Japan category: 1648 books

Shizuoka, Japan: The near future. Academic exchange researchers Zedec Baxter and Blam Van Milner immerse themselves in the culture, cuisine, and technology, but find more darkness than ever expected. Attempting to satisfy his voracious sexual appetite, Baxter mishandles relationships with lethal...

For many western managers the approach taken by successful Japanese organisations and their managers has tended to inspire awe, envy and incomprehension in equal measure. But what is so special about 'Japanese' management? And how 'special' is the response of Japanese managers to global business pressures...

Heritage Politics: Shuri Castle and Okinawa's Incorporation into Modern Japan, 1879–2000 is a study of Okinawa’s incorporation into a subordinate position in the Japanese nation-state, and the role that cultural heritage, especially Okinawa’s iconic Shuri Castle, plays in creating, maintaining,...

While teaching in Japan, Judith Pascoe was fascinated to discover the popularity that Emily Brontë’s novel Wuthering Heights has enjoyed there. Nearly one hundred years after its first formal introduction to the country, the novel continues to engage the imaginations of Japanese novelists, filmmakers,...

Makoto E-Zine series #17 Recommended for beginners and lower intermediates of Japanese. MP3s of the stories read by a native Japanese speaker. Listen while reading. The Fun Japanese Not Found in Textbooks. If you like our readers and lessons, you will love Makoto, the new e-zine...

IN THIS ISSUE: August 2019 NEW READER: Frank and the Obaasan & Japan's Giant Hornets * Laughs, Jokes, Riddles, and Puns * Vocabulary * Prefecture Spotlight * Etymology * Phrase of the Day * Haiku: Basho * Kanji Spotlight * Grammar Time! * Japanese Readers: Frank & the Obaasan Episode 14 and Japan's Giant Hornets

The First Sino–Japanese War (1 August 1894 – 17 April 1895) was fought between Qing Dynasty China and Meiji Japan, primarily over control of Korea. After more than six months of continuous successes by the Japanese army and naval forces, as well as the loss of the Chinese port of Weihai, the...

In Exotics and Retrospectives, Lafcadio Hearn plays the role not only of tour guide, but also dreamscaper. Whether through his narrative recounting of Japanese customs and traditional tales, or while sharing his personal observations and flights of fancy, Hearn's graceful and poetic prose enables...

A critically-acclaimed Japanese poet and translator reveals his life story in captivating verse.   Acclaimed Japanese poet Yorifumi Yaguchi has turned his literary focus to his own experiences as a child growing up on the island of Honshu in the late 1930s and ’40s. When life became incomprehensible,...

Ragazzi, non è un luogo comune, il Giappone è proprio un altro mondo! Per tantissimi aspetti, infatti, rappresenta quanto di più distante possa esserci rispetto alla nostra cultura… Parliamo di mode giovanili. Ci sono le ragazze Gyaru, le Ganguro, le Yamanba, le Manba, le Banba, le B-Gyaru, le...

In Japan ist vieles ein bisschen anders. Zum Beispiel spielt die Blutgruppe eine entscheidende Rolle bei der Partnerwahl. Am Valentinstag beschenken Frauen die Männer. Junge Verliebte verabreden sich extra in Love Hotels, um ein bisschen Privatsphäre zu haben. Und die wahre Liebe findet man angeblich...

A classic memoir of self-invention in a strange land: Ian Buruma's unflinching account of his amazing journey into the heart of Tokyo's underground culture as a young man in the 1970's When Ian Buruma arrived in Tokyo in 1975, Japan was little more than an idea in his mind, a fantasy of a distant...

A new translation of the idiosyncratic diary of a C10 court lady in Heian Japan. Along with the TALE OF GENJI, this is one of the major Japanese Classics.

This prize-winning book is both an illustrated tour of a Tokyo rarely seen in Japan travel guides and an artist's warm, funny, visually rich, and always entertaining graphic memoir. Florent Chavouet, a young graphic artist, spent six months exploring Tokyo while his girlfriend interned at a...