6,633円 When the Empire of Japan defeated the Chinese Qing Dynasty in 1895 and won its first colony, Taiwan, it worked to establish it as a model colony. The Japanese brought Taiwan not only education and economic reform but also a new pastime made popular in Japan by American influence: baseball. But un...

2,102円 'The next Bill Bryson' New York Times Two tigers cannot share the same mountain - Chinese proverb Despite geographical proximity, cultural similarities, and shared status as highly powerful nations, China, Korea and Japan love to hate each other. Why? In search of an answer, Michael Booth journey...

777円 Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and bestselling author John Hersey's seminal work of narrative nonfiction which has defined the way we think about nuclear warfare. “One of the great classics of the war" (The New Republic) that tells what happened in Hiroshima during World War II through the mem...

4,642円 Though fascinated with the land of their tradition’s birth, virtually no Japanese Buddhists visited the Indian subcontinent before the nineteenth century. In the richly illustrated Seeking Śākyamuni, Richard M. Jaffe reveals the experiences of the first Japanese Buddhists who traveled to South As...

1,320円 Dies ist der gelungene Versuch uns der historischen Person Miyamoto Musashi, Japans berühmtesten Schwertkämpfer, zu nähern. W. de Lange forschte in Japan in den unterschiedlichsten Archiven akribisch nach Quellen über M. Musashi, übersetzte diese und fügte sie zu einer realistischen Biografie zus...

3,315円 This is the story of Tom Phelps and the 'other Kokoda Track'. Seventy-five years later, Tom's grandson, award-winning actor and writer Peter Phelps, is sharing this inspiring tale of resilience and survival. March 1942: The world is at war. Too old to fight and with jobs scarce at home, Tom Phelp...

200円 Contains Active Table of Contents (HTML) and include a bonus link to the free audio book. Miyamoto Musashi's Go Rin no Sho or the book of five rings, is considered a classic treatise on military strategy, much like Sun Tzu's The Art of War and Chanakya's Arthashastra. The five "books" refer to th...

964円 媲美《菊花與劍》 「中國人論日本的最高傑作」 「要切切實實的，鑽到他社會裡面去。」 上世紀前葉，身處中日政治核心的戴季陶寫下了《日本論》，企圖將日本視為客觀研究對象，以自身的思索評判能力，解剖它的哲學、文學、宗教、政治、風俗。 刪繁就簡的二十四篇文章，追溯了日本皇權、武士道、財閥等社會階級的形成與本...

8,124円 First published in 1997, this volume responds to attention in recent years which has been belatedly directed towards reviving World War II issues involving Japan. This study deals first with the manner in which such issues so long fell into abeyance under Cold War conditions, while tracing the va...

800円 Are you thinking about traveling to Japan? Discover Japan through this easy to follow guide tailored for first-time travelers! Most available online resources contain too much information! If you've searched for a Japan travel guide online, you may have noticed: Most guides contain disorgani...

661円 Journalist-by-trade Lafcadio Hearn used his wanderer's eye and guileless, graceful style to provide elegant chronicles for an English-speaking world fascinated by the exotic sensibilities of Japan. He set himself apart from others who attempted to translate the life and culture of this island cou...

13,369円 This volume presents a series of five portraits of Edo, the central region of urban space today known as Tokyo, from the great fire of 1657 to the devastating earthquake of 1855. This book endeavors to allow Edo, or at least some of the voices that constituted Edo, to do most of the speaking. The...