Japan Story: In Search of a Nation, 1850 to the Present, by Christopher Harding Joy Hendry discovers a fascinating account of a century and a half of Japan’s modernisation By Joy Hendry 3 January
The Social Life of Kimono: Japanese Fashion Past and Present, by Sheila Cliffe East Asia’s most iconic garment is as dynamic as any Western mode of dress, finds Joy Hendry By Joy Hendry 20 April
Staged Seduction: Selling Dreams in a Tokyo Host Club, by Akiko Takeyama Joy Hendry on an after-dark fantasy land of Prince Charmings and their female customers By Joy Hendry 26 May
