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Matt Alt, "Pure Invention: How Japan Made the Modern World"
In this episode CEAS Associate Director David Fields and Tokyo-based author Matt Alt discuss "fantasy delivery devices," the first karaoke machine and Alt's new book Pure Invention: How Japan Made the Modern World. For m...
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Matt Alt, "Pure Invention: How Japan Made the Modern World" is an episode from TransAsia & the World by East Asia Now. In this episode CEAS Associate Director David Fields and Tokyo-based author Matt Alt discuss "fantasy delivery devices,"...
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