Tales of old Tokyo - Paperback

by John Darwin Van Fleet (Author)

A breathtaking romp through Tokyo's history from the mid-19th to the mid-20th century, using lots of images, writings and clippings to bring back to life those far-off days.

Author Biography

John Darwin Van Fleet was born in the United States, raised in southern California and studied English and American Literature at the University of Southern California (USC). He moved to Japan in 1991 and spent ten years there before relocating to greater China, where he has lived since, first in Taipei and now in Shanghai. He is Assistant Dean and Executive Director of the Global Executive MBA in Shanghai (GEMBA), a collaboration between USC and Shanghai Jiao Tong University, and is a prolific writer on East Asia's history and sociopolitical environment.