First published in Great Britain in 2000 by Arnold, a member of the Hodder Headline Group, 338 Euston Road, London NW1 3BH Copublished in North, Central and South America by John Wiley & Sons Inc., 605 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10158–0012 © 2000 Thomas Childs, Katsuhiro Maekawa, Toshiyuki Obikawa and Yasuo Yamane All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronically or mechanically, including photocopying, recording or any information storage or retrieval system, without either prior permission in writing from the publishers.