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    A History of Modern Japan
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    A History of Modern Japan

    'Lucid and lyrical...a vivid history of Japan's turbocharged (and painful) modernisation.' - The Daily Telegraph In A History of Modern Japan, cultural historian...
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  • Japan and the Wider World Japan and the Wider World
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    Japan and the Wider World

    Akira Iriye assesses Japan's international relations, from a Japanese perspective, in the century and a half since she ended her self-imposed isolation and resumed her place in the international...
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  • Work and Lifecourse in Japan Work and Lifecourse in Japan
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    Work and Lifecourse in Japan

    The durability of Japan's industrial products now holds world acclaim. But the durability of jobs in Japan-despite misleading Western images of lifetime employment-is no better than in other...
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    Ultimate Japan

    A bucket list of unforgettable adventures that will inspire the ultimate trip to JapanJapan. It's on your bucket list, right? And deservedly so. Where else can you ride the world's fastest trains,...
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    Zen Masters of Japan

    Zen Masters of Japan is the second book in a series that traces Zen's profoundly historic journey as it spread eastward from China and Japan, toward the United States. Following Zen Masters of China,...
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  • Hidden Japan
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    Hidden Japan

    Originally published in Japanese as a call to preserve disappearing facets of Japan's rich and ancient culture, this book takes its inspiration from the 1960s classic, Hidden Hamlets by...
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  • Japan Challenges America Japan Challenges America
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    Japan Challenges America

    With the US-Japan alliance in jeopardy, former diplomat Harrison Holland argues that both sides must take bold steps to avert a catastrophe that could destabilize economic, political and security...
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  • History Of Japan For Kids History Of Japan For Kids
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    History Of Japan For Kids

    As an Asian powerhouse and tech hub, Japan's history has molded its nation's success. Go ahead and learn about the past and pick the lessons that you can apply. Learning through an interactive...
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  • Super Cheap Japan Super Cheap Japan
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    Super Cheap Japan

    Super Cheap Japan is the ultimate budget travel guide to Japan, full of the most useful, up-to-date information for a cheap holiday in Japan. With extensive tax-free shopping, crazily discounted...
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  • Medical Engineering in Japan Medical Engineering in Japan
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    Medical Engineering in Japan

    The complete volume 12 of Medical Progress through Technology is devoted to the work of colleagues in Japan. Additionally, whole authority and responsibility both for the election of topics and for...
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  • Individuality in Early Modern Japan Individuality in Early Modern Japan
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    Individuality in Early Modern Japan

    Two of the most commonly alleged features of Japanese society are its homogeneity and its encouragement of conformity, as represented by the saying that the nail that sticks up gets pounded. This...
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    Designing Modern Japan
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    Designing Modern Japan

    From cars to cameras, design from Japan is ubiquitous. So are perceptions of Japanese design, from calming, carefully crafted minimalism to avant-garde fashion and street subcultures. But these...
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  • The Political History of Modern Japan The Political History of Modern Japan
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    The Political History of Modern Japan

    Spanning the 130-year period between the end of the Tokugawa Era and the end of the Cold War, this book introduces students to the formation, collapse, and rebirth of the modern Japanese state...
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  • Unmasking Japan
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    Unmasking Japan

    The last twenty years have seen a growth of fascination with the Japanese, and the emergence of Japan as a world economic power has stimulated many works that have attempted to understand Japanese...
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  • Build Back Better Build Back Better
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    Build Back Better

    International society led by the United Nations has been working to improve and standardize every country's post-disaster recovery policy. In particular, the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk...
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  • Japan's Great Stagnation and Abenomics Japan's Great Stagnation and Abenomics
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    Japan's Great Stagnation and Abenomics

    As the global Great Recession continues, policymakers, economists, and the public are turning to Japenses economic revitalization for answers. Paul Krugman, Nobel laureate in Economics, once said...
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  • Everyday Things in Premodern Japan
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    Everyday Things in Premodern Japan

    Japan was the only non-Western nation to industrialize before 1900 and its leap into the modern era has stimulated vigorous debates among historians and social scientists. In an innovative discussion...
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    Vegan Japan

    Warming soups and slurp-able noodles. Refreshing vegetable sides. Indulgent street foods. Adorable bite-size desserts.Japanese French chef Julia Boucachard grew up devouring all of the above. When...
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  • Traveling Japan's Deep Interior Traveling Japan's Deep Interior
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    Traveling Japan's Deep Interior

    "Finally the treatment these true classics deserve: thoroughly re-edited and modernized texts, with glossary, index...and beautiful layout to boot."Isabella Lucy Bird (1831-1904), the English author,...
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  • The Origins of Japan's Medieval World
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    The Origins of Japan's Medieval World

    This pioneering collection of fifteen essays proposes to change the way we think about fourteenth-century Japan and what preceded and followed it. Most notable is the search for Japan's medieval...
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  • Japan's Real Attitude Toward America Japan's Real Attitude Toward America
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    Japan's Real Attitude Toward America

