"It Happened in Japan" by Baroness Albert d'Anethan is a 1923 romantic drama following a group of Western diplomats stationed in Japan during the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th Century. Focused on the main character Pearl, the book gives a great description of how life for a Westerner was in Japan during the period. The book mixes silly and melodramatic love themes with serious undertones and events.