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During his decades of passionate engagement with Japan, Nathan became close friends with many of the most gifted people in the land -- politicians and business leaders as well as painters, novelists, directors, rock stars, and movie stars -- and was privileged to travel, in their very special company, inside domains of Japanese life not normally open to foreigners then or now. In his unique chronicle of that journey, Living Carelessly in Tokyo and Elsewhere, he details the adventures sublime, profane, and uproarious, many of a distinctly Japanese nature, that characterized his career, which was singular in its success as much as in its chaos. Along the way, he brings the most exciting era in recent Japanese history vividly into focus with wry humor, penetrating insight, and pathos. John Nathan is not the only foreigner to have developed a rich, full, deeply nuanced understanding of Japan. 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Two years later, Nathan became the first American to pass the entrance exams to the best school in Japan, the University of Tokyo. He went on to translate two of Japan's greatest contemporary writers, Yukio Mishima and Nobel laureate Kenzabur玫 脮e, and direct several series of films in and about Japan in collaboration with world-famous directors and businesses; earn an advanced degree at Harvard and a professorship at Princeton; and become a Hollywood screenwriter. Nathan was given unprecedented access to the inner sanctum of Sony for his book <i>Sony: The Private Life</i>, and he explored the damaged psyche of postbubble Japan in his acclaimed <i>Japan Unbound</i>. <br> <br> During his decades of passionate engagement with Japan, Nathan became close friends with many of the most gifted people in the land -- politicians and business leaders as well as painters, novelists, directors, rock stars, and movie stars -- and was privileged to travel, in their very special company, inside domains of Japanese life not normally open to foreigners then or now. In his unique chronicle of that journey, <i>Living Carelessly in Tokyo and Elsewhere</i>, he details the adventures sublime, profane, and uproarious, many of a distinctly Japanese nature, that characterized his career, which was singular in its success as much as in its chaos. Along the way, he brings the most exciting era in recent Japanese history vividly into focus with wry humor, penetrating insight, and pathos. <br> <br> John Nathan is not the only foreigner to have developed a rich, full, deeply nuanced understanding of Japan. But his experiences are certainly extraordinary and in fact irreproducible, and his memoir is the most personally satisfying story yet told of Japan (and elsewhere). From Nathan's lifetime of wisdom, compassion, and brazen resolve, we learn the value of traveling within our own mental and emotional borders as well as without the many places we call home.</div></div></div><div class="search_box_wrapper"><form action=/books id=search_form style="margin:0px;padding:0px;" method=get> <input type=hidden name="id" value="poftzRFrMesC"><table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 class="swv-table"><tr><td class="swv-td-search"><span><input id=search_form_input type=text maxlength=1024 class="text_flat swv-input-search" aria-label="Search in this book" name=q value="" title="Search inside" accesskey=i></span></td><td class="swv-td-space"><div> </div></td><td><input type=submit value="Search inside"></td></tr></table><script type="text/javascript">if (window['_OC_autoDir']) {_OC_autoDir('search_form_input');}</script></form><div id="preview-link"><a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=poftzRFrMesC&printsec=frontcover" class="primary"><span dir=ltr>Preview this 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class="cloud7"><span dir=ltr>camera</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=poftzRFrMesC&q=crew&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud9"><span dir=ltr>crew</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=poftzRFrMesC&q=Diane&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud5"><span dir=ltr>Diane</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=poftzRFrMesC&q=dinner&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud6"><span dir=ltr>dinner</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=poftzRFrMesC&q=documentary&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud9"><span dir=ltr>documentary</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=poftzRFrMesC&q=Donald+Keene&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud2"><span dir=ltr>Donald Keene</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=poftzRFrMesC&q=door&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud9"><span dir=ltr>door</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=poftzRFrMesC&q=drinking&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud9"><span dir=ltr>drinking</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=poftzRFrMesC&q=drove&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud9"><span