02172nam a2200385 i 450000100060000000300090000600500170001500800410003201000170007302000190009002000180010902000180012703500130014503500210015804000590017904200140023804300120025205000210026408200170028510000390030224500730034124600220041426000400043630000840047650001100056050400670067050503970073752004300113452600080156465100340157265100500160665100460165665100440170285200400174645795BD-DhAAL20260518154259.0260518t20142020enkabf   b    001 0 eng d  a  2013387368  a 9780141990538  a9781594205842  a9780143126959  a18173075  a(OCoLC)852221347  aBTCTAbengcBTCTAerdadYDXCPdBDXdABGdDLCdBD-DhAAL  alccopycat  aa-ja---00aDS806b.P49 201404a952.05122231 aPilling, Davidc(Editor),eauthor.10aBending adversity :bJapan and the art of survival /cDavid Pilling. 3aBending adversity  aLondon :bThe Penguin Press,c2020.  axxxvi, 415 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates :billustrations, maps ;c20 cm  a"First published in Allen Lane 2014. Published in Penguin Books 2014. Reissued with a new afterword 2020"  aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 319-348) and index.0 aTsunami. Tsunami ; Bending adversity -- Double-bolted land. Shimaguni ; Leaving Asia -- Decades found and lost. The magic teapot ; After the fall -- Life after growth. Japan as number three ; Samurai with a quiff ; Life after growth ; The promised road ; From behind the screen -- Adrift. Asia ex-Japan ; Abnormal nation -- After the tsunami. Fukushima fallout ; Citizens ; After the tsunami.  aFinancial Times Asia editor David Pilling presents a fresh vision of Japan, drawing on his own deep experience, as well as observations from a cross section of Japanese citizenry, including novelist Haruki Murakami, former prime minister Junichiro Koizumi, industrialists and bankers, activists and artists, teenagers and octogenarians. Through their voices, Pilling captures the dynamism and diversity of contemporary Japan.8 aAAL 0aJapanxHistoryy21st century. 0aJapanxPolitics and governmenty21st century. 0aJapanxEconomic conditionsy21st century. 0aJapanxSocial conditionsy21st century.1 aAyesha Abed LibrarycGeneral Stacks