10x10 Japanese Photobooks contains information about phonebooks published in the last 60 years. 20 International specialist each chose 10 titles they wanted to bring to the attentions from which one got a special treatment had more room in the book to show what it really is about. Since the end of world war 2 phonebooks have been very important to the Japanese culture. Mainly to document the gigantic transformation the country underwent. Many of the countries most well known photographers such as Rink Kawauchi are represented in this book. But the real treat of this book is that smaller artist also get a platform.