著者:Ines Prodöhl
出版社: Taylor & Francis
発売日: 2023年03月09日
Globalizing the Soybean asks how the soybean conquered the West and analyzes why and how the crop gained entry into agriculture and industry in regions beyond Asia in the first half of the twentieth……続きを見る
This open access book includes forty-one chapters about foreign observers’ discourses on Japan. These include a wide range of perspectives from the travelogues of curious visitors to academic theses……続きを見る
This Open Access book describes the history of the relationship between the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF), the heir to the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN), and the United States Navy (US Na……続きを見る
著者:John W. Dower
出版社: W. W. Norton & Company
発売日: 2012年05月28日
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, the 1999 National Book Award for Nonfiction, finalist for the Lionel Gelber Prize and the Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Prize, Embracing Defeat is John W. Dower's brilliant……続きを見る
著者:Azby Brown
出版社: Stone Bridge Press
発売日: 2022年06月28日
How the mindset of traditional Japanese society can guide our own efforts to lead a green lifestyle today.
If we want to live sustainably, how should we feel about nature? About waste? About our for……続きを見る
In "Tales of the Samurai," Asataro Miyamori intricately weaves together the rich tapestry of Japan's feudal past through a series of compelling narratives that highlight the virtues, struggles, and ……続きを見る
This is the first Open Access book introducing more than 20 of Japan’s leading innovative entrepreneurs from the 17th century to the present. The author outlines the innovative business models creat……続きを見る
Contains Active Table of Contents (HTML) Miyamoto Musashi's Go Rin no Sho or the book of five rings, is considered a classic treatise on military strategy, much like Sun Tzu's The Art of War and Cha……続きを見る
This Open Access book includes chapters on the key turning points in modern Japanese history from the Meiji Restoration to Japan-China diplomatic normalization in the 1970s and beyond. The topics co……続きを見る
The Hong Kong Cemetery in Happy Valley is home to over 470 graves connected to the city’s Japanese population. Most of these graves belong to individuals who died during the Meiji era (18681912), a ……続きを見る
Contains Active Table of Contents (HTML) Miyamoto Musashi's Go Rin no Sho or the book of five rings, is considered a classic treatise on military strategy, much like Sun Tzu's The Art of War and Cha……続きを見る
The classic samurai novel about the real exploits of the most famous swordsman.
Miyamoto Musashi was the child of an era when Japan was emerging from decades of civil strife. Lured to the great Batt……続きを見る
Kamakura: Fact and Legend, has long been the definitive work on Kamakura.
This classic book is the lifetime achievement of Countess Iso Mutsu (née Gertrude Ethel Passingham), a talented, inquisitive……続きを見る
In "Japanese Military's 'Comfort Women' System," Larry Niksch meticulously examines the historical context and implications of the exploitation of women during wartime by the Japanese military, part……続きを見る
This book examines the phenomenon of war-related contents tourism throughout Japanese history, from conflicts described in ancient Japanese myth through to contemporary depictions of fantasy and fut……続きを見る
The Kojiki, or Records of Ancient Matters, represents a monumental achievement in Japanese literature and historiography, encapsulating the mythology, history, and culture of early Japan. Written in……続きを見る
"Lucid and lyrical…a vivid history of Japan's turbocharged (and painful) modernization." ーThe Daily Telegraph
In A History of Modern Japan, cultural historian Christopher Harding delves into the un……続きを見る
This open access book assesses the profound impact of Japan’s aspirations to become a great power on Japanese security, democracy and foreign relations. Rather than viewing the process of normalizat……続きを見る
This open access book examines why Japan discontinued its quarter-century history of troop contribution to UN Peacekeeping Operations (1992–2017). Japan had deployed its troops as UN peacekeepers si……続きを見る
In "The Russo-Japanese Conflict: Its Causes and Issues," Kan'ichi Asakawa deftly unpacks the complexities of one of the early 20th century's pivotal military clashes. The book navigates through the ……続きを見る
A thousand years ago, a young Japanese girl embarked on a journey from deep in the countryside of eastern Japan to the capital. Forty years later, with the long account of that journey as a foundati……続きを見る
T. Iyenaga's "The Constitutional Development of Japan 1853-1881" offers a meticulous exploration of Japan's transformative constitutional evolution during a pivotal era. Through a comprehensive narr……続きを見る