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    Lost Japan
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    Lost Japan

    An enchanting and fascinating insight into Japan's landscape, culture, history and futureOriginally written in Japanese, this passionate, vividly personal book draws on the author's experiences in...
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    Japan Dreams

    There is Japan, and then there is Japan.Follow the author from his first early morning glimpse of Mount Fuji to the deepening realisation that even our most familiar and cherished notions can prove...
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  • Uniquely Japan
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    Uniquely Japan

    Lavishly decorated manhole covers, pink polka-dotted backhoes, toilets with warmable seats, blow dryers (and other bells and whistles). It's just another day in Japan, where the futuristic and zany...
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    Japan Story
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    Japan Story

    A magical cultural history of modern JapanJapan Story is a fascinating, surprising account of Japan's culture, from the 'opening up' of the country in the mid 19th century to the present, through the...
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  • Ancient Japan Ancient Japan
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    Ancient Japan

    If you want to discover the captivating history of ancient Japan, then keep reading...Japan, the country of the rising sun, is today known as one of the most prosperous and technologically advanced...
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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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    31 Months in Japan

    31 Months in Japan--the Building of a Theme Park is the story of two Southern Californians embarking on the adventure of a lifetime--moving to Japan to participate in the construction of the...
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  • An Anthropologist in Japan An Anthropologist in Japan
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    An Anthropologist in Japan

    In this highly personal account Joy Hendry relates her experiences of fieldwork in a Japanese town and reveals a fascinating cross-section of Japanese life. She sets out on a study of politeness but...
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  • Japan's Inheritance Japan's Inheritance
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    Japan's Inheritance

    Japan's Inheritance: The Country, Its People, and Their Destiny is a book written by Eustace Bruce Mitford and published in 1914. The book provides a comprehensive overview of Japan's history,...
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  • Off the Beaten Tracks in Japan
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    Off the Beaten Tracks in Japan

    Observations on the people, culture, and history of Japan from a long-time resident riding the rails along the less-traveled western coastline.This journey the length of Japan takes the reader off...
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  • Recollections of Japan Recollections of Japan
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    Recollections of Japan

    Recollections of Japan is a personal account of living in Tokugawa Japan in the beginning of the nineteenth century, from a European's perspective. The author, Hendrik Doeff, chief of the United...
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    The Magic of Japan
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    The Magic of Japan

    A charming collection of quirky insights into Japanese culture.The Magic of Japan is writer Hector Garcia's intensely personal account of his fifteen years in Japan. A self-professed...
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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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  • My Travels in Japan
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    My Travels in Japan

    A charming guide to Japan in comic-book form!For comic-book artist Audry Nicklin, visiting Japan was the trip of a lifetime. Armed with her watercolors and accompanied by her husband, Connor, she...
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    A Geek in Japan
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    A Geek in Japan

    Created specifically for fans of Japanese 'cool culture,' A Geek in Japan is one of the most iconic, hip, and concise cultural guides available.Reinvented for the internet age, it is packed...
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  • Coffee Life in Japan
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    Coffee Life in Japan

    This fascinating book-part ethnography, part memoir-traces Japan's vibrant café society over one hundred and thirty years. Merry White traces Japan's coffee craze from the turn of the twentieth...
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  • Living on the Streets in Japan Living on the Streets in Japan
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    Living on the Streets in Japan

    Homelessness has been recognized as a serious problem in Japan since the 1990s, but the dominant model of a “homeless person” has been that of an unemployed male laborer - a model that...
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  • Lovesick Japan
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    Lovesick Japan

    In Lovesick Japan, Mark D. West explores an official vision of love, sex, and marriage in contemporary Japan. A comprehensive body of evidence-2,700 court opinions-describes a society characterized...
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  • Science and the Building of a New Japan Science and the Building of a New Japan
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    Science and the Building of a New Japan

    This book highlights the importance of individuals in the shaping of postwar Japan by providing an historical account of how physicists constituted an influential elite. An history of science...
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  • Occult Japan Occult Japan
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    Occult Japan

    Occult Japan - Or, the way of the gods. An esoteric study of Japanese personality and possession. is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1895.Hansebooks is editor of the...
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  • Community Volunteers in Japan Community Volunteers in Japan
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    Community Volunteers in Japan

    Volunteering is a recent and highly visible phenomenon in Japan, adopted as a meaningful social activity by millions of Japanese and covered widely in the Japanese media. This book, based on...
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  • The End of Cool Japan The End of Cool Japan
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    The End of Cool Japan

    Today's convergent media environment offers unprecedented opportunities for sourcing and disseminating previously obscure popular culture material from Japan. However, this presents concerns...
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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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  • The Education Of Women In Japan (1914) The Education Of Women In Japan (1914)
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    The Education Of Women In Japan (1914)