dir=ltr>drove</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=poftzRFrMesC&q=English&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud6"><span dir=ltr>English</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=poftzRFrMesC&q=eyes&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud8"><span dir=ltr>eyes</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=poftzRFrMesC&q=farm&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud9"><span dir=ltr>farm</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=poftzRFrMesC&q=father&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud8"><span dir=ltr>father</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=poftzRFrMesC&q=feel&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud6"><span 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class="cloud9"><span dir=ltr>head</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=poftzRFrMesC&q=Hiroshi+Teshigahara&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud3"><span dir=ltr>Hiroshi Teshigahara</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=poftzRFrMesC&q=interview&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud8"><span dir=ltr>interview</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=poftzRFrMesC&q=invited&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud8"><span dir=ltr>invited</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=poftzRFrMesC&q=Irwin+Allen&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud3"><span dir=ltr>Irwin Allen</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=poftzRFrMesC&q=Ishihara&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud8"><span dir=ltr>Ishihara</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=poftzRFrMesC&q=Japa&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud1"><span dir=ltr>Japa</span></a> <a 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href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=poftzRFrMesC&q=Mill+Valley&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud2"><span dir=ltr>Mill Valley</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=poftzRFrMesC&q=minute&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud9"><span dir=ltr>minute</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=poftzRFrMesC&q=Mishima&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud2"><span dir=ltr>Mishima</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=poftzRFrMesC&q=months&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud9"><span dir=ltr>months</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=poftzRFrMesC&q=morning&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud7"><span dir=ltr>morning</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=poftzRFrMesC&q=moved&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud8"><span dir=ltr>moved</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=poftzRFrMesC&q=named&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" 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cultural critic who has devoted a long and rich lifetime to <br>removing the cloak of enigma that surrounds the Japanese. Born in New York City, <br>he spent part of his childhood in Tucson, Arizona, and now lives with his family <br>in Santa Barbara, California.</div></div></div></div><div class=vertical_module_list_row><h3 class="about_title">Bibliographic information</h3><div class="about_content" id="metadata_content" style="padding-bottom:.3em"><div class="metadata_sectionwrap"><table id="metadata_content_table"><tr class="metadata_row"><td class="metadata_label">Title</td><td class="metadata_value"><span dir=ltr>Living Carelessly in Tokyo and Elsewhere: A Memoir</span></td></tr><tr class="metadata_row"><td class="metadata_label"><span dir=ltr>Author</span></td><td class="metadata_value"><a class="primary" href="https://www.google.com.sg/search?tbo=p&tbm=bks&q=inauthor:%22John+Nathan%22&source=gbs_metadata_r&cad=6"><span dir=ltr>John Nathan</span></a></td></tr><tr class="metadata_row"><td class="metadata_label"><span dir=ltr>Edition</span></td><td class="metadata_value"><span dir=ltr>illustrated</span></td></tr><tr class="metadata_row"><td class="metadata_label"><span dir=ltr>Publisher</span></td><td class="metadata_value"><span dir=ltr>Simon and Schuster, 2008</span></td></tr><tr class="metadata_row"><td class="metadata_label"><span dir=ltr>ISBN</span></td><td class="metadata_value"><span dir=ltr>1416593780, 9781416593782</span></td></tr><tr class="metadata_row"><td class="metadata_label"><span dir=ltr>Length</span></td><td class="metadata_value"><span dir=ltr>336 pages</span></td></tr><tr class="metadata_row"><td class="metadata_label"><span dir=ltr>Subjects</span></td><td class="metadata_value"><div style="display:inline" itemscope itemtype="http://data-vocabulary.org/Breadcrumb"><a class="primary" href="https://www.google.com.sg/search?tbo=p&tbm=bks&q=subject:%22Travel%22" itemprop="url" dir=ltr><span itemprop="title">Travel</span></a></div> › <div style="display:inline" itemscope itemtype="http://data-vocabulary.org/Breadcrumb"><a class="primary" 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