Japan Times On Sunday contributors select the responses that made them laugh loudest this year.
What book brought you to Japan? A book by (Australian-born novelist) James Clavell called "Gai-Jin" (1993). After reading that book and arriving in Japan 15 years later, I discovered it has no relation to Japan whatsoever.
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