    The Education of Women in Japan is a book written by Margaret Ernestine Burton and published in 1914. The book provides a comprehensive overview of the education system for women in Japan during the...
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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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  • A diplomat in Japan; The inner history of the critical years in the evolution of Japan when the ports were opened and the monarchy restored, recorded by a diplomatist who took an active part in the events of the time, with an account of his personal A diplomat in Japan; The inner history of the critical years in the evolution of Japan when the ports were opened and the monarchy restored, recorded by a diplomatist who took an active part in the events of the time, with an account of his personal
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    A diplomat in Japan; The inner history of the critical years in the evolution of Japan when the ports were opened and the monarchy restored, recorded by a diplomatist who took an active part in the events of the time, with an account of his personal

    This book has been considered by academicians and scholars of great significance and value to literature. This forms a part of the knowledge base for future generations. We have represented this book...
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  • A Social History of Literacy in Japan
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    A Social History of Literacy in Japan

    Despite the great interest in and the availability of enormous literature about education in Japan, this book is a translation of the first work written in Japanese on the history of literacy in...
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    Japan's World Heritage Sites
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    Japan's World Heritage Sites

    Japan's World Heritage Sites presents the exquisite temples, shrines, gardens, castles and natural wonders found throughout Japan which have now been declared UNESCO World Heritage Sites...
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  • Ten Years in Japan Ten Years in Japan
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    Ten Years in Japan

    Ten Years in Japan is a fascinating and unique look inside the government of Japan before and during the attack on Pearl Harbour. Written from the detailed personal diaries of Joseph C. Grew the...
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  • Gift-Giving in Japan
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    Gift-Giving in Japan

    Gift-giving is extremely important in Japanese society, not only at personal and household levels, but at the national and macroeconomic levels as well. This book is the first in English to document...
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  • Democracy in Post-War Japan Democracy in Post-War Japan
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    Democracy in Post-War Japan

    Democracy in Post-War Japan assesses the development of democracy through the writings of the brilliant political thinker Maruyama Masao. The author explores the significance of Maruyama's notion of...
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  • Arbitraging Japan
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    Arbitraging Japan

    For many financial market professionals worldwide, the era of high finance is over. The times in which bankers and financiers were the primary movers and shakers of both economy and society have come...
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  • The Real Triumph of Japan The Real Triumph of Japan
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    The Real Triumph of Japan

    A fascinating and insightful account of life in Japan during the early 20th century, this book offers a unique perspective on the culture and society of the era. Featuring personal anecdotes and...
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  • Primary School in Japan Primary School in Japan
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    Primary School in Japan

    The balance between individual independence and social interdependence is a perennial debate in Japan. A series of educational reforms since 1990, including the implementation of a new curriculum in...
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  • Jottings Of Travel In China And Japan (1888) Jottings Of Travel In China And Japan (1888)
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    Jottings Of Travel In China And Japan (1888)

    Jottings of Travel in China and Japan is a travelogue written by Simon Adler Stern in 1888. The book recounts the author's experiences during his travels in China and Japan in the late 19th century...
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  • Imperial Japan's World War Two Imperial Japan's World War Two
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    Imperial Japan's World War Two

    Gruhl's narrative makes clear why Japan's World War II aggression still touches deep emotions with East Asians and Western ex-prisoners of war, and why there is justifiable sensitivity to the way...
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  • The Democratic Party of Japan in Power The Democratic Party of Japan in Power
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    The Democratic Party of Japan in Power

    When the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) came to power in September 2009, Japanese citizens expected the imminent arrival of a new political era, characterized by a two-party system. However, in...
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  • Three Rolling Stones in Japan Three Rolling Stones in Japan
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    Three Rolling Stones in Japan

    This book is a personal account of the author's experiences working as a foreign correspondent in Japan. It offers a unique perspective on Japanese culture and society, as well as insights into the...
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    Memoires of Japan 1946

    Having served as a member of the Allied Forces' Occupation of Japan, Bernard Smith has produced a book about the time he spent in Japan in 1946 in the city of Iwakuni, near Hiroshima, both of which...
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  • The Australia-Japan Political Alignment The Australia-Japan Political Alignment
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    The Australia-Japan Political Alignment

    In this new volume, Alan Rix examines the renewal of post-war contacts between Australia and Japan and the resolution of wartime issues in the 1950s. He shows how some major bilateral negotiations...
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  • Glimpses Of Old Japan, 1861-1866 (1908) Glimpses Of Old Japan, 1861-1866 (1908)
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    Glimpses Of Old Japan, 1861-1866 (1908)

    Glimpses Of Old Japan, 1861-1866 is a book written by Margaret Tate Kinnear Ballagh and published in 1908. The book is a collection of letters written by Margaret's father, William Kinnear, during...
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