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
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：Justin B. Stein
出版社： University of Hawaii Press
発売日： 2023年09月30日
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
出版社： The University of Chicago Press
発売日： 2016年01月14日
"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
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
著者：Stephen Wynn
出版社： Pen & Sword Military
発売日： 2020年08月30日
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
著者：Tim Heath
出版社： Pen & Sword History
発売日： 2021年06月09日
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
著者：Peter Williams
出版社： Pen & Sword Military
発売日： 2021年06月30日
'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
著者：James B Wood
出版社： Stackpole Books
発売日： 2023年06月14日
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
著者：Adrian Stewart
出版社： Pen & Sword Aviation
発売日： 2020年07月30日
This enlightening WWII history examines Japans Kamikaze Corps of special forces pilots who engaged in terrifying suicide attacks.
By late 1944, the Japanese had already proved themselves fanatical i……続きを見る
Are you dreaming of embarking on a life-changing adventure in Japan? "Journey to Japan" is your ultimate companion to navigate the intricate process of moving to and living in this culturally rich a……続きを見る
Singapore and Hong Kong had fallen to the forces of Imperial Japan, Thailand and Burma had been invaded and islands across the Pacific captured. But one place, one tiny island fortress garrisoned by……続きを見る
