The West gave him what? Stalin got armies and technology out of the war, and more than his fair share of the loot, including POWs and...
A revealing look at cultural, national, and international obstacles facing Japan-Korea relations and the attempts to bring home North Korea’s Japanese abductees.
Using comic book style, the authors carry readers through a gripping episode in the WWII battle of Leyte, the largest sea battle in human history, viewed...
Luckily, book lovers in Tokyo have plenty of options whether you’re looking for something specific or you just want a browse with coffee.
In our first book review of the New Year, explore the meaning of humanity in the multi-generational story of a Japanese soldier and American POW who...
Separating fact from hype, the review takes a deeper look at how Japan has treated infectious disease patients over the years, and how this relates to...
To Chinese strategists, media warfare (and the broader Political Warfare effort of which media warfare is part) is just as important as building the People’s Liberation...
Right premise, wrong approach: Ching returns to his theme of wanting to decenter the nation-state in East Asia and find a new solution to the “anti-Japanism”...
Especially during the COVID-19 pandemic, "It is convenient to borrow books without visiting the library so e-books are becoming more popular,” said Chiyoda Public Library’s public...
Whiting has known baseball stars, wrestlers, politicians, media moguls, mafiosi, con artists, journalists, and countless average Japanese people. He writes about them all with the immediacy...
Playfully urging the reader to imagine themselves in a time machine high high off the ground, the author introduces the serious developments of Japanese culture and...
Harris should have attempted to understand the history of Japan’s wartime past without applying the easy filter of the DC-Tokyo establishment line.