Heisei Ghosts

In Heisei (1989-2018) Japan, the dead won't go meekly into the night, and only a defrocked Shinto exorcist can cope with the flood of ghosts trapped between the country's wartime past, its slow-changing culture, and the fast-paced global capitalism that now enmeshes it.

An executive of a top Japanese bank finds himself abandoned by his family after passing away in his office. An overworked office lady starts living it up after she throws herself on the train tracks during her morning commute. An otaku shut in comes out to see the world after death and rethink his place in it. A former war criminal attempts to turn decadent modern Japan back into a place of wartime horrors.

These and others are the ghosts of modern Heisei Japan, Bonnah tells their tales with wit and verve, and draws on the often harsh realities of Japanese society to paint a picture of the lost souls that haunt its urban landscape.

About the Author
The author is a Canadian who has lived in Japan forever, seemingly. He has picked up enough Japanese to read bills, and is equally proficient with English and French junk mail. While here, he has also lucked into a PhD in Global Society Studies, an associate professor job in an Economics department, and a beautiful son. He tells people from outside Japan he lived in Kyoto, but Japan experts know he's really chilling in the wilds of Shiga.