Just when you thought it was safe in the quiet world of Japanese book publishing, along comes news that the Japanese translation rights to Natasha Kogan’s book, THE DARING FEMALE GUIDE TO ECSTATIC LIVING: 30 Dares for a More Gutsy and Fulfilling Life, have been sold to K&B Publishers in Tokyo, with a Japanese edition coming out soon.

Kogan’s advice to Japanese women? Use the book as a springboard to launch a personal life that is “more rewarding, exciting, interesting, and fun”.

Most importantly:

• Dare to take life’s detours.
• Dare to look forward more than you look back.
• Dare to have a life wish-list and to check off one wish every year.
• Dare to find what makes you ecstatic and do it for at least 10 minutes a day.