Bending Adversity

Bending Adversity offers a fresh and comprehensive look at contemporary Japan through the perspectives of its diverse citizenry. Financial Times Asia editor David Pilling draws on deep experience and interviews with everyone from novelist Haruki Murakami to teenagers and octogenarians. He explores the country's past, including cycles of crisis and reconstruction and the devastating consequences of its own imperial endeavor. Pilling also questions the true significance of Japan's postwar economic miracle and examines the country's struggle to recover from the 2011 triple disaster. Bending Adversity is a nuanced representation of Japan and its people.