What I'm reading

Just started reading Dogs and Demons: Tales from the dark side of Japan (2001) by Alex Kerr. I read Alex Kerr's first book on Japan called Lost Japan (1996), which was very interesting, quite an insight in to Japanese culture. His second book concerns the decline of Japan in the 1990s and details Japan's loss of culture and direction and the devastation being done to Japan's once stunning beauty. Going to be a serious one I think. I've never been to Japan, and would like to visit, but the picture he paints of the situation the Japanese have created for themselves does not sound good at all.