Japanese Women

From the unique standpoint of an American woman who married into a Japanese family and has lived in Japan for more than 30 years, Rebecca Otowa weaves enchanting tales of her adopted home that portray the perspective of both the Japanese and the foreigner on the universal issues that face us all - love, work, marriage, death, and family conflict.

Kiyo's father arrived in California determined to plant his roots in the land of opportunity after leaving Japan. He, his wife, and their nine American-born children labored in the fields together, building a successful farm. Yet at the outbreak of World War II, Kiyo's family was ordered to Poston Internment Camp. This memoir tells the story of the family's struggle to endure in these harsh conditions and to rebuild their lives afterward in the face of lingering prejudice.

A ghostly visit from her former landlady draws Emma away from sleepy little Hillbilly Hollow to investigate a murder in the big city. But what seems like a straightforward case soon becomes entangled with an event from Emma's past and a personal quest for justice. With the attractive but bungling Sheriff Tucker at her side, will Emma be tempted by the chance to avenge an old wrong?

Bridget Jones meets James Bond! What happens when you stumble in the arms of a gorgeous man with DANGER! written all over? Especially, when you're stuck in your worst magical eclipse? FREE on Kindle Unlimited! I’m Sophie Rowling. I used to be a world-renowned violinist, until my world was turned upside down. Following a freak accident in Paris, I can’t remember how to play the violin anymore. To make matters worse, I’m supposed to perform for my childhood teacher’s retirement party, which is just weeks away. Usually I would turn to my BFFs, Jackie the ghost and Allegra the violin ...

Billionaire, Tony Black is used to dealing with Asian businesses, and what is supposed to be a standard business meeting with a private Japanese corporation, is turned on its head when the owner offers his daughter, Airi Satō, hand in marriage in exchange for a loan. Surprised by his offer, Tony refuses, only to be seduced by the Japanese businessman’s beautiful daughter, Airi, herself! Will he take the deal of a lifetime? The Japanese Business Deal is an AWBM interracial short erotic romance. It is 3,900 words long and for mature readers only.

A woman emerges from the destruction caused by World War II with the intention of facing a project of her own. This novel, which includes numerous historical facts, consists of the account of the first years of her enterprise and the stories of those who were directly or indirectly linked to it. Through their experiences we obtain a fresco of the changes that Japan went through from the 1920s to 1949, before, during and after the war. The story has an intimate character that emphasizes psychological processes and affective relationships, linking them to political, economic and social events...

Black Passenger, Yellow Cabs: A Memoir Of Exile and Excess In Japan, provides a gritty, explicit rendering of a life ravaged by sexual addiction in a land little known for such wanton exploits. Born in the Caribbean, Stefhen F.D. Bryan describes in frank detail an abusive childhood from which he emerged with an obsessive lust that would plague him for nearly 40 years. Bryan immigrated to Japan solely to indulge his extreme fixation on East and Southeast Asian women. But rather than merely penning a series of sexual conquests, he interweaves his story with extensive research on the sociology...

Locked up in The Hospital Nephritis confined me in the hospital during the summer break when I was in the fourth grade living in Kyoto, Japan. Although I didn’t feel so sick, the doctor ordered me to be inactive all the time. Inside a six-bed pediatric ward and a hallway between the nurse station and the hospital kitchen was the allowed portion for me to move around. When I needed to go beyond it, a nurse put me in a wheelchair. Within a couple of days, I thought I would be bored to death, not from nephritis. I walked back and forth along my restricted stretch on the hallway many times a ...

The Block Manager is the gripping memoir of Janet, an American-born child of Japanese immigrants. After the attack on Pearl Harbor, Janet's life in California was uprooted when thousands of Japanese Americans on the West Coast - including Janet's family - were forced into internment camps. Because of her brilliant command of English and Japanese, she was assigned the job of block manager. Janet was shuffled between three camps, got married, and had a child while the war raged on.

The year is 1903, and tenacious and spirited Aoi Ichi is sold to the most exclusive brothel in Kumamoto, Japan, becoming the protégée of Shinonome, the oiran, or the highest-ranking courtesan. Through Shinonome's teachings, fifteen-year-old Ichi begins to understand the intertwined power of sex and money. Education for a courtesan extends beyond the art of seduction, and as Ichi is taught to read and write she develops a voice that refuses to be dampened by the brothel's rigid hierarchy.

