Spotlight Feature

101 Ways to Understand
Contemporary Japan

New Books in Rice Library

A collection of 101 books about contemporary Japan has been donated to Rice Library by Japan’s Nippon Foundation and are now available for checkout. Topics include Japanese popular culture, sociology, environmental science, business, politics, international relations, economics, literature, the arts, and history.

Why did the Nippon Foundation donate books to Rice Library?

The Nippon Foundation, whose goal is a peaceful and prosperous global society, is initially targeting 300 libraries, universities, and institutions in the United States for their book donation program, “most of which do not have collections of books on Japan despite having potential readers who would benefit from them.”

What books did the Nippon Foundation donate?

Some of the donated books include:

• • Tokugawa Religion:The Cultural Roots of Modern Japan, by Robert Bellah
• • The Atomic Bomb: Voices from Hiroshima and Nagasaki, by Kyoko Seldon and Mark Seldon
• • Five Modern Japanese Novelists, by Donald Keene
• • U.S.-Japan Relations in a Changing World, by Steven Vogel

Check out the related exhibit in the display cases by the doors to the Rice Library Grand Reading Room, 2nd floor.
A complete list and descriptions of the books are available from the Nippon Foundation.

How can I find these books in Rice Library?

Type the title or author in the Rice Library Catalog. Quick Tip! Text the call number to your cell phone before you head off to the stacks.

For more help finding these books, and any other research question (just ask!), contact the Rice Library Reference Desk: 1-800-246-6173, (812) 464-1907, libref@usi.edu, or in person on the 1st floor.

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