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Michael Zielenziger: Contemporary Japanese Society
Radio Forum with Michael Krasny — October 17, 2006
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KQED Radio Forum discusses the causes and consequences of the social, political and economic malaise facing contemporary Japanese society, with journalist Michael Zielenziger.
Host: Michael Krasny
Guests: Michael Zielenziger, visiting scholar at UC-Berkeley's Institute of East Asian Studies, former Tokyo bureau chief for Knight-Ridder Newspapers, and former Pacific Rim correspondent for the San Jose Mercury News. His book is "Shutting out the Sun: How Japan Created Its Own Lost Generation"
