Wayne Lionel Apont gives an intimate, first-person, true story about triumphing over adversity, in the form of being poor and American, in Japan, during the country`s worst recession, since the second world war.

His book "The Year of No Money in Tokyo" depicts for the first time the financial, emotional, and psychological effects of yearlong unemployment on a foreigner in Japan. The memoir draws attention to how economic hardship can be an opportunity for reinvention. The book will inspire people who have experienced reduced financial circumstances by showing them that they can recover, even under the most difficult conditions.