Japan category: 1648 books
Japan The Ultimate Samurai Guide
An Insider Looks at the Japanese Martial Arts and Surviving in the Land of Bushido and Zen
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2018
Part Samurai history, part martial arts guide, this is THE book for anyone interested in Japan's fabled Samurai culture.
Author Alexander Bennett is the ultimate insider—holding multiple black belts in Kendo and Naginata, as well as a Ph.D. in Japanese literature and history. In this book...
by William D. Hoover
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2018
Japan is a mix of the old and the new, traditional and modern, and old fashion and innovative. It has traveled the road to a modern destination without totally losing sight of its traditions and values. Although some in Japan lament the passing of old ways, Japan has held on to a reasonable amount...
by Carolyn R. Krouse
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2011
A Guide for Food Buying in Japan takes the mystery out of shopping for Japanese food as well as household necessities while staying in Japan.
Part 1: Before You Shop outlines what the shopper will encounter when shopping in Japan including the different kinds of local markets, and the methods...
Japanese Whisky
The Ultimate Guide to the World's Most Desirable Spirit with Tasting Notes from Japan's Leading Whisky Blogger
Language: English
Release Date: May 29, 2018
"In his new book, journalist Brian Ashcraft digs into the short but colorful history of the Japanese liquor and the process that differentiates Japan's labels from their Western cousins. Plus, whisky authority Yuji Kawasaki shares tasting notes for more than a hundred bottles."—Travel...
Not by Love Alone
The Violin in Japan, 1850-2010
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2014
Suzuki Shin’ichi, the Tokyo String Quartet, Midori – How did Japanese violinists manage to revolutionize violin teaching, win international competitions, conquer Western concert stages, study at world-famous conservatoires and take up positions in leading orchestras and prestigious music faculties?...
Aftermath of War
Americans and the Remaking of Japan
Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2011
With the fighting in World War II over in mid-August 1945, more than one-half million American troops moved to occupy Japan. Much of the country was ruined, buried under the rubble and debris of saturation bombing and the atomic blasts over Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Japan’s rulers were stunned by...
History and the State in Nineteenth-Century Japan
The World, the Nation and the Search for a Modern Past
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2018
The nineteenth century saw the emergence both of history as an independent scientific discipline and of national history as a means to legitimize the nation state. In History and the State in Nineteenth-Century Japan Margaret Mehl examines how the new imperial government, which replaced the rule of...
by Prof J A A Stockwin, J. A. A. Stockwin
Language: English
Release Date: August 27, 2003
Language: English
Release Date: August 27, 2003
The politics of Japan are less widely reported than its economics. Most people are aware of the economic 'miracle' following the Second World War, whereby Japan became the second largest economy in the world after the United States, and the economic stagnation of the early 1990s is also well known....
by Progressive Management
Language: English
Release Date: November 29, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: November 29, 2016
This excellent report has been professionally converted for accurate flowing-text e-book format reproduction. This study argues that Japanese media disproportionately finds United States Forces Japan (USFJ) military and civilian personnel and their dependents responsible for accidents and crimes....
The Politics of War Memory in Japan
Progressive Civil Society Groups and Contestation of Memory of the Asia-Pacific War
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2014
Since the 1990s, questions of Japanese wartime conduct, apologies for aggression, and compensation to former victims of the country’s imperial policies, have been brought to the fore of national and regional politics. The state is undoubtedly the most important actor in the process of memory production...
American Political and Cultural Perspectives on Japan
From Perry to Obama
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2014
American Political and Cultural Perspectives on Japan: From Perry to Obama is an historical survey of how Americans have viewed Japan during the past 160 years. It encompasses the diplomatic, political, economic, social, and cultural dimensions of the relationship, with an emphasis on changing American...
Diplomacy in Japan-EU Relations
From the Cold War to the Post-Bipolar Era
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2013
Since the 1950s, Japan-Europe relations have been characterised by a mutual coldness in terms of diplomatic dialogue, punctuated by a number of trade disputes. This book analyses the development of the political and diplomatic relationship between Japan and Europe, and shows that – especially during...
Japan's "New Deal" for China
Propaganda Aimed at Americans before Pearl Harbor
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2018
In the decade leading up to the attack on Pearl Harbor, at a time when Japan was expanding its influence in Asia, several Japanese institutions set about trying to convince Americans to support Tokyo’s plans and ambitions for China. This book seeks to analyze the original publications produced by...
Landed Japan
Key local knowledge you need to buy Japanese real estate
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2018
Whether you're buying a family home, a ski chalet or an investment property, Landed Japan will save you time, money and headaches.
In the expanded and updated second edition of Landed Japan you'll find:
* Step-by-step instructions for buying new and pre-owned real estate
* Case studies about...