Japan category: 1648 books
With Respect to the Japanese
Going to Work in Japan
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2011
More than meets the eye: Work in Japan is all about context
While Japan has been on center stage of the world economy for decades, interactions between the Japanese and Westerners continue to be on the rise. Daily communication in both business and social settings is commonplace, and connections...
Business Lessons from Japan
What I Learned as an Entrepreneur from Samurai, Sushi Chefs, and Earthquakes
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2014
This is the second book in the “Business Lessons” series. It explains how readers can use the business strategies of the Japanese, no matter what their line of work or where they are in the world. The author, a media entrepreneur and business consultant, has been working in Tokyo for three years....
Reprogramming Japan
The High Tech Crisis under Communitarian Capitalism
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2015
How have state policies influenced the development of Japan's telecommunications, computer hardware, computer software, and semiconductor industries and their stagnation since the 1990s? Marie Anchordoguy's book examines how the performance of these industries and the economy as a whole are affected...
Rice, Noodle, Fish
Deep Travels Through Japan's Food Culture
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2015
Finalist for the 2016 IACP Awards: Literary Food Writing
An innovative new take on the travel guide, Rice, Noodle, Fish decodes Japan's extraordinary food culture through a mix of in-depth narrative and insider advice, along with 195 color photographs. In this 5000-mile journey through the...
Shutting Out the Sun
How Japan Created Its Own Lost Generation
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2009
The world’s second-wealthiest country, Japan once seemed poised to overtake America. But its failure to recover from the economic collapse of the early 1990s was unprecedented, and today it confronts an array of disturbing social trends. Japan has the highest suicide rate and lowest birthrate of...
Japan
The Paradox of Harmony
Language: English
Release Date: June 24, 2014
Following a crushing defeat in World War II, Japan rose like a phoenix from the literal ashes to become a model of modernity and success, for decades Asia’s premier economic giant. Yet it remains a nation hobbled by rigid gender roles, protectionist policies, and a defensive, inflexible corporate...
Other Japan
Voices Beyond the Mainstream
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2017
Japan conjures up images of tea ceremonies, serene gardens, and Shinto shrines; of a society fascinated by high-tech gadgets; of men in suits taking over the world economy; of a rapacious destroyer of the environment. But for David Suzuki and Keibo Oiwa, the country holds far more connotations and...
by J. Charles Schencking
Language: English
Release Date: July 2, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: July 2, 2013
In September 1923, a magnitude 7.9 earthquake devastated eastern Japan, killing more than 120,000 people and leaving two million homeless. Using a rich array of source material, J. Charles Schencking tells for the first time the graphic tale of Tokyo's destruction and rebirth. In emotive prose, he...
Japan
The Hungry Guest
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2010
Written after the outbreak of war between Japan and China but putting aside British sentiments of suspicion, dislike and a sense of competition, G C Allen bases his observations of Japanese social, political and economic life on his first-hand experience of living and working in the country for a...
Japan's Foreign Aid
Old Continuities and New Directions
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2012
Filling a gap in the existing literature, this book analyzes the distinctive features of Japan’s development aid, especially technical co-operation, in comparison with other donors’ aid. Incorporating a wealth of research, it discusses whether Japan is behind other leading donor countries in...
Japan's Contested War Memories
The 'Memory Rifts' in Historical Consciousness of World War II
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2007
Japan's Contested War Memories is an important and significant book that explores the struggles within contemporary Japanese society to come to terms with Second World War history. Focusing particularly on 1972 onwards, the period starts with the normalization of relations with China and the return...
Peasants, Rebels, Women, and Outcastes
The Underside of Modern Japan
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2016
This compelling social history uses diaries, memoirs, fiction, trial testimony, personal recollections, and eyewitness accounts to weave a fascinating tale of what ordinary Japanese endured throughout their country’s era of economic growth. Through vivid, often wrenching accounts of peasants, miners,...
The Emergence of Modern Japan
An Introductory History Since 1853
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2014
The main emphasis of this book is upon political, social and economic developments, as conditioned by Japan's interaction with the outside world, the advance of industrialisation and the emergence of the Japanese nation state.
Unlike previous textbooks on the history of modern Japan, Janet...
Japan Travel Guide: Top Attractions, Hotels, Food Places, Shopping Streets, and Everything You Need to Know
JB's Travel Guides
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2016
This will be your guide to the bright and culturally rich Japan. Back from the rule of the Kingdoms up to the present times where Japan seem to be ultra modern and unique. There are just too much to do and appreciate when in the country and this book will serve as your guide all throughout your journey
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