Reminder: The Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan (FCCJ) Library is pleased to announce the upcoming Book Break event on September 16, 2020.

Book Break "The Korean War: An International History - Updated Edition"
By Haruki Wada

Wednesday, September 16, 2020 from 6:15 to 8:30 pm
(The talk will be in Japanese with English interpretation)

Admission: 4,100yen (non-members) / 3,100yen (FCCJ members)
*The price covers a set dinner and one drink
Please sign up by email (front@fccj.or.jp) and pay by Friday, September 11th, 2020.

Venue:
The Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan
5F Marunouchi Nijubashi Building
3-2-3 Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-0005
(http://www.fccj.or.jp/about/access.html)

Although sixty-seven years have passed since the armistice, the Korean conflict has never really ended. Tensions remain high on the peninsula as Washington and Pyongyang, as well as Seoul and Pyongyang, continue to face off. Haruki Wada is one of the world's leading scholars of that war and Korean history. In his book, he draws on archival and primary sources in Russia, China, the United States, South Korea, Taiwan, and Japan to provide the first full understanding of the Korean War as an international conflict from the perspective of all the actors involved. He delves deep into the nature of the confrontation, as well as the impact on the geopolitical landscape of Northeast Asia and the Pacific region.

The Korean War was first published in Japanese in 2002, its English edition in 2013, and in an updated version by Rowman & Littlefield in 2018. This edition includes a substantive introduction that considers the heightened danger of a new Northeast Asian war as Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un escalate their rhetoric. It traces the North Korean invasion of South Korea in riveting detail, and provides new insights into the behavior of Kim Il Sung and Syngman Rhee and also into the behavior of Communist leaders in Korea, China, Russia, Eastern Europe, and their rivals in other nations. The book traces the course of the war from its origins in both Korea's leaders' failed attempts to unify the country by force, ultimately escalating into a Sino-American war on the Korean Peninsula.

Wada is Emeritus Professor and former director of the Institute of Social Science, University of Tokyo. He is author of (= Kim Il Sung and the Manchurian Anti-Japanese War, Heibonsha, 1993), (= A Complete History of the Korean War, Iwanami Shoten, 2002), (= North Korea-Partisan State Today, Iwanami Shoten, 1998), (= Critique of Our Own Times - Japan-North Korea Relations and the Abduction Problem, Sairyusha, 2005) , (= Opening the Country: Japan-Russia Border Relations, NHK Publishing, 2008) and (= The Russo-Japanese War; Origins and Beginning, 2 Vols. Iwanami Shoten, 2009-2010). He is Secretary-General of the National Association for Normalization of Japan-North Korea Relations.

There will be a cocktail party - "Meet the Author - starting at 6:15 pm, followed by a set dinner with one drink at 6:40 pm (Menu: TBD). Drinks are also available on a cash basis in the room. Book Break charges are 3,100 yen/ 4,100 yen (members/ non-members) per person. The member price is applicable to members' guests

To FCCJ members: Sign up now at the reception desk (03-3211-3161) or on the FCCJ website. To help us plan proper seating and food preparation, please reserve in advance, by noon of the day. Reservations cancelled less than 72 hours in advance will be charged in full.

To non-members: Sign up now at the reception desk by email (front@fccj.or.jp). Payment is in advance by Friday, September 11th, 2020. No refund is available unless event is cancelled by FCCJ.

Attendees with food restriction should inform the reception desk (front@fccj.or.jp) three days before the event.

We kindly ask for your cooperation with Covid-19 prevention measures to have your temperature taken and wear your own mask whenever possible. Thank you.

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