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ART, ARCHITECTURE, DESIGNThe Art of Emptiness

The Book of Urushi

by Sakaida Kakiemon XIV

Japanese Lacquerware from a Masterby Matsuda Gonroku

For several hundred years, Japanese porcelain has been highly
acclaimed and sought after around the world. Sophisticatedporcelain ware has long been produced in the Arita area of Kyushu
and artisans from the Kakiemon family have gained particularrenown for their skill in enamels and their artistic designs. Now, forthe first time, the techniques and traditions behind the creation of
their ceramic works are disclosed through the words of the late
Kakiemon XIV.

Urushi, Japanese lacquerware, is perhaps the oldest and mostsublime of all the Japanese arts and crafts. Its history goes backmore than 7,000 years, and it is still vibrantly alive today. The
present book, written more than fifty years ago by the Living
National Treasure Matsuda Gonroku, has long been a must-readfor collectors, researchers, and laypeople. It is the “bible” of urushi,
covering every conceivable aspect of the subject.

———translated by Gavin Frew
ISBN 9784866580630 | ¥3,900 + tax
hardcover | 208 pp. | 2019———supervised by Murose Kazumi
translated by Michael Brase & Komada Makiko
ISBN 9784866580609 | ¥3,700 + tax
hardcover | 256 pp. | 2019＊＊＊Japanese edition in 2004 by Shūeisha＊＊＊

Japanese edition in 2001 by Iwanami Shoten

The Building of Horyu-ji

Contemporary Japanese Architects

The Technique and Wood that Made It Possible
by Nishioka Tsunekazu and Kohara Jiro

Profiles in Design
by Igarashi Taro

Nishioka Tsunekazu, the master carpenter who undertook the
repair of this monumental structure in the mid-20th century,
shares the insights and knowledge he gained from that experiencealongside commentary and scientific experiments by Kohara Jiro,
bringing into sharp view Horyu-ji’s long-concealed mysteries andsecrets.

Architects play an essential role in contemporary society, helping toshape the environment in which we live and work. Award-winningarchitectural historian and critic Igarashi Taro presents the work ofarchitects from the postwar generation to the generation that hascome to the fore since the beginning of the twenty-first century.
———translated by David Noble
ISBN 9784866580210 | ¥2,800 + tax
hardcover | 304 pp. | 2018———translated by Michael Brase
ISBN 9784866581439 | ¥2,800 + tax
softcover | 236 pp. | 2020＊＊＊

Japanese edition in 2011 by Kawade Shobō Shinsha＊＊＊

Japanese edition in 1978 by NHK Shuppan

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ART, ARCHITECTURE, DESIGNJapanese Art in Perspective

The Japanese Sense of Beauty

East-West Encounters
by Takashina Shūji

by Takashina Shūji

How do Japanese and Western aesthetics differ? In thiscomparative cultural study, Takashina Shūji, a leading scholar ofWestern art history and insightful commentator on Japanese art,
compares the two artistic traditions to reveal the distinctive
characteristics of the Japanese sense of beauty. Japanese Art in
Perspective is a guide not only to the art of Japan but to theessence of its spiritual culture.

Art critic and historian Takashina Shūji reflects on the aesthetic
and philosophical sensibilities underlying Japanese art throughout
its history, from the earliest calligraphy and painted screens to thework of modern masters. He explores themes such as therelationship between subjective perspective and “flat" composition
and the playful intermingling of word and image throughout theplastic arts of Japan while also offering fresh critical perspectives on
many individual artists.

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translated by Matt TreyvaudISBN 9784866581804 | ¥2,400 + tax
hardcover | 200 pp. | 2021———
translated by Matt TreyvaudISBN 9784866580203 | ¥2,700 + tax
hardcover | 256 pp. | 2018
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Japanese edition in 2015 by Chikuma Shobō

Japanese edition in 2009 by Iwanami Shoten

The Kidai Shōran Scroll

Mixing Work with Pleasure

Tokyo Street Life in the Edo Periodby Ozawa Hiromu and Kobayashi Tadashi

My Life at Studio Ghibli
by Suzuki Toshio

The Kidai Shōran is a magnificent painted scroll depicting one of
Edo’s most iconic streets at the beginning of the nineteenth
century. It covers five blocks of the main thoroughfare leading
south from the Imagawabashi Bridge to the bridge at Nihonbashi,presenting an almost cinematic look at urban life during the Edo
period. It portrays over 1,600 people from every walk of society.
Expert commentary and knowledgeable analysis by the authors
bring the details to life in this exceptional book.

