Japan category: 1648 books
New Japan Architecture
Recent Works by the World's Leading Architects
Language: English
Release Date: July 9, 2012
Featuring dozens of high-quality photographs, schematic designs and insightful commentary this Japanese architecture book is a must-have for architects or collectors.
The past five years are widely consider to have been the most innovative period in contemporary Japanese design history. The...
by Eleanor Underwood
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2012
This book of Geisha culture and history features beautiful antique photographs and a wealth of information.
Geisha have the odd distinction of being both legendary and real, and this book helps clarify those differences. Myth by nature is monolithic, transcending history and individuals, whereas...
by William de Lange
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2013
Yagyu Munenori was a great swordsman from the Nara Basin of Japan. During the great wars of the medieval era, his clan had first lost its castle, then its lands, until finally it was thrown upon the mercy of a local temple. Munenori was forced to become a ronin, a masterless samurai, destined to lead...
Japanese Military Strategy in the Pacific War
Was Defeat Inevitable?
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2007
In this provocative history, James B. Wood challenges the received wisdom that Japan's defeat in the Pacific was historically inevitable. He argues instead that it was only when the Japanese military prematurely abandoned its original sound strategic plan—to secure the resources Japan needed and...
by Paul Kennedy
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2014
A look at the events leading up to Japan’s surrender in World War II, from the New York Times–bestselling author of Engineers of Victory.
By the spring of 1943, Japan had a tight grip on the countries and territories of East Asia and the Western Pacific. But the Allies had won decisive victories...
The A to Z of World War II
The War Against Japan
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2009
World War II dominates world history today as it dominated world attention over 60 years ago. In spite of the alliances that bound many of the same participants, the war was essentially two separate but simultaneous conflicts: one involved Japan as the major antagonist and took place mostly in Asia...
Hannah Chan
A Young Girl and her Adopted Brother on a Tiny Island in the Japan Inland Sea
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2013
Hannah Chan
Hannah, an eight year old Canadian girl, is powerless in the decision that has been made by her parents to move to a tiny island in the Japan Inland Sea. Once on the island she and her brother Taro are enrolled in the local elementary school. Iwagijima, like most of Japan’s rural...
Getting Genki In Japan
The Adventures and Misadventures of an American Family in Tokyo
Language: English
Release Date: August 7, 2012
The unexpected gift of a favored bottle of shiraz from her husband leads to the adventure of a lifetime for Karen Pond and her family—moving from rural Maine to the largest city in the world: Tokyo, Japan.
Getting Genki in Japan is a collection of illustrated travel and culture essays and...
Ghosts of the Tsunami
Death and Life in Japan's Disaster Zone
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2017
Named one of the best books of 2017 by The Guardian, NPR, GQ, The Economist, Bookforum, Amazon, and Lit Hub
The definitive account of what happened, why, and above all how it felt, when catastrophe hit Japan—by the Japan correspondent of The Times (London) and author of People Who Eat Darkness
On...
Learning and Teaching in Japan
An English Teacher Abroad
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2014
“Anyone want to go to Japan and teach English for a half a year?”
That’s how it all started. I was 38 years old, and a returning student in a Master’s Degree in English program.
The bulk of this book is a daily journal/blog of my adventures while getting TEFL (Teaching English...
by James Jackson Jarves
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2013
First published in 1876, when many considered Japanese art a mere curiosity, A Glimpse at the Art of Japan presents Jarves remarkable examination of the problems of Japanese aesthetics, offering a penetrating analysis of the historical, religious, and social influences on the development of art in...
by Denis Gainty
Language: English
Release Date: August 22, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: August 22, 2013
In 1895, the newly formed Greater Japan Martial Virtue Association (Dainippon Butokukai) held itsfirst annual Martial Virtue Festival (butokusai) in the ancient capital of Kyoto. The Festival marked the arrival of a new iteration of modern Japan, as the Butokukai’s efforts to define and popularise...
How to Get a Spouse Visa for Japan: The TranSenz Guide
Your Complete Guide to Immigration Procedures for Spouses of Japanese Nationals and Permanent Residents
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2017
This is the complete, step-by-step guide to every form and every document you need to apply for a spouse visa for Japan.
Applying for a certificate of eligibility and spouse visa for Japan can seem intimidating. After all, if lawyers charge over 100,000 yen to file your application, it can't...
Product Safety and Liability Law in Japan
From Minamata to Mad Cows
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2004
Developing insights from a number of disciplines and with a details analysis of legislation, case law and academic theory, Product Safety and Liability Law in Japan contributes significantly to the understanding of contemporary Japan, its consumers and its law. It is also of practical use to all professionals exposed to product liability regimes evolving in Japan and other major economies.