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American author Oliver Statler returns to Japan to write on Shikoku
Oliver Statler, author of the Japanese Inn, has returned to Japan aboard Japan Airlines to spend years on Shikoku and work on a new book. Random House publishes Shimoda Story about Townsend Harris as the United States first diplomat in Shimoda in 1856. Before Shikoku, Statler will revisit the Minaguchi-ya in Okitsu made famous by his inn. Haruko Kodama, a JAL stewardess, welcomes him aboard. Statler lives in Huntley Illinois.
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