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
著者:Yukio Tsuchiya
出版社: Éditions les 400 coups
発売日: 2020年03月30日
En 1943, le monde était en guerre. Des bombes tombaient tous les jours sur la ville de Tokyo, au Japon. L'armée japonaise craignait que des bombes frappent le jardin zoologique de Ueno et que des an……続きを見る
In "A History of the Japanese People," the reader is immersed in a rich blend of narratives and essays that meticulously encapsulate the vast cultural, historical, and social landscapes of Japan. Th……続きを見る
The true story of Japan's surrender in World War II and how it nearly didn't happen!
In the final days of World War II, Japan lay in ruins and the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki had been obliterat……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:Yukiko Koshiro
出版社: Cornell University Press
発売日: 2013年05月02日
The "Pacific War" narrative of Japan's defeat that was established after 1945 started with the attack on Pearl Harbor, detailed the U.S. island-hopping campaigns across the Western Pacific, and culm……続きを見る
If you wish to know really any people, it is necessary to have a thorough knowledge of their history, including their mythology, legends and folk-lore: customs, habits and traits of character, which……続きを見る
A History of the Japanese People (Vol.2)
From the establishment of the Bakufu, Japanese art separated into two schools, that of Kamakura and that of Kyoto. The latter centered in the Imperial Court,……続きを見る
A History of the Japanese People is an expansive compendium capturing the intricate tapestry of Japan's past. This anthology weaves together diverse narratives, exploring themes of cultural evolutio……続きを見る
著者:Haruki Murakami
出版社: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
発売日: 2010年08月11日
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
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
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
著者:Michiko Suzuki
出版社: Columbia University Press
発売日: 2024年08月06日
Winner, 2026 Masayoshi Ohira Memorial Prize
This book examines the history of the Japanese Red Cross Society (JRCS) and through it offers a new account of the humanitarian movement in modern Japan. ……続きを見る
著者:Ozaki Yukio
出版社: Princeton University Press
発売日: 2023年11月14日
Personal reflections by one of the makers of modern Japan
Ozaki Yukio, who was returned to his seat in the Japanese Diet twenty-five times, served in that body from its inception in 1890 to 1953. He……続きを見る
This book offers a comprehensive overview of Japan's national security institutions and policy today, including a detailed discussion of Japan's regional security environment and its alliance with t……続きを見る
著者:Michiko Suzuki
出版社: University of Hawaii Press
発売日: 2023年08月31日
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
著者:Yuki Tanaka
出版社: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
発売日: 2023年03月21日
Numerous books on the topic of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki have been published hitherto. Yet, no one has written about the fire and atomic bombings in the context of the U.S. justif……続きを見る
著者:TAKATSUKI Yasuo
出版社: Japan Publishing Industry Foundation for Culture
発売日: 2022年05月02日
The Dojima Rice Exchange of the Edo period (1603-1868), located in Osaka, Japan, is known among researchers as “the world’s first futures trading market.” Much as modern markets do today, the Edo-pe……続きを見る
著者:Tomoyuki Sasaki
出版社: State University of New York Press
発売日: 2022年12月01日
Uses popular films to reveal the tensions generated during Japan's postwar "economic miracle," challenging the prevailing view that it was a story of great national success.
From the mid-1950s to th……続きを見る
«Tutto il suo pensare era rivolto a ciò che i giapponesi chiamano “iki”» scriveva Heidegger di Kuki Shūzō, aggiungendo: «Ciò che questa parola dice ho potuto solo presagirlo da lontano nelle mie con……続きを見る
The Tosa Diary reveals the life of a traveler in tenth-century Japan whose journey lasted 55 days on a ship from Tosa, where Ki no Tsurayuki served as governor, to Kyoto. This engaging translation p……続きを見る
As a result of the Aigun (1858) and Beijing Treaties (1860) Russia had become a participant in international relations of Northeast Asia, but historiography has underestimated the presence of Russia……続きを見る
著者:Yukiko Koga
出版社: University of Chicago Press
発売日: 2016年11月28日
How do contemporary generations come to terms with losses inflicted by imperialism, colonialism, and war that took place decades ago? How do descendants of perpetrators and victims establish new rel……続きを見る
This landmark book documents little-known wartime Japanese atrocities during World War II. Yuki Tanaka’s case studies, still remarkably original and significant, include cannibalism; the slaughter a……続きを見る
著者:Takeyuki Tsuda
出版社: Columbia University Press
発売日: 2003年04月30日
Since the late 1980s, Brazilians of Japanese descent have been "return" migrating to Japan as unskilled foreign workers. With an immigrant population currently estimated at roughly 280,000, Japanese……続きを見る
著者:Yukichi Fukuzawa
出版社: Columbia University Press
発売日: 2013年12月17日
The intellectual and social theorist Yukichi Fukuzawa wrote An Encouragement of Learning (1872–1876) as a series of pamphlets while completing his critical masterpiece, An Outline of a Theory of Civ……続きを見る
Clans and Religion in Ancient Japan presents the latest research on the origin of Japanese religion and the clans in charge of religious services in ancient Japan. This book is written from a new an……続きを見る
Economics, in the modern sense of the word, was introduced into Japan in the second half of the nineteenth century. However, Japanese thinkers had already developed, during the seventeenth and eight……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
This edited collection analyzes the innovative changes in Japan’s foreign policy. Pursuing new relationships with South Asia, Africa, and Eastern Europe, Japanese initiatives include regional peace-……続きを見る