Japanese Biography

Gaman is a word that means strength in Japanese within the silence there is no yellow peril only the courage to be. Kenichi Yabusaki (Ken) was born a prisoner of war in an American concentration camp in Minidoka, Idaho. When President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066 on Feb. 19, 1942, some 120,000 people of Japanese descent, primarily on the West Coast, were forced into ten main concentration camps across the continental US with no due process.

国益、省益、権謀術数、出世、自己保身……首相退任後、安倍晋三さんが財務省を非難した、ほんとうの理由を徹底的に明らかにする！

本書を読めば、富を築くことは決して夢物語ではなく、人は望むような人生を送れることがわかるはずだ。お金や名声、報償、幸福は、それを得る覚悟と決意のある人なら、誰でも手に入れられるのだ。

中学時代の同級生が自殺した。お別れ会のために帰郷した私は、7年ぶりに初恋の相手ナルヤに再会する。昔と変わらぬ笑顔を向けてくれる彼だったが、私は不倫の恋を経験し、夢に破れ仕事も辞めてしまっていた

Growing up, Wat Misaka wasn’t the tallest kid on the basketball court, but he was fast and he loved the game! In his Japanese American basketball league, Wat dribbled with speed and shared the ball as much as he scored. Encouraged by his father to always do his best, Wat applied this mindset to every challenge in his life. As Wat spent more time on the court, his passion for the game grew. He played in college at the University of Utah during WWII, a time when many Japanese Americans were stripped of their freedoms and incarcerated by the US government.

自分に自信がない西川きよし師匠から、悪口をエネルギーに突き進む山里亮太、スケールのデカいバカぶりを発揮するピース綾部、恐ろしいほどの執念で紫綬褒章まで行き着いた宮川大助・花子まで……。毒舌を吐き続けても絶対に嫌われない男による「吉本バイブル」、ここに誕生

人間は堕落する。それを防ぐことはできないし、防ぐことによって人を救うことはできない。人間は生き、人間は堕ちる。そのこと以外の中に人間を救う便利な近道はない。戦争に負けたから堕ちるのではないのだ。人間だから堕ちるのであり、生きているから堕ちるだけだ。人は正しく堕ちる道を堕ちきることによって、自分自身を発見し、救わなければならない。 戦後発表され、絶大な支持を集めた安吾の「堕落論」 “堕ちることにより救われる”という安吾の思想は、 今の時代にこそ聴いておくべき書なのかもしれない! “堕落しろ”とは、まさに呪縛からの“解放”にほかならない!

A long time ago, when Japan had the feudal system, my family was a landlord of the area. It has come to a complete downfall over the years, but my family still clings to its past glory. For them, to succeed the family is critical. I’m firstborn and have no brother which meant that I was a successor and destined to spend the whole life in my hometown. But, music changed everything. To pursue a career in music, my hometown was too rural, and I had to move out. Back then, I was a college student, and moving to a city meant dropping out of school.

今年一番の話題作！　マスク自身が語り尽した初の公式伝記。世界的ベストセラー『スティーブ・ジョブズ』評伝作家だからこそ描けた。

Scottish-born but a Queenslander to the bone, Jock McLaren was a true Australian hero. As a prisoner, he escaped twice, first from Changi and later from the infamous Sandakan POW camp in Borneo. After paddling a dugout canoe across open sea, he fought for two years with American-led Filipino guerrillas, his exploits so audacious the Japanese put a price on his head.

「自分探し」なんてムダなこと。「本当の自分」を探すよりも、「本物の自信」を育てたほうがいい。脳、人生、医療、死、情報、仕事など、あらゆるテーマについて、頭の中にある「壁」を超えたときに、

Naomi Osaka grew up in Japan and the US, with one foot in each place. But wherever she was, she loved to play tennis—and she worked hard at it too, always practicing and improving. Many people doubted that she would make it as a professional player, but she persisted and showed the world that she is a champion. Her talent on the court and her activism for racial justice and mental health causes off it have made Naomi an inspiration to fans everywhere.

「手のひらを太陽に」の作詞者でもある戦中派の作者が，自身の風変わりなホップ・ステップ人生を語る．銀座モダンボーイの修業時代，焼け跡からの出発，長かった無名時代，そしてついに登場するアンパンマン――．手塚治虫，永六輔，いずみたく，宮城まり子ら多彩な人びととの交流を横糸に，味わい深い人生模様が織り上げられていく。

こんなに、ほんとに読んだのね。美味しいお茶とおやつ、かたわらには猫......今日もゆるゆるページをひらく。「読書と暮らし」のあれこれを軽やかにつづった話題のエッセイ集が待望の文庫化。新章「それからの日々」も収録した完全版！

「我武者羅」よりも、「１人１人が考える」チームへ――。学歴も人脈もナシ！「野球に力を入れるつもりなら、あなたのような無名な人を呼ばない」とまで言われた無名の監督が、「思考と言語化」で、ゼロから強いチームを作り上げた！

In Murder in Manchuria, Scott D. Seligman explores an unsolved murder set amid the chaos that reigned in China in the run-up to World War II. The story unfolds against the backdrop of a three-country struggle for control of Manchuria—an area some called China's "Wild East"—and an explosive mixture of nationalities, religions, and ideologies. Semyon Kaspe, a young Jewish musician, is kidnapped, tortured, and ultimately murdered by disaffected, antisemitic White Russians, secretly acting on the orders of Japanese military overlords who covet his father's wealth.

In the late 19th century, after Japan was restored to imperial rule, the samurais were no longer the seat of power. The families who were impacted by this shift lost wealth and power. Etsu Inagaki Sugimoto was the daughter of one such samurai, and had begun her life on a track to become a Buddhist priestess. But as the family lost their position in society, her path changed, and she was eventually sent to the United States to be in an arranged marriage to an American man. A Daughter of the Samurai is her personal memoir.

「新宿鮫」シリーズで知られるベストセラー作家の大沢在昌さん。デビュー以来、10年以上もヒット作に恵まれず、苦悩の日々を送りました。大沢さんが作家をめざしたきっかけとは?ハードボイルドというジャンルが女性に受け入れられにくく、誤解されやすいのはなぜか?そして、大沢さんが考える「新しいハードボイルド小説」とは?「NHKラジオ深夜便」(2012年7月15日放送)を再編集してオーディオブック化しました。聞き手:柴田祐規子アナウンサー

『美ST』連載が待望の書籍化！　“効かせ甲斐のあるお年頃”を迎えて改めて考える、美の楽しみ方と向き合い方とは。「どうせ生きるなら、好きな自分で生きていきたい」「誰に遠慮する人生じゃなし、自分のための

Hiroaki "Rocky" Aoki was a man who succeeded in everything he pursued. From wrestling, ballooning, underwater exploration, and car and boat racing to founding Benihana, Rocky's passion for life infected all around him and accelerated the exchange of Japanese culture and cuisine with America. Rocky's rags to riches story, from dishwasher and busboy to owner of a multi-million-dollar restaurant empire, is an American dream realized unlike any other.