{"product_id":"alone-in-japan","title":"Alone in Japan","description":"\u003cb\u003eA vivid and wide-ranging portrait of love, sex and death in contemporary Japan, which should provoke and engage us all\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNo sex. No kids. No future?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen Tom Feiling moved to Tokyo as a student in the early nineties, Japan was a beacon of the future: a rising superpower, a technology giant, and a global symbol of prosperity, civility and success. When he returned twenty-four years later, the country was still a sign of things to come - but, he began to realize, it was no longer a beacon. It was a warning.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book offers a unique portrait of life in contemporary Japan, from the quiet of its furthest flung villages to the dynamism of its megacities. It tells the story of how, from the mid-seventies onwards, Japanese society unknowingly embarked on a vast, silent process of transformation that is still unfolding today. The country is still peaceful; it is still prosperous. But the population is shrinking. As things stand, it will fall by a third with each new generation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTravelling through shrines and bars, rice fields and mango farms, coffee shops and old peoples' homes, Feiling meets those affected by, and driving, this transformation. Clear-sighted and surprising, \u003ci\u003eAlone in Japan \u003c\/i\u003eis a portrait of love, sex and death in contemporary Japan that should provoke and engage us all. It is an electrifying portrait of a nation on the brink by one of the most original reporters working today.","brand":"Tom Feiling","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43515659354173,"sku":null,"price":52.25,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0597\/7689\/2989\/files\/9780241640913.jpg?v=1787487611","url":"https:\/\/www.palmleaf.com.au\/products\/alone-in-japan","provider":"Palmleaf","version":"1.0","type":"link"}