Excerpt: Japan Focus

Japan Focus, a refereed electronic journal and fully-indexed archive that chronicles contemporary Japan and the Asia Pacific, has included in its library of articles, a excerpt from Rainbow Over Hell, along with a thorough introduction written by Laura Hein.

The excerpt is from Chapter 7 of the book. It describes the horrific "banzai attack" that took place during the Battle of Saipan. Read the article.

Japan Focus draws on the contributions of researchers, journalists, policy analysts and writers throughout the world. Its fully indexed website provides a permanent resource for students and researchers on Japan and the Asia-Pacific. Japan Focus has 3,500 subscribers to its email newsletter and 50,000 visits to its web site each month.