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Whispers from a Storm is a collection of political writing by the Japanese human rights activist and Esperantist Hasegawa Teru (1912–1947). In 1937, the twenty-five-year-old Hasegawa sailed from her……続きを見る

In 1940, Japan was into its third year of war with China, and relations with the United States were deteriorating, but it was a heady time for the Japanese nonetheless. That year, the Japanese comme……続きを見る

Violence and democracy may seem fundamentally incompatible, but the two have often been intimately and inextricably linked. In Ruffians, Yakuza, Nationalists, Eiko Maruko Siniawer argues that violen……続きを見る

In Waste**, Eiko Maruko Siniawer innovatively explores the many ways in which the Japanese have thought about wasteーin terms of time, stuff, money, possessions, and resourcesーfrom the immediate af……続きを見る

For nearly two decades, the Nanzan Guide to Japanese Religions has served as a valuable resource for students and scholars of religion in Japan. This exciting update expands the audience to include ……続きを見る

Hemos complicado excesivamente el estudio del pasado dando mayor importancia a opiniones e intereses nacionalistas, religiosos y morales, relegando el hecho histórico a un segundo plano, subordinánd……続きを見る

Modern social movements frequently serve as a space to voice concerns in a supportive and collective context and thus are an important venue for individuals to learn how to speak up for themselves. ……続きを見る

In Playing War, Sabine Frühstück makes a bold proposition: that for over a century throughout Japan and beyond, children and concepts of childhood have been appropriated as tools for decidedly unchi……続きを見る

Evolutosi in Giappone in ambiente militare sin dal 1400 e successivamente adottato dalla polizia del periodo Edo, lo Hojojutsu è la disciplina giapponese che insegna a catturare un prigioniero per m……続きを見る

This book presents the following: the facts and myths concerning Minoa; the catastrophic earthquakes, tsunami, and volcanic eruption in the Aegean Sea; Greece before and after its Dark Ages; and the……続きを見る

Temos complicado demais o estudo do passado, dando maior importância a pontos de vista, interesses nacionalistas, religiosos e morais, que colocam o fato histórico em segundo plano, subordinado ao i……続きを見る

Traditional methods of studying the past have always given greater importance to nationalist, religious and moral interests, which subordinated the historical fact to the System point of view. That'……続きを見る

First published in 1895, "The War in the East" by Trumbull White is a book about the First Sino-Japanese War (1894-1895), a war between the Qing dynasty of China, and the Empire of Japan, primarily ……続きを見る

Mikio Naruse's When A Woman Ascends The Stairs (1960) combines high melodrama with modernist film language, telling the story of Keiko, a bar hostess struggling to succeed in Tokyo's Ginza district.……続きを見る

Japan’s oceans demand our attention. Violent, prolific, and changeful, they define life and death on the archipelago: pushing the shore under the rush of tsunami, charging typhoon circulation, feedi……続きを見る

Japanese society believes they enjoy socio-economic equality. While industrialization tends to make gap between rich and poor, most of Japanese are proud of themselves as being middle class in the f……続きを見る

Over seventy-five years have passed without any changes in the Japanese Constitution. A similar length of time has elapsed without the resolving of small island disputes with three of Japan's neighb……続きを見る

In this haunting work of journalistic investigation, Haruki Murakami tells the story of the horrific terrorist attack on Japanese soil that shook the entire world. On a clear spring day in 1995, fiv……続きを見る

A powerful and thought-provoking novel that raises important questions about World War II, war memory, and US imperialism and blowback. In the Woods of Memory is a powerful, thought-provoking novel ……続きを見る

“This tour de force . . . is an absolute must for anyone interested in the true story of one of World War II’s most interestingーand most overlookedーbattles.” ーCol. Walter Boyne, USAF (Ret.), auth……続きを見る

The growth rate of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in the Asia-Pacific region greatly surpasses the world average. When the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is better realized, then the world’s larg……続きを見る

First Published in 1930, History of Japanese Religion shows the interaction of various forces which manifested their vitality more in combination than in opposition. A saying ascribed to Prince Shot……続きを見る

What is time made of? We might balk at such a question, and reply that time is not made of anythingーit is an abstract and universal phenomenon. In Making Time, Yulia Frumer upends this assumption, ……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 con……続きを見る

“One of the best books ever about Japanese society . . . [A] thoughtful, nuanced study of the Japanese character.”ーU.S. News & World Report “A classic book because of its intellectual and stylistic……続きを見る

In this scintillating book, Ian Buruma peels away the myths that surround Japanese culture. With piercing analysis of cinema, theatre, television, art and legend, he shows the Japanese both 'as they……続きを見る

When Temple University Japan (TUJ) was founded in 1982ーto advance the mission of international higher educationーthe university had few ties to Japan, or any other Asian country. However, more than……続きを見る

Gérard Zlotykamien est le premier street artiste français, travaillant depuis le début des 60's sur les victimes de la Shoah et des bombes atomiques. Minoru Moriuchi est un survivant de Nagasaki. A ……続きを見る

When Ian Buruma arrived in Tokyo as a young film student in 1975, he found a feverish and surreal metropolis in the midst of an economic boom, where everything seemed new and history only remained i……続きを見る

From seaweed-wrapped maki rolls to tuna-topped nigiri, dive into this celebration of one of the world's favourite delicacies There are few foods more recognizable than sushi. Originating in Japan, t……続きを見る