Living Carelessly in Tokyo and Elsewhere

A celebrated author and filmmaker shares his firsthand experience of the convulsive changes in the landscape of Japanese society over the past 40 years.

John Nathan is an author, translator, Emmy Award-winning documentary filmmaker, and cultural critic who has devoted a long and rich lifetime to removing the cloak of enigma that surrounds the Japanese. Born in New York City, he spent part of his childhood in Tucson, Arizona, and now lives with his family in Santa Barbara, California.