NEW!! At the Japan Foundation Library

At the Japan Foundation Toronto Library, we have selected exciting titles from our latest acquisitions from - novels, DVDs, manga, CDs, language materials, just to name a few - for readers of all ages.

Please take some time to enjoy these new titles the next time you are at the JFT Library. You may also place a hold on these items during the display period with our library staff. If you would like to know more about the materials, you can check our Web Express Catalogue for more information.

Abbreviation key:
BK = Book
YP BK = Young People Book
BR = Blu-Ray DVD
KIT = Language Kit
Featured= Materials complementing our exhibition or new materials

New Arrivals for January 26 – February 9, 2012
The following new titles will be available for circulation on
Thursday, Feb 9, 2012. Please see library staff if you would like to place a hold request.

Audiovisuals
Title	Author / Director	Media Type	Item number
Ornamental hairpin = Kanzashi [DVD]	Shimizu, Hiroshi	DVD Jpn Eng	00020562
Japanese girls at the harbour = Minato no Nihon musume [DVD]	Shimizu, Hiroshi	DVD Jpn Eng	00020563
Mr. Thank You = Arigato-san [DVD]	Shimizu, Hiroshi	DVD Jpn Eng	00020564
The masseurs and a woman = Anma to onna [DVD]	Shimizu, Hiroshi	DVD Jpn Eng	00020565
Aquarion = Sosei no Akuerion [DVD] : volumes 1-3	Kawamori, Shoji	DVD Jpn Eng	00019801-03
Frontlines: The men and the battles: War comes to America [DVD]			00020907
Frontlines: The men and the battles: Japan's defeat [DVD]		DVD Jpn Eng	00020908
Audition [BR]	Miike, Takashi	BR Jpn Eng	00020481
Books in Japanese
Title	Author	Media Type	Item number
Kyutei no miyabi : Konoeke 1000 nen no meihou 宮廷のみやび：近衛家1000年の名宝 = Courtly Millennium - Art Treasures from the Konoe Family Collection		FOL Jpn	00021041
Kanada bungaku no shoso カナダ文学の諸相	Watanabe, Noboru	BK Jpn	00021229
Gendai Kanada bungaku : gaikan, sakka to sakuhin, shiryo 現代カナダ文学：概観・作家と作品・資料	Asai, Akira	BK Jpn	00021230
Komyunikeshon no tame no Nihongo kyoiku bunpo コミュニケーションのための日本語教育文法			00020974
Nihongo kyoshi no tame no jissen, kanji shido 日本語教師のための　実践・漢字指導	Hamakawa, Yukiyo	BK Jpn	00020972
Chujokyu o oshieru hito no tame no Nihongo bunpo handobukku 中上級を教える人のための日本語文法ハンドブック	Iori, Isao	BK Jpn	00021034
Shokyu nihongo bunpo to oshiekata no pointo 初級日本語文法と教え方のポイント	Ichikawa, Yasuko	BK Jpn	00020998
Chukyu nihongo bunpo to oshiekata no pointo 中級日本語文法と教え方のポイント	Ichikawa, Yasuko	BK Jpn	00020997
Books in English
Title	Author	Media Type	Item number
The changeling	Oe, Kenzaburo	BK Eng	00021280
No longer human : volumes 1 & 2	Furuya, Usamaru	Manga Eng	00021275-76
Modern Japan : a social and political history	Tipton, Elise K.	BK Eng	00020980
Routledge handbook of Japanese culture and society		BK Eng	00020992
Discover Japan		BK Eng	00020629
Red : a Haida manga	Yahgulanaas, Michael Nicoll	Manga Eng	00020834
The book of human insects	Tezuka, Osamu	Manga Eng	00021133
Rivals : how the struggle between China, India and Japan will shape our next decade	Emmott, Bill	BK Eng	00021291
Katana : the Samurai sword	Turnbull, Stephen R.	BK Eng	00020472
Hagakure : the code of the Samurai	Wilson, Seán Michael	Manga Eng	00020398
Codename: Sailor V : volume 1	Takeuchi, Naoko	Manga Eng	00021131

New Arrivals for January 12-26, 2012
The following new titles will be available for circulation on
Thursday, Jan 26, 2012. Please see library staff if you would like to place a hold request.

