Japan category: 1648 books
Manners and Customs of the Japanese in Nineteenth Century
From the Accounts of Dutch Residents in Japan and from the German Work of Dr. Philipp Franz von Siebold
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2013
Manners and Customs of the Japanese in the Nineteenth Century is a delightful account of the Japanese of Tokugawa Japan.
This unique handbook of Japanese manners, customs, history, and singular happenings was published in New York in 1841. Based on the firsthand observations of Dr. Philipp...
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Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2017
As one of the most rapid and earliest nations to achieve "Western modernisation", much of Japan’s success stems from its fruitful literacy history during the Tokugawa shogunate as well as later influences from Western educational ideals and consequent economic and democratic conflicts...
Transpacific Field of Dreams
How Baseball Linked the United States and Japan in Peace and War
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2012
Baseball has joined America and Japan, even in times of strife, for over 150 years. After the "opening" of Japan by Commodore Perry, Sayuri Guthrie-Shimizu explains, baseball was introduced there by American employees of the Japanese government tasked with bringing Western knowledge and...
Japan - Culture Smart!
The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2017
Culture Smart! Japan will guide you through modern Japan's shifting social and cultural maze. It provides invaluable insights into people's attitudes and behavior, and practical tips to help make your visit to this complex, rich, and dynamic society a mutually rewarding experience. Today Japan is...
by Bob Martin
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2012
Culture Briefing Japan provides current, in-depth information found in no other single publication to help you understand the culture, customs, values and beliefs of the Japanese people. Whether traveling to Japan, working on a class paper or doing business with the Japanese, you'll find Culture Briefing:...
by John Carroll
Language: English
Release Date: January 7, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: January 7, 2014
Featuring over 140 stunning photographs, this Japan travel pictorial captures all the beauty and high culture of Japan.
Japan has fascinated foreign visitors and observers for centuries. Although Columbus did not find fables Zipang and its troves of gold he sought, countless sojourners in Japan...
Contemporary Japan
History, Politics, and Social Change since the 1980s
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2011
Contemporary Japan: History, Politics and Social Change since the 1980s presents a comprehensive examination of the causes of the Japanese economic bubble in the late 1980s and the socio-political consequences of the recent financial collapse.
Represents the only book to examine in depth the...
by Jeff Kingston
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2013
Since 1945, Japan has successfully reinvented itself, rising from the ashes of defeat to become a peaceful and prosperous nation. It is seen as an inspiration for other developing nations and contributes significantly to global development. As the third largest economy in the world, with a reputation...
by Charles Dunn
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2008
Everyday Life in Traditional Japan paints a vivid portrait of Tokugawa Japan, a time when contact with the outside world was deliberately avoided, and the daily life of the different classes consolidated the traditions that shaped modern Japan.
With detailed descriptions and over 100 illustrations,...
Closing the Shop
Information Cartels and Japan's Mass Media
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2012
How is the relationship between the Japanese state and Japanese society mediated by the press? Does the pervasive system of press clubs, and the regulations underlying them, alter or even censor the way news is reported in Japan? Who benefits from the press club system? And who loses? Here Laurie...
by Ruthy Kanagy
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 2017
**Moon Travel Guides: Make Your Move!
From visas, to job-hunting, to cultural assimilation, get a head start on your life-changing move with Moon Living Abroad Japan.
Inside you'll find:**
Practical information on setting up the essentials, including visas, finances, employment,...
by Rough Guides
Language: English
Release Date: September 7, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: September 7, 2017
Explore Japan with the smartest and shrewdest guidebook on the market. Fully updated and expanded, this stunningly illustrated travel guide brings you superb coverage of all the country's unmissable experiences, from staying in a cosy ryokan and soaking in an onsen bath to climbing snow-capped Mount...
Kawaii Japan
3 trips to Japan through the eyes of a kawaii fan
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2011
Japan is one of the most exciting countries on Earth, with an amazing mix of traditional culture and kawaii (cute) craziness. Marceline Smith, a blogger and illustrator (and co-founder of Super Cute Kawaii), shares her experiences of three trips to Japan through writing, photos and cute illustrations....
Old-World Japan
Legends of the Land of the Gods (Illustrations)
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2014
History and mythology, fact and fable, are closely interwoven in the texture of Japanese life and thought; indeed, it is within relatively recent years only that exact comparative criticism has been able, with some degree of accuracy, to divide the one from the other. The accounts of the God-period...