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A selection of some of the best plays of Chikamatsu, one of the greatest Japanese dramatists.

An account of the disaster told by a survivor.

Helps to understand the mental and spiritual world of Japan.

Intends to protest against an idea that the Japanese language was very imperfect, and therefore it should be exterminated. This title also intends to give a general idea of the Japanese language as it is spoken.

Focusing on the four main phases of modernizing and modernized Japan beginning in the nineteenth century and continuing to postmodern society, this work shows that the processes of modernization brought a coexistence of generational variation imbued with tensions, conflicts and synergies.

Making use of general theories from the disciplines of anthropology, linguistics, media studies and semiotics, this book attempts to demystify Japanese culture as it has been hitherto presented in the West, and shows how such cultural forms as 'noodle westerns' and high-school baseball uphold the well-known ideologies of 'selflessness'.

Discusses what happens when that culture is threatened. This title addresses the wider political and so-called 'environmental' issues surrounding whaling in general, and Japanese whaling in particular.

Discusses the financial crisis of 1927, hostilities with China and in particular Manchuria, Japan's booming manufacturing industry, Japanese nationalism, Japan's empire and its place within the Far East and East Asia.

Shingu, on the northern shores of Kyushu is a suburb of Fukuoka City. Fishing is a slowly-dying occupation. This volume analyses how the fishermen adjust to changing circumstances.

Examines the history, economy, politics and society of Japan from just before the First World War until 1926.

Based upon personal observations and recollections of the author extending over six different periods of residence in Japan between 1859 and 1877, this title examines how the focus of the West towards Japan changed, as Japan became a dominant force in the political arena of the Far East when it freed itself of Chinese rule.

An analysis of popular culture in the post-war years that studies the intellectual and social history of modern Japan.

Contains eighteen studies on various important phases of Japan's invasion of China.

Argues that contemporary forces within Japan were combining to create a strong movement for revision of the constitution and for the acquisition of nuclear weapons by renewed and powerful military establishment.

A study that describes the British government's policy towards China during the first phases of the undeclared Sino-Japanese war, starting in July 1937 and ending in September 1939 when the outbreak of the war over Poland forced the British government to turn almost all its attention to Europe.

Looks at what the purpose and method of advanced Japanese studies should be. The author discusses areas of controversy in interpretation which arise when a comparative method is used and Japanese history is examined in correlation with world history.

Covers the metamorphosis from Japan's image of a feudal, exotic and romantic land inhabited by Madam Butterflies, to its sudden emergence as a geopolitical power following its defeat of Russia in 1905.

Presents an account of the author's travels during 1912-13, focusing on the characteristics of Indian, Chinese and Japanese societies and the effect upon them of contact with the West.

Describes the problems and phenomena which have been created by the attempt of the Japanese to graft the political, economic and educational institutions of the West on to their Oriental social organization. This book deals with the influence of the West on the different phases of the national life, and the attitude of the Japanese to Europe.

As well as exploring issues relating to advertising, tourism, women, festivals and the art world, the book depicts how the study of Japanese society contributes to anthropological theory and understanding. The editors use the term `unwrapping¿ to provide insights into Japanese culture and relate these insights to broader problems and questions prevalent in contemporary anthropological discourse. The issues explored include the contribution of applied anthropology to theory; the relationship between tourism and nostalgia; the interplay of marginality and belonging; the role of advertising in gender relations; status in the art world and the place of Japanese genres of writing within anthropology texts.

This volume collects eleven essays written by Japanese experts on various aspects of Japanese business management and is a sequel to the volume Industry and Business in Japan. It examines the mechanisms for Japan¿s phenomenal economic growth since the Second World War by analyzing Japanese management, business groups, production systems and business strategy.

This volume analyzes Japan's industrial organization both from a historical perspective and by looking in details at specific industries such as iron, steel and the automotive industry. Big business, business groups and industrial policy are also discussed. The volume also provides a survey of the literature in Japanese which will help the reader in search of original sources.

Global Japanziation? Brings together research from North America, Japan, Europe and Latin America to analyse the influence of Japanese manufacturing investment and Japanese working practices across the global economy.

An account of rural and agricultural life in Japan in the early 1900s. It also provides information about farming, courtship, marriage, child-rearing, health care, folk religion and funeral customs in the late Meiji era, when Japan's transformation from an agrarian to an industrial society was in its initial phase.

Collects essays written by Japanese experts on various aspects of Japanese business management. This book examines the mechanisms for Japan's phenomenal economic growth since the Second World War by analyzing Japanese management, business groups, production systems and business strategy.

Explores the various avenues of economic co-operation that have developed between Japan and the Gulf States both in energy and other areas. This book considers the measures that have been taken to protect the security of oil supply. It reports Japan's co-operation in the development of the petroleum industry in the Arab Gulf States.