Alone in Japan Science fiction one of the giants of

one of the giants of 19th century science and discoverer of electricity who was at the centre of an extraordinary scientific renaissance in London

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Alone in Japan Science fiction one of the giants ofWhen 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, a global symbol of prosperity, civility and success. When he returned 24 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. This is a unique account of contemporary Japan, which travels from the quiet of its furthest flung villages