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  • Supreme Commanderby Seymour Morris Jr.

    HarperCollins 2014; US$ 21.99

    Supreme Commander by Seymour Morris Jr. has descriptive copy which is not yet available from the Publisher. more...

  • Japanese Capitalism in Crisisby Robert Boyer; Toshio Yamada

    Taylor and Francis 2002; US$ 250.00

    The contributors to Japanese Capitalism in Crisis show that there can be a middle ground between the current extremes of the Japanese economy, and offer two proposals: a deeper understanding of long term development, and an extension of existing theory. more...

  • Informality and Monetary Policy in Japanby Adrian van Rixtel

    Cambridge University Press 2002; US$ 53.00

    Provides the first quantitative and qualitative assessment of Informality in the formation of Japanese monetary policy. The author, having spent two years at the Institute for Monetary and Economic Studies at the Bank of Japan and the Japanese Ministry of Finance, offers a unique 'insider-outsider' perspective. more...

  • Shockwaveby Stephen Walker

    HarperCollins US 2005; US$ 11.99

    At 31,000 feet above Japan, Tom Ferebee sits hunched over his bombsight. Below him lies the primary target of an operation called "Special Mission Number 13" by the few military personnel aware of its existence -- Hiroshima, a city of over 300,000. He waits until the aiming point is directly below the crosshairs and releases his cargo -- a five-ton... more...

  • Lever of Empireby Mark Metzler

    University of California Press 2006; US$ 60.00

    This book, the first full account of Japan?s financial history and the Japanese gold standard in the pivotal years before World War II, provides a new perspective on the global political dynamics of the era by placing Japan, rather than Europe, at the center of the story. Focusing on the fall of liberalism in Japan in late 1931 and the global politics... more...

  • Industrial Development in Postwar Japanby Hirohisa Kohama

    Taylor and Francis 2007; US$ 155.00

    Structured into sub-sector by sub-sector analyses, this book provides a clear and accessible examination of industrial development, without over-generalizing or being weighed down by historical details. Written by an authority in the area of development economics it explores the companies and the individuals that have pushed Japan's economy forwards.... more...

  • Technology and the Culture of Progress in Meiji Japanby David G. Wittner

    Taylor and Francis 2007; US$ 49.95

    In this book David Wittner situates Japan?s Meiji Era experience of technology transfer and industrial modernization within the realm of culture, politics, and symbolism, examining how nineteenth century beliefs in civilization and enlightenment influenced the process of technological choice. Through case studies of the iron and silk industries,... more...

  • Japan Since 1980by Thomas F. Cargill; Takayuki Sakamoto

    Cambridge University Press 2008; US$ 23.00

    This book provides a complete and self-contained discussion of Japan's economic and political institutions from 1980 up to 2007. more...

  • Zenby Kaiten Nukariya

    The Floating Press 1913; US$ 6.95

    The historical importance of Zen can hardly be exaggerated. After its introduction into China in the sixth century, A.D., it grew ascendant through the Sui (598-617) and the Tang dynasty (618-906), and enjoyed greater popularity than any other sect of Buddhism during the whole period of the Sung (976-1126) and the Southern Sung dynasty (1127-1367).... more...

  • Shutting Out the Sunby Michael Zielenziger

    Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group 2009; US$ 16.00

    The world?s second-wealthiest country, Japan once seemed poised to overtake America. But its failure to recover from the economic collapse of the early 1990s was unprecedented, and today it confronts an array of disturbing social trends. Japan has the highest suicide rate and lowest birthrate of all industrialized countries, and a rising incidence... more...