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020 _a9712313158
040 _erda
050 _a DS 806
_b.D349 1993
100 _ade Asis, Leocadio
_937921
245 0 _aJapan :
_bbody and soul /
_c/ Leocadio de Asis ; sponsored by the Philippine Japanese Institute of Language and Culture.
264 _aManila :
_bRex Book Store,
_c[1993];copyright 1993
300 _axxii, 199 pages
_billustrations
_c23 cm.
336 _atext
_2rdacontent
338 _avolume
_2rdacarrier
520 _a and on the other, the kindness and politeness of the Japanese people in the mainland". An "anatomical" analysis of Japan, it reveals her vital organs and the animating spirit that makes the nation tick. The reader is given an insight into the Japanese character as a people and nation, literally exploring in depth not only the "body" but also the "soul" of Japan.
520 _aThis edition is for those who wish to understand Japan, written by one who, as a war veteran of the last Pacific War, a prisoner of war of the Imperial Japanese Army, and a young student in wartime Japan, considers himself as a "living witness of the two faces of Japan: on one hand, the cruelty and barbarism of the Japanese military
650 _aJapan.
_2sears
942 _cIRC
999 _c88094
_d88094