BETWEEN FOUR WORLDS: CHINA, RUSSIA, JAPAN AND AUSTRALIA.BETWEEN FOUR CAREERS and FOUR LANGUAGES 1. Simul Publishing2. Invited to Write3. Reasons to Write4. Chinese-Japanese Differences5.  Nihonjin-ron6.  An Answer?7.  Disorganised Nihonjin-ron8.  Yamamoto Shichihei – Japanese and Jews9.  Why the Differences, Weird Theories10. Culture versus Values11. Anti-Nihonjin ron12. ‘System’ theorists The idea of

BETWEEN FOUR WORLDS: CHINA, RUSSIA, JAPAN AND AUSTRALIA.BETWEEN FOUR CAREERS and BETWEEN FOUR LANGUAGES 1. House Hunting2. Finishing the Book 3. Publishing the Book4. Launching the Book5. A Newsweek Connection6. Book Reaction7. God Professor It was, they said, the wettest and coldest spring on record.  Looking out over the drenched blossoms

BETWEEN FOUR WORLDS: CHINA, RUSSIA, JAPAN AND AUSTRALIA.BETWEEN FOUR CAREERS and FOUR LANGUAGES. The Talking Monkey 1.The Japanese Lecture Circuit2.Organising a Lecture3.Rewards When I published the Japan as a Tribe book, I had assumed that the only material returns would be royalties from the publisher, Simul. But if I had

BETWEEN FOUR WORLDS: CHINA, RUSSIA, JAPAN AND AUSTRALIA.BETWEEN FOUR CAREERS and FOUR LANGUAGES. Losing Friends; Making Friends 1. Australian Embassy, Tokyo2. Embassy Blacklisting3. Decoding Realties4. Friends at Court The joys of the lecture circuit did not come without a price. The Newsweek story had caused some damage to Canberra’s relations

BETWEEN FOUR WORLDS: CHINA, RUSSIA, JAPAN AND AUSTRALIA.BETWEEN FOUR CAREERS and FOUR LANGUAGES 1. Paradise Sought 2. Paradise Found (plus some thoughts on economic development) 3. Yoro Keikoku 4. Becoming a Land Owner (plus some thoughts on how to learn English) For years Yasuko and I had enjoyed weekend hikes in the hills