Japan category: 1648 books
Capital as Will and Imagination
Schumpeter's Guide to the Postwar Japanese Miracle
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2013
With this book, Mark Metzler continues his investigation into the economic history of twentieth-century Japan that he began in Lever of Empire. In Capital as Will and Imagination, he focuses on the successful stabilization of Japanese capitalism after the Second World War. How did a defeated and heavily...
Institutions, Incentives and Electoral Participation in Japan
Cross-Level and Cross-National Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2005
American and European political scientists have claimed that subnational elections almost always record lower voter turnout than national elections. In Japan, however, municipal elections often record considerably higher turnout than national elections, particularly in small towns and villages. Institutions,...
by Ian Ferguson
Language: English
Release Date: October 9, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: October 9, 2018
Traveling Japan a Foreigners guide to Aichi Prefecture is a first hand account of my experiences of living in Nagoya Japan and all of the fun sights, food and things to do in the city. Also, some of the history, and some tips and tricks to navigating the city with ease.
Japan
Travel Photography
Language: English
Release Date: December 28, 2015
Japan is one of the most unique and popular destinations among travellers looking for amazing traditional and modern culture and beautiful nature. Over two thirds of Japan are covered by forested mountains and hills. Magical waterfalls, breathtaking coastlines, lakes and other natural attractions...
by Isabella L. Bird
Language: English
Release Date: April 25, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 25, 2013
The daughter of a country parson, Isabella Bird was advised to travel for her health. Bird's compliance with her doctor's orders took her to the wildest regions of the American West, Malaysia, Kurdistan, Persia, the Moroccan desert, and China, among other places. One of nine popular accounts of her...
Cool Japan
A Guide to Tokyo, Kyoto, Tohoku and Japanese Culture Past and Present
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2018
Written by local expert Sumiko Kajiyama, Cool Japan explores the heart of Japanese culture and must-see places from a uniquely Japanese perspective. First, visit Kyoto, where you will discover 1,000 years of history, from the ancient love story the Tale of Genji to the traditional tea ceremony. Then...
Beautiful Japan
A Souvenir
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 1996
This beautifully photographed Japan travel pictorial features all the most famous sites in Japan along with extensive notes and even maps.
Shop along tree-lined streets filled with exclusive boutiques, stroll in ancient temple grounds, strike a business deal on the thirty-second floor of a...
Monster of the Twentieth Century
Kotoku Shusui and Japan's First Anti-Imperialist Movement
Language: English
Release Date: June 9, 2015
This extended monograph examines the work of the radical journalist Kotoku Shusui and Japan’s anti-imperialist movement of the early twentieth century. It includes the first English translation of Imperialism (Teikokushugi), Kotoku’s classic 1901 work.
Kotoku Shusui was a Japanese socialist,...
Yoritomo and the Founding of the First Bakufu
The Origins of Dual Government in Japan
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2000
This book is a much expanded and wholly rewritten treatment of the subject of the author's first book, Warrior Government in Early Medieval Japan, published in 1974. In this new version, the "warrior" and "medieval" character of Japan's first shogunate is significantly de-emphasized,...
Empire of Dogs
Canines, Japan, and the Making of the Modern Imperial World
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
In 1924, Professor Ueno Eizaburo of Tokyo Imperial University adopted an Akita puppy he named Hachiko. Each evening Hachiko greeted Ueno on his return to Shibuya Station. In May 1925 Ueno died while giving a lecture. Every day for over nine years the Akita waited at Shibuya Station, eventually becoming...
Our Unions, Our Selves
The Rise of Feminist Labor Unions in Japan
Language: English
Release Date: August 3, 2016
In Our Unions, Our Selves, Anne Zacharias-Walsh provides an in-depth look at the rise of women-only unions in Japan, an organizational analysis of the challenges these new unions face in practice, and a firsthand account of the ambitious, occasionally contentious, and ultimately successful international...
When the Earth Roars
Lessons from the History of Earthquakes in Japan
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2014
Japan, which is among the most earthquake-prone regions in the world, has a long history of responding to seismic disasters. However, despite advances in earthquake-related safety technologies, the destructiveness of the magnitude 9 class earthquake and tsunami that struck the country on 3/11 raised...
by Frank Jacob
Language: English
Release Date: June 8, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: June 8, 2018
The 1937 Rape of Nanjing has become a symbol of Japanese violence during the Second World War, but it was not the only event during which the Japanese used extreme force. This thought-provoking book analyzes Japan's actions during the war, without blaming Japan, helping readers understand what led...
The Sea and the Sacred in Japan
Aspects of Maritime Religion
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2018
The Sea and the Sacred in Japan is the first book to focus on the role of the sea in Japanese religions. While many leading Shinto deities tend to be understood today as unrelated to the sea, and mountains are considered the privileged sites of sacredness, this book provides new ways to understand...