UCSD Graduate School of International Relations/Pacific Studies sponsored by Japan Society of San Diego and Tijuana presents Author Michael Zielenziger on Shutting Out the Sun: How Japan Created Its Own Lost Generation.
Shutting Out the Sun: How Japan Created Its Own Lost Generation is a non-fiction book due to be released by Doubleday on September 19. Journalist, scholar and author Zielenziger will talk about his new book and answer questions about the book?'s account of Japan?'s recent social and economic malaise, including a frightening portrait of the nation?fs hikikomori: disaffected youths who lock themselves in their rooms for months or years at a time as a way of coping with life in a society that denies them self-expression.
Location: Robinson Auditorium on UCSD Campus
For additional information:
Please visit http://www.japan-society.org/upcoming.html or http://www-irps.ucsd.edu/calendar/sep06-27.php
For information about the novel:
Please click HERE
Shutting Out the Sun: How Japan Created Its Own Lost Generation is a non-fiction book due to be released by Doubleday on September 19. Journalist, scholar and author Zielenziger will talk about his new book and answer questions about the book?'s account of Japan?'s recent social and economic malaise, including a frightening portrait of the nation?fs hikikomori: disaffected youths who lock themselves in their rooms for months or years at a time as a way of coping with life in a society that denies them self-expression.
Location: Robinson Auditorium on UCSD Campus
For additional information:
Please visit http://www.japan-society.org/upcoming.html or http://www-irps.ucsd.edu/calendar/sep06-27.php
For information about the novel:
Please click HERE
