Dreux Richard. Pantheon, $28 (432p) ISBN 978-1-101-87111-9. Journalist Richard debuts with a keenly observed yet uneven study of modern-day Japan.

By Richard Roeper [month] [day], [year], [hour ... Dreux (Keke Palmer, left) and Alyssa (SZA) are roommates in the Baldwin Village section of South Central in “One of Them Days.” ...