Japanese Government

In Special Duty, Richard J. Samuels dissects the fascinating history of the intelligence community in Japan. Looking at the impact of shifts in the strategic environment, technological change, and past failures, he probes the reasons why Japan has endured such a roller-coaster ride when it comes to intelligence gathering and analysis, and concludes that the ups and downs of the past century - combined with growing uncertainties in the regional security environment - have convinced Japanese leaders of the critical importance of striking balance between power and insight.

In this groundbreaking biography of the Japanese emperor Hirohito, Herbert P. Bix offers the first complete, unvarnished look at the enigmatic leader whose 63-year reign ushered Japan into the modern world. Never before has the full life of this controversial figure been revealed with such clarity and vividness. Bix describes what it was like to be trained from birth for a lone position at the apex of the nation's political hierarchy and as a revered symbol of divine status.

Some of the cruelest deeds of Japan's war in Asia did not occur on the battlefield, but in quiet, antiseptic medical wards in obscure parts of China. Far from front lines and prying eyes, Japanese doctors and their assistants subjected human guinea pigs to gruesome medical experiments in the name of science and Japan's wartime chemical and biological warfare research. Author Hal Gold draws upon a wealth of sources to construct a portrait of the Imperial Japanese Army's most notorious medical unit, giving an overview of its history and detailing its most shocking activities.

China and Japan have cultural and political connections that stretch back 1,500 years. But today, their relationship is strained. China's military buildup deeply worries Japan, while Japan's brutal occupation of China in World War II remains an open wound. In recent years, less than 10 percent of each population had positive feelings toward the other, and both countries insist that the other side must deal openly with its history before relations can improve. Ezra Vogel's China and Japan examines key turning points in Sino-Japanese history.

In the weeks after Japan finally surrendered to the Allies to end World War II, the world turned to the question of how to move on from years of carnage and destruction. For Harry Truman, Douglas MacArthur, Chiang Kai-shek, and their fellow victors, the question of justice seemed clear: Japan’s militaristic leaders needed to be tried and punished for the surprise attack at Pearl Harbor; shocking atrocities against civilians in China, the Philippines, and elsewhere; and rampant abuses of prisoners of war in notorious incidents such as the Bataan death march.

On a clear spring day in 1995, five members of a religious cult unleashed poison gas on the Tokyo subway system. In attempt to discover why, Haruki Murakmi talks to the people who lived through the catastrophe, and in so doing lays bare the Japanese psyche. As he discerns the fundamental issues that led to the attack, Murakami paints a clear vision of an event that could occur anytime, anywhere.

暴風雨、高潮、干魃、感染症の拡大.......気候大災害が今世紀中に奪う命の数は、COVID-19の5倍にものぼる。人命を奪い、経済を後退させる気候の惨劇を避けるためになにができるのか。

「この工場が死んだら、日本の出版は終わる……」 絶望的状況から、奇跡の復興を果たした職人たちの知られざる闘い 「8号(出版用紙を製造する巨大マシン)が止まるときは、この国の出版が倒れる時です」

How to Turn Your Garden Japanese - 11 Simple & Easy Ways to Do It is a book that has been specifically written to provide knowledge, inspiration and practical ideas and tips for turning your garden Japanese.

中国・武漢で新型コロナウイルスによる死者が出始めた頃、米政権は「何も心配いらない」と言いきった。しかし一部の科学者は危機を察知し、独自に動き出していた――

「資本」や「資本主義」という言葉を
使わずに経済を語ったら、
とんでもなく本質がわかるようになった!

政府は通貨の発行体であり、無限の支出能力を持つ。緊縮なんてもってのほか、国民の幸福のための財政出動を！

〔転売屋は社会に役立つ〕ヤク中、ダフ屋、売春婦、悪徳警官……「不道徳」な人々を憎悪し、袋叩きにする現代社会。

戦後の怪事件にメスを入れた不朽の名作　権力の圧力で真実解明を妨害された怪事件の封印を解いた衝撃の大作。

Kuni offers a unique model for the revitalization of rural and deindustrialized lands and communities—and shares lessons in citizen-led regeneration for all of us, regardless of where we live. “Kuni” is both a reimagining of the Japanese word for nation and an approach to reviving communities. It shows what happens when dedicated people band together and invest their hearts, minds, and souls back into a community, modeling a new way of living that actually works.

Euphemistically labeled as the "Water Supply and Prophylaxis Administration" and "HippoEpizootic Administration" of the Imperial Japanese Army, Unit 731 and Unit 100, as well as their subsidiary branches, performed human experimentation on the innocents under the leadership of Dr. Ishii Shiro. Although the exact number of victims is unclear since the Japanese destroyed most of the evidence at the end of the war, but it ranged from 3,000-250,000 innocent men, women, and children.

戦後日本で起きた怪事件の背後に何が存在したのか。米国・GHQの恐るべき謀略に肉薄した昭和史に残る名作の続編。戦後の混乱を生々しく伝え、今日の日本を考える貴重な資料である。

世界を本当に動かしているのは誰なのか。人類は地球では暮らせなくなるのだろうか。格差社会と富の偏重は不可避なのか･･･

私たちはどこにいるのか。そして、どう生きるべきか――。

必見！日本の未来は「米百俵の精神」長岡市にあり。長岡で「当たり前」としていた価値観は、現代日本で最も大切な心の財産とこれからを生き抜く武器だった！