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jmetaB03c4d31ae73ebb68902ece8a64edb4c4531cfb8cc641f3636b87ed4f780f7da80d@9faad615f6ea5fdee9d594dc657f354f1c749cbdf67d9b9233f02f2ca24bc02arss.itemmetarss.netMè<item><link>https://www.semafor.com/article/08/12/2024/book-attempts-to-condense-japanese-history-in-50000-words</link><guid>https://www.semafor.com/article/08/12/2024/book-attempts-to-condense-japanese-history-in-50000-words</guid><category>news</category><description>'The Shortest History of Japan' aims for brevity in its exploration of Japanese history.</description><title>New book condenses Japanese history in 50,000 words</title><dc:creator>Diego Mendoza</dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 12 Aug 2024 15:43:01 -0700</pubDate><enclosure url="https://img.semafor.com/66505d78ecd47912a7d15aca4d1b3d6e03f503cc-1200x1200.jpg" length="309655" type="image/jpeg"/><media:thumbnail url="https://img.semafor.com/66505d78ecd47912a7d15aca4d1b3d6e03f503cc-1200x1200.jpg"/><media:credit>The Experiment</media:credit><content:encoded> <![CDATA[ <section><h3 class="style_title__n4CiQ style_titleText__oyJ9f style_withTitleIcon__VPxdK style_isPrimary__amLBT styles_semaContentTitle__6jPuZ styles_template-semaform-1-column--standard__QgQFA styles_fosArticleLayout__Mwo57" id="the-news">The News</h3><p>A new book uses a mere 50,000 words to delve into 2,000 years of Japan’s rich civilization. The strength of<strong> </strong>Lesley Downer’s Nikkei wrote, lies in exploring how the country’s resilience and age-old dilemmas can inform today’s world. </p><p>She manages to weave a comprehensive and colorful narrative of Japan’s complicated geopolitics, food, religion, and gender roles. The book <a href="https://asia.nikkei.com/Life-Arts/Books/Books-Japan-s-millennia-spanning-history-told-in-a-nutshell">could not be more perfectly timed</a>, Nikkei noted, given Japan’s definitive bounce back into the global consciousness.</p></section> ]]> </content:encoded></item>