Japan category: 1648 books
Admiral Togo
Nelson of the East
Language: English
Release Date: August 24, 2010
Togo Heihachiro (1848-1934) was born into a feudal society that had lived in seclusion for 250 years. As a teenage samurai, he witnessed the destruction wrought upon his native land by British warships. As the legendary "Silent Admiral", he was at the forefront of innovations in warfare,...
by Bernard Rudofsky
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2013
An appreciative and unsparing look at Japan by an unusually perceptive and intelligent traveler and student of life and human nature, who lived for two years with the Japanese, far from the tourist route.
Radiation Brain Moms and Citizen Scientists
The Gender Politics of Food Contamination after Fukushima
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2016
Following the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant disaster in 2011 many concerned citizens—particularly mothers—were unconvinced by the Japanese government’s assurances that the country’s food supply was safe. They took matters into their own hands, collecting their own scientific data that...
Schooling Selves
Autonomy, Interdependence, and Reform in Japanese Junior High Education
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2016
Balancing the development of autonomy with that of social interdependence is a crucial aim of education in any society, but nowhere has it been more hotly debated than in Japan, where controversial education reforms over the past twenty years have attempted to reconcile the two goals. In this book,...
Japanese Armies 1868–1878
The Boshin War and Satsuma Rebellion
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2020
The restoration of the Meiji Imperial dynasty in 1868, after 250 years of the Tokugawa Shogunate, decisively opened Japan to the outside world and the monarchy embraced modernization, including the creation of a new Westernized army. However, this modernization process was resisted by the traditional...
Transitions to Modernity in Taiwan
The Spirit of 1895 and the Cession of Formosa to Japan
Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2017
On 19 April 1895, British Consul Lionel Charles Hopkins, at the northern port of Tamsui, was summoned by Tang Jingsong, the governor of Taiwan, to his yamen in the western district of Taipei. Shortly after his arrival, Hopkins was handed a petition. Signed by a number of Taiwanese ‘notables’,...
Japanese Advance into the Pacific Ocean
The Albatross and the Great Bird Rush
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 2017
This book asserts that the albatross was the reason for the advance of the Japanese into the isolated islands in the Pacific after the abolition of the Japanese “closed-door” policy that had been in effect from the seventeenth century to the latter part of the nineteenth century. The birds’...
by Nicholas Floyd
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2016
Every day, all across the city of Tokyo, a curious phenomenon unfolds: scores of blue- and white-collar citizens end up passed out — sometimes in spectacular fashion and mind-boggling positions — on the streets, on trains, in restaurants, in bushes, or anywhere else imaginable. Come nightfall,...
Women, Work and the Japanese Economic Miracle
The case of the cotton textile industry, 1945-1975
Language: English
Release Date: August 2, 2004
This book shows how, during the period of the Japanese economic miracle, a distinctive female employment system was developed alongside, and different from, the better known Japanese employment system which was applied to male employees. Women, Work and the Japanese Economic Miracle describes and...
Japanese Jiu-jitsu
Secret Techniques of Self-Defense
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2015
With extensive, step-by-step photographs and instructions, this jiu-jitsu guide is an effective tool for mastering this ancient martial art.
The original Japanese martial art developed by the elite samurai class during Japan's feudal era, Jiu-jitsu is the forerunner of Judo and the precursor...
The Japanese Culture of Mourning Whales
Whale Graves and Memorial Monuments in Japan
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2017
This book provides an in-depth study of Japanese whaling culture, emphasizing how the Japanese have considered whales and whaling in relation to their understanding of nature and religion. It examines why and how the Japanese have mourned the deaths of whales, treating them as if they were human beings,...
by Peter Ninnes
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2012
Ueda City is in the eastern part of Nagano Prefecture, in the middle of the main Japanese island of Honshu. Less than two hours from Tokyo, the city and its surroundings provide an intriguing mixture of nature, history and culture. Encircled by forested, 2000m high mountains, there are a wealth of...
Mandarin-Japanese Core Dictionary for Chinese
How to learn essential Japanese vocabulary in Mandarin for school, exam, and business
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2015
[Highlights]
Study Japanese anytime and anywhere with smartphone, tablet, etc
Focused on the pronunciation of common Chinese characters, which comprise approximately 70% of Chinese characters in China and Japan.
Entries are grouped by first syllables with similar pronunciation...
Ethical Capitalism
Shibusawa Eiichi and Business Leadership in Global Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2017
Shibusawa Eiichi (1840–1931) was a Japanese banker and industrialist who spearheaded the modernization of Japanese industry and finance during the Meji Restoration. He founded the first modern bank in Japan and his reforms introduced double entry accounting and joint-stock corporations to the Japanese...