Japan 68

This book explores how narratives, exhibitions, media representations, and cultural heritage sites that communicate memories of conflicts in East Asia between 1930 and 1945 spread, interact, and are……続きを見る

This book describes how modern industry affected people in Japan and their communities by polluting their living environment with toxic emissions. It also shows how the populace endeavored not only ……続きを見る

This book explores Takamure Itsue’s (1894–1964) intellectual odyssey as Japan’s most notable pioneer in the study of women’s history. When she embarked on a series of scholarly projects that investi……続きを見る

This compelling reference focuses on the events, individuals, organizations, and ideas that shaped Japanese warfare from early times to the present day. Japan's military prowess is legendary. From t……続きを見る

From Hello Kitty to Maneki NekoーJapan is the epicentre of global cat culture! Whether lurking in corners or taking center stage, cats are a ubiquitous presence in Japanese art. Depending on the sit……続きを見る

Atatürk was the founding father of the new Republic of Turkey after the collapse of the Ottoman Empire, and Meiji was the 122nd Emperor of Japan, who established a new system of government in Japan ……続きを見る

Genuine Okinawan Karate was developed as a fighting tool. Non-Okinawan Karate are for other purposes. Karate practitioners, scholars, and everyone caring about Asian martial arts and its culture wil……続きを見る

The remarkable true story of Saint Maximilian Kolbe, and the two men in war-torn Japan whose lives he changed forever. On the 14th of August 1941, a Polish priest named Maximilian Maria Kolbe was mu……続きを見る

Often considered an exotic garment of “traditional Japan,” the kimono is in fact a vibrant part of Japanese modernity, playing an integral role in literature and film throughout the twentieth centur……続きを見る

In the second half of the twentieth century, Reiki went from an obscure therapy practiced by a few thousand Japanese and Japanese Americans to a global phenomenon. By the early twenty-first century,……続きを見る

The first of a three-volume series examining the history of Chinese "puppet" soldiers fighting for the Japanese before and during World War II. When the Japanese Empire went to war with the Allies i……続きを見る

The singular life of the nineteenth-century Scottish merchant who brought the West to Japan is illuminated in this fascinating biography: "This is a great story" ( Financial Times). In Scottish Samu……続きを見る

Explore Japanese society in the lively series that collects the best new writing, photography, art, and reportage from around the world. Visitors from the West look with amazement, and sometimes co……続きを見る

"A significant contribution to the body of English language scholarship and translation of Japanese proletarian literature. Highly recommended." ー Choice Fiction created by and for the working clas……続きを見る

This in-depth study of the greatest samurai battle in history explores its momentous significance as well as the epic combat itself. Finally unified under Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Japan quickly fractured……続きを見る

An extensive guide to Japan's Army Air Force Units and their ace pilots during conflicts in the 1930s and '40s, now in English. Commencing with a detailed study of the development, equipment, and op……続きを見る

The author of Storm Clouds Over the Pacific, 1931–1941 chronicles Japan's dramatic reversal of fortune as Allied forces gained advantage during WWII. In early 1942, the Imperial Japanese Army and Na……続きを見る

New York Times Bestseller: A "virtually faultless" account of the last weeks of WWII in the Pacific from both Japanese and American perspectives ( The New York Times Book Review). By midsummer 1945……続きを見る

祕密、陰謀、奇人、巧合和無奈…… 以萬世一系的125位日本天皇為脈絡， 道盡日本歷史中的關鍵人物和影響力事件！ ▎從神話中走來的古老民族（遠古至西元710年） 日本的祖先究竟來自何處？是秦始皇時期的徐福所率領的……続きを見る

The scene is set with an overview of the respective states of the RAF and Japanese Airforce, and an explanation of how the American Volunteer Group (The Flying Tigers) came to be in China. There is ……続きを見る

Nearly a century of Japanese Imperial rule, from the 1868 Meiji Restoration to the end of WWII, is explored in this sweeping history. Under Emperor Meiji's rule, Imperial Japan established itself as……続きを見る

A journey through the world and culture of these elite Japanese warriors, filled with facts and photos. From lowly attendants (samurai literally means "those who serve") to members one of the world'……続きを見る

"An inherently fascinating, impressively well written, exceptionally informative, and meticulously detailed history" of Japanese overseas mercenaries ( Midwest Book Review). The Lost Samurai reveals……続きを見る

An extraordinary slice of untold WWII history: how unproven Marines driving untested Sherman tanks turned the tide against Japan in the Battle of Tarawa. In May 1943, a self-described "really young,……続きを見る

The jungle war against the Japanese was arguably one of the worst terrors that could be inflicted upon a young soldier who had never been away from home before, let alone be faced with a brutal, sad……続きを見る

In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Japan, China, and both Tsarist Russia and later the USSR, vied for imperial dominance in Northeast Asia. In the process, they contested and at t……続きを見る

After the Allies had defeated the Japanese in the Solomons and the Dutch East Indies, the capture of the Philippines became General MacArthur's next objective. For this offensive to succeed, MacArth……続きを見る

A WWII history told from US and Japanese perspectivesー"an impressively researched chronicle of the months leading up to the atomic bombing of Hiroshima" ( Publishers Weekly). During the closing mon……続きを見る

'I had no qualms fighting the Australians, just as I have killed without remorse any of the Emperor's enemies: the British, the Americans and the Dutch', so admits Takahiro Sato in this ground-break……続きを見る

A historical exploration of how Japan could have implemented military tactics that would have altered how World War II ended. In this provocative history, James B. Wood challenges the received wisdo……続きを見る