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"Dogs and Demons Tales From the Dark Side of Japan" By ALEX KERR Hill and Wang
http://www.nytimes.com/books/01/04/15/reviews/010415.15samuelt.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
http://www.nytimes.com/books/first/k/kerr-dogs.html
Alex Kerr and I are the only two people I know of who were educated
mainly outside of Japan yet who wrote newspaper articles and books in
Japanese. There are probably a few others, but I have not heard of
them. He is much more fluent than I, and much more knowledgeable
about Japanese society.
- Jed