    This fascinating book provides a firsthand account of Japan's attitude toward America during the early 20th century. T. Iyenaga, a prominent Japanese scholar, offers a vigorous defense of his...
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  • Keeping Better Company
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    Keeping Better Company

    How should companies be organized? To whom should boards of directors be responsible - shareholders, or a wider group of stakeholders? In this fiercely competitive world we cannot judge our own...
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  • Caste in Early Modern Japan Caste in Early Modern Japan
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    Caste in Early Modern Japan

    "Caste", a word normally used in relation to the Indian subcontinent, is rarely associated with Japan in contemporary scholarship. This has not always been the case, and the term was often used among...
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  • The Politics of Time in China and Japan The Politics of Time in China and Japan
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    The Politics of Time in China and Japan

    Drawing on a wide range of texts and using an interdisciplinary approach, this volume shows how Chinese and Japanese intellectuals mobilized the past to create a better future and wove together...
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  • Japan's Ainu Minority in Tokyo Japan's Ainu Minority in Tokyo
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    Japan's Ainu Minority in Tokyo

    This book is about the Ainu, the indigenous people of Japan, living in and around Tokyo; it is, therefore, about what has been pushed to the margins of history. Customarily, anthropologists and...
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  • Planning Japan's Economic Future Planning Japan's Economic Future
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    Planning Japan's Economic Future

    In 2004 the Japanese economy was in a gravely depressed state, with little growth for nearly a decade. However, it would be wrong to call this period 'the lost decade' as many do. A better approach...
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  • Quality of Life in Japan Quality of Life in Japan
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    Quality of Life in Japan

    This edited volume approaches the life experiences and well-being of Japanese people from an empirical perspective. It explores the current trend of happiness among Japanese over time and examines...
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  • Japanese Moratorium on the Death Penalty Japanese Moratorium on the Death Penalty
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    Japanese Moratorium on the Death Penalty

    Offering a timely reanalysis of the issue of Japan's capital punishment policy, this cutting edge volume considers the de facto moratorium periods in Japan's death penalty system and proposes an...
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  • Japanese Responses to Globalization Japanese Responses to Globalization
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    Japanese Responses to Globalization

    No one can doubt the need for us to better understand the Japanese response to globalization, given the country's increasingly important role in politics/security and economy/business. This is a...
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  • Tel Sono, The Japanese Reformer Tel Sono, The Japanese Reformer
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    Tel Sono, The Japanese Reformer

    Tel Sono, The Japanese Reformer: An Autobiography is a book written by Tel Sono, a prominent Japanese figure who was instrumental in the modernization of Japan during the Meiji period. The book was...
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  • Japanese and Western Phenomenology Japanese and Western Phenomenology
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    Japanese and Western Phenomenology

    This volume is a selection of essays from the Japanese-American Joint Seminar on Phenomenology held in the suburbs of Sanda-city (Japan) October 24-27, 1989, under the auspices of the Center for...
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    Japanese Style Companion Planting
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    Japanese Style Companion Planting

    Japanese Style Companion Planting brings the techniques of a master farmer in Japan to home gardeners all over the world, with over 175 easy-to-follow color illustrations and detailed texts. Japanese...
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  • Japanese Inner Life Japanese Inner Life
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    Japanese Inner Life

    "The Japanese man of the people-the skilled laborer able to underbid without effort any Western artisan in the same line of industry-remains happily independent of both shoemakers and tailors. His...
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  • Being and Becoming a Speaker of Japanese
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    Being and Becoming a Speaker of Japanese

    This autoethnographic account of the author's Japanese as a second language learning trajectory is an important and unique addition to diary studies in SLA and applied linguistics qualitative...
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  • The SAGE Handbook of Modern Japanese Studies The SAGE Handbook of Modern Japanese Studies
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    The SAGE Handbook of Modern Japanese Studies

    A welcome addition to any reading list for those interested in contemporary Japanese society. - Roger Goodman, Nissan Professor of Modern Japanese Society, University of Oxford"I know no better book...
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  • Japanese Feminism. Full Circle Japanese Feminism. Full Circle
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    Japanese Feminism. Full Circle

    Master's Thesis from the year 1999 in the subject Orientalism / Sinology - Japanology, The George Washington University, language: English, abstract: By analyzing literature that has been produced on...
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  • Yummy Japanese Food (A Book of Mazes) Yummy Japanese Food (A Book of Mazes)
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    Yummy Japanese Food (A Book of Mazes)

    There's a surprise hidden in these mazes. Solve these mazes to find out! Mazes are fun and challenging to do. If you solve a few everyday, you will definitely learn to love learning and all the fun...
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  • Japanese Human Resource Management Japanese Human Resource Management
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    Japanese Human Resource Management

    This book is a comprehensive study underpinned by thirty years of research conducted by the author relating to Japanese human resource management and labour-management relations. Its aim is to...
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