Lucie Blackmanーtall, blond, twenty-one years oldーstepped out into the vastness of Tokyo in the summer of 2000, and disappeared forever. The following winter, her dismembered remains were found bur……続きを見る
著者:David Pilling
出版社: Penguin Publishing Group
発売日: 2014年03月13日
“[A]n excellent book...” ーThe Economist
Financial Times Asia editor David Pilling presents a fresh vision of Japan, drawing on his own deep experience, as well as observations from a cross section ……続きを見る
著者:Richard Pyke
出版社: Taylor & Francis
発売日: 2025年10月01日
First published in 1937, The Green Edge of Asia is a vivid and intimate account of the life in the Far East. The author’s writing is subtly evocative, and in a few words, he conjures up a complete p……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
Manners and Customs of the Japanese in the Nineteenth Century is a delightful account of the Japanese of Tokugawa Japan.
This unique handbook of Japanese manners, customs, history, and singular happ……続きを見る
This book provides an overview of religion in Japan, from ancient times to the present. It also emphasizes the cultural and attitudinal manifestations of religion in Japan, withough neglecting dates……続きを見る
Named one of the best books of 2017 by The Guardian, NPR, GQ, The Economist, Bookforum, and Lit Hub
The definitive account of what happened, why, and above all how it felt, when catastrophe hit Japa……続きを見る
'A remarkable and deeply moving book' Henry Marsh, bestselling author of Do No Harm
'A breathtaking, extraordinary work of non-fiction' Times Literary Supplement
On 11 March 2011, a massive earthqua……続きを見る
著者:H. D. P. Envall
出版社: State University of New York Press
発売日: 2015年03月01日
Groundbreaking study demonstrating how Japan's leaders play an important role in diplomacy.
A political leader is most often a nation's most high-profile foreign policy figure, its chief diplomat. B……続きを見る
An updated edition of the classic guide on the techniques, philosophy, and applications of iaijutsu**ーthe art of self-defense with the Japanese sword.**
The 25th anniversary edition of the best-sel……続きを見る
Richly illustrated, and with a wealth of materials never before available in English, this book provides an overview of more than 200 of Nagasaki's A-bomb heritage sites. The entries are organized i……続きを見る
This book reviews research on psychology and crime in Japan, and compares the findings with similar research conducted in Western industrialised countries. It examines explanations for crime and ant……続きを見る
East Asia is now the world’s economic powerhouse, but ghosts of history continue to trouble relations between the key countries of the region, particularly between Japan, China and the two Koreas. U……続きを見る
This comprehensive overview of karate connects the dots between its philosophical and spiritual foundations with its original purpose: to kill an attacker swiftlyーand brutally.
Prior to 1900, karat……続きを見る