Audiovisuals
Title	Author / Director	Media Type	Item number
The big O = Za biggu O : volume 1 [DVD]	Katayama, Kazuyoshi	DVD Jpn Eng	00019810
The big O II = Za biggu O II : volume 2 [DVD]	Katayama, Kazuyoshi	DVD Jpn Eng	00019811
Genbaku no ko [DVD] 原爆の子	Shindo, Kaneto	DVD Jpn Eng	00021219
Books in Japanese
Title	Author	Media Type	Item number
Solar architecture design book = Sora akitekuchua dezain bukku ソーラーアーキテクチュア・デザインブック		BK Jpn	00020911
Ningen seicho o sogai shinai koto ni shotenka suru kyoikugaku : ima hitsuyo na kyosei kyoiku towa 人間成長を阻害しないことに焦点化する教育学 : いま必要な共生教育とは	Takahashi, Mai	BK Jpn	00021030
Books in English
Title	Author	Media Type	Item number
Kana pict-o-graphix	Rowley, Michael	BK Eng	00021033
Glimpses of unfamiliar Japan : two volumes in one	Hearn, Lafcadio	BK Eng	00019856
Hello, please! : very helpful super kawaii characters from Japan	Alt, Matt	BK Eng	00020319
Marriage in changing Japan : community and society	Hendry, Joy	BK Eng	00020989
Kyuuto! Japanese crafts : fuzzy felted friends	Yamazaki, Saori	BK Eng	00019994
Kyuuto! Japanese crafts. Woolly embroidery : crewelwork, stump work, canvas work, and more!		BK Eng	00019995
Princess Kiko of Japan	OShei, Tim	BK Eng	00020220
Samurai women 1184-1877	Turnbull, Stephen R.	BK Eng	00020821
Arcade mania! : the turbo-charged world of Japan's game centers	Ashcraft, Brian	BK Eng	00020038
The anime machine : a media theory of animation	LaMarre, Thomas	BK Eng	00020084
Bunny drop : volumes 1-4	Unita, Yumi	Manga Eng	00021127-30
The summit of the gods : volumes 1-2	Taniguchi, Jiro	Manga Eng	00021135-36
Train man = Densha otoko : volumes 1-3	Hara, Hidenori	Manga Eng	00021141-43
Densha Otoko : volumes 1-3	Watanabe, Wataru	Manga Eng	00021137-39
Train man : a shojo manga	Ocha, Machiko	Manga Eng	00021140
Psyren : volume 1	Iwashiro, Toshiaki	Manga Eng	00021149
The legend of Zelda : volumes 1-5	Himekawa, Akira	Manga Eng	00021153-57
Dinosaur king : volumes 1-2	Sakai, Yohei	Manga Eng	00021081-82
Blue exorcist : volumes 1-4	Kato, Kazue	Manga Eng	00021083-86
A bride's story : volume 1	Mori, Kaoru	Manga Eng	00021126

New Acquisitions for December 22, 2011 to January 12, 2012
The following new titles will be available for circulation after the holiday break on Thursday, Jan 12, 2012.

Audiovisuals
Title	Author / Director	Media Type	Item number
Leonie レオニー [DVD] (Reference)	Matsui, Hisako	DVD Jpn Eng	00020642
The Yakuza papers : battles without honor and humanity (6 DVDs)	Fukasaku, Kinji	DVD Jpn Eng	00019974
Shozan Tanabe : The Sound of Silence	Films for the Humanities	VID Eng	00019533
Books in Japanese
Title	Author	Media Type	Item number
Nihon no koyomi : kyureki to shinreki ga wakaru hon 日本の暦 : 旧暦と新暦がわかる本	Okada, Yoshiro	BK Jpn	00020993
Nihongo 45 jikan にほんご45じかん= Japanese in 45 hours	Sawamura, Mieko	BK Jpn	00020983
Nihongo 45 jikan にほんご45じかん : れんしゅうちょう = Japanese in 45 hours : work book	Sawamura, Mieko	BK Jpn	00020985
Nihongo 45 jikan にほんご45じかん : 解説と翻訳 = Japanese in 45 hours : Notes and translations in English	Sawamura, Mieko	BK Jpn	00020988
CD ekusupuresu Ainugo	Nakagawa, Hiroshi	KIT Jpn	00020105
Roru purei tamatebako 　ロールプレイ玉手箱		KIT Jpn	00020935
Books in English
Title	Author	Media Type	Item number
Everything origami	Gardiner, Matthew	BK Eng	00020519
The meaning of Ichiro : the new wave from Japan and the transformation of our national pastime	Whiting, Robert	BK Eng	00020812
Young women in Japan : transitions to adulthood	Okano, Kaori	BK Eng	00020841
The Honda myth : the genius and his wake	Sato, Masaaki	BK Eng	00020324
I'm learning Japanese! : a language adventure for young people	Galan, Christian	BK Eng	00020612
Current state of Japanese studies in Korea		BK Eng	00018607
Into the light : an anthology of literature by Koreans in Japan		BK Eng	00020979
Straight from the heart : gender, intimacy, and the cultural production of shojo manga	Prough, Jennifer Sally	BK Eng	00020630
Making Japanese heritage		BK Eng	00020842
Troubled natures : waste, environment, Japan	Kirby, Peter Wynn	BK Eng	00020977
Kitchen princess : search for the angel cake	Kobayashi, Miyuki	BK Eng	00020515
Piercing	Murakami, Ryu	BK Eng	00020847

New Acquisitions for November 28 to December 12, 2011

New volumes of your favourite manga available now!

The following volumes are available for circulation now. Look for them on the shelves with previous volumes.

Title	Call number	New volumes
Nauto	MANGA_E KIS NAR 2007	21, 24 and 41 – 43
Inu-yasha	MANGA_E TAK INU 2003	15 and 37 – 39
Pluto	MANGA_E URA PUR 2008	6 – 8
20th century boys	MANGA_E URA NIJ 2010	11 – 14
Gente	MANGA_E ONO GEN 2010	3
Cardcaptor Sakura	MANGA_E CLA CAR 2010	2
House of five leaves	MANGA_E ONO HOU 2009	3, 4
Kingyo used books	MANGA_E YOSH KIN 2010	3
Cross game	MANGA_E ADA CRO 2010	2 – 4
Bleach	MANGA_E KUB BLE 2004	12 and 26 – 28
One piece	MANGA_E ODA ONE 2003	21-23
Yotsuba &!	MANGA_E AZU YOT 2005	6 – 9
Mobile suit Gundam	MANGA_E TOK MOB 2009	3
Children of the sea	MANGA_E IGA CHI 2009	3, 4