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Christopher P. Hood

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I am an author of both fiction and non-fiction.

I have written three novels, Hijacking Japan, Tokyo 20/20 Vision and FOUR, and am currently working on a fourth, Officer Death Fall From Japan’s Floating Palace. All of the novels are primarily based in Japan, using my knowledge and experiences of living in and visiting Japan, and conducting research about aspects of Japanese society and culture for over 35 years, as a basis for being able to ensure there is a degree of realism about the plots and characters.

I am the author of five non-fiction books; Japan: The Basics (two editions), Osutaka: A Chronicle of Loss in the World’s Largest Single Plane Crash, Dealing With Disaster in Japan: Responses to the Flight JL123 Crash, Shinkansen: From Bulle ...more

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	Shinkansen: From Bullet Train to Symbol of Modern Japan (Routledge Contemporary Japan Series) 3.88 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 2006 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Japan: The Basics 3.87 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 2014 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dealing with Disaster in Japan: Responses to the Flight JL123 Crash (Routledge Contemporary Japan Series) 4.14 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2011 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Japanese Education Reform: Nakasone's Legacy (The University of Sheffield/Routledge Japanese Studies Series) 4.80 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2001 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	FOUR 4.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Osutaka: A Chronicle of Loss In the World's Largest Single Plane Crash it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2014 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hijacking Japan it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tokyo 20/20 Vision (Iwakura Series) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Politics of Modern Japan, Vol. 4: Elections and Changes in Japanese Society it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Politics of Modern Japan, Vol. 1: Politics and Society it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Although the book considers the cause of the crash, this study is much more concerned with the human side of the tragedy and what can be learnt about Japanese society from looking at the responses to it. It is for that reason that the names of the crew and passengers are listed in the footer of pages of the book. This study is not about a lifeless mixture of metal and other man-made objects falling out of the sky, but about real people.”
― Christopher P. Hood, Dealing with Disaster in Japan: Responses to the Flight JL123 Crash

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“Even in 1963, only a year before opening, the director-general of the Construction Department of JNR, stated to new JNR employees: The Tokaido Shinkansen is the height of madness. As the gauge of the Tokaido Shinkansen is different from existing lines, track sharing is not possible. Even if the journey time between Tokyo and Osaka is shortened, passengers have to change trains at Osaka in order to travel further west. A railway system which lacks smooth connections and networks with other lines is meaningless and destined to fail.”
― Christopher P. Hood, Shinkansen: From Bullet Train to Symbol of Modern Japan

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