This seems to be a good book on Japan.....

[John Grey]

In today's Japan Tímes there is an interesting article about a new book about Japan.
The article make for interesting reading because of some details it brings....

http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/fb20120603a1.html

Making a life after surviving the war, By STEPHEN MANSFIELD
My Postwar Life: New Writings From Japan and Okinawa, edited by Elizabeth McKenzie. Chicago Quarterly Review Books, 324 pp., $19.95 (hardcover)

[StarfoxPro]

The book I recommend for everyone is called "Japanese have a word for it". It is a handbook for Japanese culture.