New books on contemporary Japan

Thanks to the Nippon Foundation Book Project, the Birmingham-Southern College Library has added dozens of new books on Japanese history, politics, society, economics, and literature to its collection. Through its "100 Books for Understanding Contemporary Japan" book donation program, the Nippon Foundation offers English language books to overseas libraries, with the goal of helping readers develop a greater understanding of Japan. Among the many interesting titles are the following:

• Bushido: the soul of Japan (BJ971 .B8 N58 2002)
• Japan rising : the resurgence of Japanese power and purpose (DS889.5 .P95 2007)
• Japan's love-hate relationship with the West (DS881.96 .H57 2005)
• The Columbia anthology of modern Japanese literature (PL782 .E1 C55)
• Anime from Akira to Howl's moving castle : experiencing contemporary Japanese animation (NC1766 .J3 N36 2005)
• The tales of the Heike (PL790 .H42 2006)
• Science, technology and society in contemporary Japan (Q175.52 .J3 L68 1999)

All of the books are listed in the BSC Library catalog and are available for check-out. A full listing of the "100 books" can be found at http://www.nippon-foundation.or.jp/eng/worldwide/readjapan/list_100books.html. The new items build on the excellent foundation established by the James Wren Asian Studies Collection.

Many thanks to the Nippon Foundation for these wonderful additions to the library collection!