This book by Japanese historian Ryuji Hattori is all the more interesting due to his deep knowledge of the key players and essential declassified documents.
An ardent fan of Western rock music and the golden era of album rock the author is sometimes at odds with his sensitivities to gender, race...
A comprehensive must-read for a deep and accurate understanding of Japanese foreign relations, written by distinguished historian Sumio Hatano.
This is an impressive book for those interested in World War II and strategic decision making, especially in the context of current events in the South...
This charming book delves into Japanese culture through the lives of the characters who inhabit the island and their nearly one hundred years of recollections.
This book is not only about war, the US military, and the Chaplain Corps. Religion, faith, and humanity are themes deeply running through the pages.
The deplorable attack on Rushdie is reminiscent of the fatal stabbing of Igarashi, the first translator to bring out his most famous book into Japanese.
“Even if it seems that society never changes, it does transform anyway. And if we turn back, we can see how things are different now from...
What is necessary for the modern age and the future is to look not for the material, but for something immaterial that “resonates in people's hearts.”
The Akutagawa Prize for up-and-coming authors was noteworthy this year due to the fact that all the nominees were women for the first time since 1935.
The story of a Japanese soldier who refused to accept that World War II was over, it is the famed filmmaker’s first novel, and as idiosyncratic...
Skillfully translated by Graham B Leonard, the author takes an historical journey into the regional vision of postwar Prime Minister Masayoshi Ohira.
