commissioner’s Family
Seventy years ago, what was it like for the family of a Trade Commissioner in Japan? James Langley lets his mind wander back to those far off days.
JAPAN: The Myth, the Challenge, and the Future
by David Anido
Kyoto: A Photo Essay
Story and photos by Hugh Stephens
