📖 Dogs and Demons. Tales from the Dark Side of Modern Japan

A surprising assessment of the failures and successes of modern Japan. In "Dogs and Demons", Alex Kerr chronicles the many facets of Japan's recent, and chronic, crises from the failure of it's banks and pension funds to the decline of it's once magnificent modern cinema. He is the first to give a full report on the nation's endangered environment it's seashores lined with concrete, it's roads leading to nowhere in the mountains as well as it's monument frenzy, the destruction of old cities such as Kyoto and construction of drab new ones, and the attendant collapse of it's tourist industry. Kerr writes with humor and passion, for passion, he says, is part of the story. Millions of Japanese feel as heartbroken at what is going on as I do. My Japanese friends tell me, "Please write this for us".