Japan

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....

Autumn 1944. World War II is nearly over in Europe but is escalating in the Pacific, where American soldiers face an opponent who will go to any length to avoid defeat....

The first volume in a two-book series about each of the atomic bomb drops that ended the Pacific War based on years of irreplicable personal interviews with survivors to tell a story of devastation and resilience....

In December 1937, in the capital of China, one of the most brutal massacres in the long annals of wartime barbarity occurred.

This Pulitzer Prize-winning history of World War II chronicles the dramatic rise and fall of the Japanese empire....

This piece of writing by famed samurai Musashi (1584–1645) is the single-most influential work on samurai swordsmanship, offering insights into samurai history, the Zen Buddhist state of "no-mind" that enables warriors to triumph and the philosophical meaning of Bushido....

Martha Sherrill brings us to a world that Americans know very little about---the snow country of Japan during World War II....

In The Cactus Air Force, Pacific War expert Thomas McKelvey Cleaver worked closely with Eric to build on his collection of diary entries, interviews and first-hand accounts to create a vivid narrative of the struggle in the air over the island of Guadalcanal....

On August 6, 1945, Hiroshima was destroyed by the first atom bomb ever dropped on a city. This book, John Hersey's journalistic masterpiece, tells what happened on that day. Told through the memories of survivors, this timeless, powerful and compassionate document has become a classic....

The dramatic, pulse-pounding story of Harry Truman's first four months in office, when this unlikely president had to take on Germany, Japan, Stalin, and the atomic bomb....

The dramatic account of one of America's most celebrated - and controversial - military campaigns: the Doolittle Raid....

It’s 2008, and it’s been a while since Jake Adelstein was the only gaijin crime reporter for the Yomiuri Shimbun. The economy is in shambles, Jake is off the police beat but still chain-smoking, and Tadamasa Goto, the most powerful boss in the Japanese organized crime world, has been banished.

On the morning of April 16, 1945, the crewmen of the USS Laffey saw what seemed to be the entire Japanese air force assembled directly above. They were about to become the targets....

There are few moments in American history in which the course of events tipped so suddenly and so dramatically as at the Battle of Midway....

Midnight in the Pacific is both a sweeping narrative and a compelling drama of individual marines, soldiers, and sailors caught in the crosshairs of history....

Giant monsters. Tales of eternal love. The beginning of creation. Pint-sized warriors. Long voyages and insurmountable heroics are only a small piece of the classic myths that have helped shape Japan’s unique and immaculate history....

So begins this suspenseful, impeccably researched history that draws on new access to diaries to tell the story of three men who were intimately involved with America’s decision to drop the atomic bomb—and Japan’s decision to surrender....

From a leading expert in Japanese history, this is one of the first full histories of the art and culture of the Samurai warrior....

This illuminating study explores the ways in which the defeat of the Japanese in World War II, followed by over six years of American military occupation, affected every level of Japanese society....

Through a study of the way of the samurai, Nitobe identifies the seven virtues most widely recognized by the Japanese: rectitude, courage, benevolence, politeness, veracity, honor, and loyalty....

Judgment at Tokyo is a landmark, magisterial history of the trial of Japan’s leaders as war criminals—the largely overlooked Asian counterpart to Nuremberg

Bushido: The Soul of Japan is a seminal study on the way of the samurai by the Japanese educator Inazo Nitobe. From 1868, the beginning of the Meiji Era, Japan rapidly transformed itself from an isolated feudal society into a modern, industrialised nation state....

The Pillow Book of Sei Shōnagon is a fascinating, detailed account of Japanese court life in the closing years of the 10th century....

Published on the 70th anniversary of the bombing, Nagasaki takes listeners from the morning of the bombing to the city today, telling the firsthand experiences of five survivors....

The riveting story of the submarine force that helped win World War II by ravaging Japan’s merchant fleet and destroying its economy....

Shinto, the indigenous faith of the Japanese people, continues to fascinate and mystify both the casual visitor to Japan and the long-time resident. Relatively unknown among the religions of the world, Shinto: The Kami Way provides an enlightening window into this Japanese faith.

In Resolute Japan, Waseda University's Jusuke J. J. Ikegami and the Wharton School's Harbir Singh and Michael Useem reveal a new leadership model that has led Japan's corporations to make a stunning comeback. In the process, they share what they have learned from interviews with more than 100 CEOs and top executives of Japan's largest and most influential companies, including Hitachi, Honda, Mitsubishi, Nissan, NTT, and Panasonic.

昭和天皇と側近たちとの詳細なやり取りを記録した「昭和天皇拝謁記」．貴重な史料からは，政局や社会情勢，戦争について饒舌に語る昭和天皇の等身大の姿が浮かび上がる．

初代・伊藤博文から、新総理大臣・石破茂まで。歴代日本の総理大臣を、似顔絵イラスト付きで、全員わかりやすく解説する。日本人なら知ってて当然、でも意外に知らない総理大臣をやさしく学び直し。近現代史の学習、入試の時事問題対策にもぴったり。

Ямато — одна из самых древних и продолжительных династий мира. Ее представители считаются потомками богини Аматерасу. История великого рода берет свое начало с VI века до нашей эры и продолжается по сей день. За время правления дома на троне сменилось более ста императоров и шесть эпох, а сам монарх стал является символом патриотизма, национального единства и прогресса. Действительно ли династия имеет божественное происхождение? Почему женщины перестали занимать Хризантемовый трон? Благодаря кому появился запрет на отречение от престола? Кто ввел моногамию при императорском дворе?