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  • Japan - Hell on Earth: 2011by Paul Andrews

    Andrews UK 2011; US$ 3.49

    On the 11th March 2011, a massive earthquake hit the Pacific Ocean near to North-Eastern Japan. Soon afterwards, a devestating tsunami followed. This quick-read guide written by Paul Andrews gives the reader an overview an explanation of the events in easy-to-understand plain English. With sections including the nuclear crisis, the effect of the disaster on Japan's - and the global - economy, and information about what causes an earthquake and a tsunami, this is a concise guide to the shocki more...

  • Understanding Japanese Societyby Joy Hendry

    RoutledgeCurzon 2003; US$ 43.95

    Fully updated, revised and expanded, this is a welcome new edition of this bestselling book providing a clear, accessible and readable introduction to Japanese society. more...

  • Bushidoby Inazo Nitobe

    The Floating Press 1908; US$ 5.99

    Bushido , often translated as Way of the Warrior , came from the Samurai way of life and moral code. It emphasized loyalty, skill, moderation and honor, and became a widespread influence throughout Japan. In Shogakukan Kokugo Daijiten , the Japanese dictionary, "Bushido is defined as a unique philosophy ( ronri ) that spread through the warrior class from the Muromachi ( chusei ) period." Nitobe Inazo, in his book Bushido: The Soul of Japan ... more...

  • Hellcatsby Peter Sasgen

    Penguin Group US 2011; US$ 9.99

    Sasgen vividly recounts the pulsating drama of the Hellcats." - Naval History In 1945, American sub force commanders believed that if the Japanese merchant fleet was sunk, the enemy would be forced to surrender. The problem: the ships were protected in the Sea of Japan by a barrier of deadly minefields. Here, Peter Sasgen tells the gripping story of Operation Barney, a daunting mission in which nine submarines, nicknamed Hellcats, were tasked with getting through the mines and decimating the enemy fleet. Drawing on original documents and the personal letters of one doomed Hellcat commander, Sasgen crafts a classic naval tale of the heroic submariners and one of World War II's most ambitious and dangerous underwater raids. " more...

  • A History of Japanby Richard Mason; John Caiger

    Tuttle Publishing 2011; US$ 18.95

    A fascinating look at Japan from its early pre-history through the post-cold War period to the collapse of the Bubble Economy in the early 1990's. Recent findings shed additional light on the origins of Japanese civilization and the birth of Japanese culture. Also included here is an in-depth analysis of the religion, arts and culture of the Japanese people form the 6th century B.C.E. to the present. This contemporary classic, now updated and revised, continues to be an essential text in Japanese studies. more...

  • Bonds of the Deadby Mark Michael Rowe

    University of Chicago Press 2011; US$ 29.00

    Despite popular images of priests seeking enlightenment in snow-covered mountain temples, the central concern of Japanese Buddhism is death. For that reason, Japanese Buddhism’s social and economic base has long been in mortuary services—a base now threatened by public debate over the status, treatment, and location of the dead. Bonds of the Dead explores the crisis brought on by this debate and investigates what changing burial forms reveal about the ways temple Buddhism is perceived and propagated in contemporary Japan. Mark Rowe offers a crucial account of how religious, political, social, and economic forces in the twentieth century led to the emergence of new funerary practices in Japan and how, as a result, the care of... more...

  • Hiroshima Diaryby Michihiko Hachiya

    The University of North Carolina Press 1955; US$ 23.95

    While to many Americans the bombings may seem to date from a bygone era, the scientific knowledge obtained from these experiences is more relevant than ever before. It is likely the best evidence that will ever be gathered on the short- and long-term effects of nuclear exposure on a large population. In Japan, the dropping of the atomic bombs engendered a series of national medical studies copiously documented and analyzed by American and Japanese physicians and scientists more...

  • Anthropologist in Japanby Joy Hendry

    Routledge 1999; US$ 41.95

    An Anthropologist in Japan is a highly personal narrative which provides unique insights into many elements of Japanese life. more...

  • Farmers and Village Life in Japanby Ann Waswo; Yoshiaki Nishida

    RoutledgeCurzon 2003; US$ 39.95

    This book presents a range of work that seeks to move beyond stereotypes to reveal the diversity and complexities of rural life in Japan from 1900 to the present. more...

  • Japanese Bankers in the City of Londonby Junko Sakai

    Routledge 1999; US$ 198.00

    This book gives voice to Japanese men and women, and to the British who have worked for non-Westeners in the West. A significant and timely analysis of the influence of non-Western companies in the city. more...