About the Author

Michael Zielenziger is a visiting scholar at the Institute of East Asian Studies, UC Berkeley, and was the Tokyo-based bureau chief for Knight Ridder Newspapers for seven years. Before moving to Tokyo, he served as the Pacific Rim correspondent for San Jose Mercury News, and was a finalist for a 1995 Pulitzer Prize in International Reporting for a series on China. Find him online at www.shuttingoutthesun.com.

Reviews

“Offers a glimpse at an uneasy nation suspended between two worlds.”—The Wall Street Journal “Full of surprises and fresh discoveries, Shutting Out the Sun convincingly explains why the great Japanese juggernaut has faltered — and it does so with intelligence, insight and verve.”—Richard Rhodes “Shutting Out the Sun puts a human face on a nation's plight and provides an intriguing point of entry into a consideration of Japan's crisis of confidence.”—The Washington Post Book World “Well-researched. . . . Zielenziger gives observers of this reticent country good reason to be concerned.”—San Francisco Chronicle

"Offers a glimpse at an uneasy nation suspended between two worlds."-The Wall Street Journal "Full of surprises and fresh discoveries, Shutting Out the Sun convincingly explains why the great Japanese juggernaut has faltered - and it does so with intelligence, insight and verve."-Richard Rhodes "Shutting Out the Sun puts a human face on a nation's plight and provides an intriguing point of entry into a consideration of Japan's crisis of confidence."-The Washington Post Book World "Well-researched. . . . Zielenziger gives observers of this reticent country good reason to be concerned."-San Francisco Chronicle