Japanese American writer Karen Tei Yamashita’s first novel, Through the Arc of Rainforest (1990), portrays protagonist Kazumasa Ishimaru as “a Santa Claus”, depicted having a plastic ball spinning in front his face. Yamashita presents this magic realist hero satire Japan 1990s, which became developed nation needed to support developing world under new Marshall Plan. Focusing on Kazumaza’s parti...