Asian massages can turn very intimate. Hot Korean Girl's First Time Min is a head-turning Korean beauty, Asian perfection: long legs, flat stomach, and stunningly beautiful face framed by her long black hair. She works in a massage parlor in San Francisco to get back at her ex-boyfriend in Korea, but also to try to meet an American man who truly loves her. At first, Min is shy about performing special services, but Ted, a handsome alpha lawyer, takes Min for an hour of passion. Sexy Thai Girl and Virgin Nerd Jamie is an 18-year-old virgin who needs a first experience with a woman as he ...

K.I. Peeler has traveled to 80 countries as both a tourist with a group tour and as a traveler on her own. Pantyless in Scandinavia And Other Escapades of World Travel is a collection of 6 interesting and eye-opening stories of her world travels. The Introduction briefly explains the world of international travel and its significance. The author provides her readers with the answers to the question, "Why is traveling abroad so exciting?" Chapter One "Nice to Meet You, El Presidente" is a story about K.I. Peeler's "chance meeting" with the president of Paraguay in Asuncion. This story ...

The Dilemmas of Working Women is Fumio Yamamoto’s darkly witty look at modern Japanese women who are ambivalent about their lives and jobs. In “Naked,” a woman who’s simultaneously lost her business and her husband finds that it is surprisingly comfortable to stay at home sewing stuffed animals, even if it makes her a “loser” in the eyes of society. In “Planarian,” a young woman recovering from breast cancer tells her friends and boyfriend that she would prefer to be the titular worm to organically regenerate her body.

Akiko "Jane" Thompson, a half-Japanese, half-Caucasian woman in her mid-30s, is attempting to forge a quietly happy life in the Bay Area with her fiance, Shiro. But after a bizarre car accident, things begin to unravel. An intruder ransacks their apartment but takes nothing, leaving behind only cryptic traces of his or her presence. Shiro, obsessed with government surveillance, risks their security in a plot to expose the misdeeds of his employer, the TSA. Jane's mother has seemingly disappeared, her existence only apparent online.

Nikko: As the “Handler” my duty was to protect, not fall for the captives. Margo shattered those rules. Now, she’s trapped in my world of carnal iniquity, her horror-stricken eyes haunting me. My first assignment since disgracing the Yakuza-either a test or punishment. Margo’s sorrow awakened sentiments thought long dead and buried. I never expected to be uncontrollably enamored by her. Extracting her would ensure certain death, but her enchantment compelled me to undertake this hazardous mission. Risk it all to escape this hell and the darkness within myself. Saving her might be my...

"I just killed him...I just saved the world." Elizabeth Wayne escapes Ohio’s gray fog for Tokyo’s neon haze, hoping to outrun chronic depression and reinvent herself. As an English teacher, she treads polite classrooms by day. By night, she’s entangled in a CIA–North Korea conspiracy to silence a global pop icon. Racing Shinjuku’s shadowed backstreets, Elizabeth uncovers phantom footsteps, whispered voices, and memories bleeding into waking nightmares. Fusing mind‑bending suspense, unconventional plot twists, and a vibrant Japan setting, TALKING CURE delivers razor‑sharp ...

“Your husband is a landowner,” they told her. “Food and clothing is so plentiful, it grows on trees.” “You will be able to go to school.” Of the three lies the matchmaker told Willow before she left home as a picture bride in 1918, the third hurt the most. Never one to be deterred, Willow does all that she can to make the best of her unexpected circumstance. But it isn't long before her dreams for this new life are shattered.

ハーバード大学医学部准教授による現代社会への処方箋　恐れず変化の種をまくために。

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Spring 1939 - Dashing young William Burton and the beautiful Constance Han set sail from London on the same ocean liner to Hong Kong. Connie is intrigued by Will’s talent for writing poetry, and as romance blossoms she offers to give him Cantonese lessons to help him with his new job — a cadet in the colonial service. But once in Hong Kong, Connie is constrained by filial duty towards her Eurasian parents, and their wish for her to marry someone from her own background.