n and received awards from Tokyo University, Association for Asian Studies, and the American Institute of Archaeology (just to name a few). He has also written numerous articles, book reviews, and several books on Japan and Korea, including a book called Ancient Japan's Korean Connection which proves that he knows a great deal on the subject.
His book examined in this paper, Sacred Texts and Buried Treasures, was also nominated by the Association for Asian Studies for the John Whitney Hall prize as the best book in Japanese studies. It is obvious that
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