This is the behind-the-scenes story of Studio Ghibli following its
founding in 1985 as told by Suzuki Toshio, acclaimed producer ofbox-office hits Princess Mononoke, Spirited Away, and others.
Based on his innate inquisitive nature and the accumulatedresources of thirty years, Suzuki has recounted in this book thestory not only of directors Miyazaki Hayo and Takahata Isao but
also the other figures working at Studio Ghibli or in connection
with it. It is a fascinating tale, told with penetrating insight andheartwarming humor.

———translated by Juliet Winters CarpenterISBN 9784866581323 | ¥3,500 + tax
hardcover | 108 pp. | 2020———
translated by Roger SpearesISBN 9784866580227 | ¥2,500 + tax
hardcover | 238 pp. | 2018＊＊＊

Japanese edition in 2006 by Shōgakukan＊＊＊

Japanese edition in 2014 by Iwanami Shoten

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ART, ARCHITECTURE, DESIGNTranslation
Prize

Translation
Prize

The Music of Color

Soetsu Yanagi

by Shimura Fukumi, photographs by Inoue Takao

Selected Essays on Japanese Folk Crafts
by Yanagi Soetsu

Living National Treasure Shimura Fukumi is well known in Japanfor her essays on color, nature, and the work of weaving and dyeing.
This book collects Shimura’s most insightful writing together with
Takao Inoue’s stunning photographs of her art and the natural
world that inspires it. Offering new perspectives on contemporary
textiles, Japanese folk craft traditions, or how Japanese artists
engage with the four seasons, these gemlike essays and translucent
photographs of The Music of Color will linger with the reader longafter the book itself is over. ＊Winner of the 2019–20 Lindsley andMasao Miyoshi Translation Prize

Yanagi Soetsu passionately expounds his philosophy of folk crafts
in 16 essays along with 64 full-color pages devoted to textiles,
ceramics, wood and lacquer, metal, sculpture, and pictorial art.
From subtropical Okinawa to the northern snow-laden extremes of
Hokkaido, this book provides incisive insight into the world ofJapanese handicrafts. ＊ Winner of the 2018–19 Lindsley andMasao Miyoshi Translation Prize ＊Spanish edition publishedfrom present English edition———translated by Michael Brase
ISBN 9784866581453 | ¥3,500 + tax
softcover | 246 pp. | 2020———
translated by Matt TreyvaudISBN 9784866580616 | ¥3,700 + tax
softcover | 176 pp. | 2019＊＊＊

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Japanese edition in 1998 by Chikuma Shobō

The World of Ito Jakuchu
Classical Japanese Painter of All Things Great and Small in
Natureby Sato Yasuhiro
Jakuchū was an eighteenth-century self-educated artist who studied
the then predominant Kanō style, as well as old Chinese classics.
He began to sketch nature after studying the paintings of the Qing
dynasty, eventually establishing his own richly colored style ofpainting to portray the plants and animals of the natural world.
This book includes full-color illustrations of his Plants and Animals
in Color along with other important paintings, accompanied bycommentary from a variety of perspectives.
———translated by Michael Brase
ISBN 9784866581354 | ¥4,200 + tax
hardcover | 168 pp. | 2020＊＊＊

Japanese edition in 2011 by Tōkyō Bijutsu

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The People and Culture of Japan

Edo Japan Encounters the World

Conversations Between Donald Keene and Shiba Ryotaro
by Donald Keene and Shiba Ryotaro

Conversations Between Donald Keene and Shiba Ryotaro
by Donald Keene and Shiba Ryotaro

Donald Keene, a preeminent scholar of Japanese literature, andShiba Ryotaro, the author who continued to contemplate thehuman condition through his original and distinctive lens of history,
engage in a passionate discussion of their first-hand impressions
and observations of Japanese culture.

Literary scholar Donald Keene and historical novelist Shiba
Ryotaro probe the cultural riches and pitfalls of the long, peacefulstretch of Japanese history known as the Edo period with incisivecommentary that experts and amateur history fans alike will enjoy.
———translated by Tony Gonzalez(left) ISBN 9784866580487 | ¥2,400 + tax
softcover | 174 pp. | 2018(right) ISBN 9784866580180 | ¥2,600 + tax
hardcover | 140 pp. | 2018＊＊＊

Japanese editions in 2013 by ShinchōshaEvery Day a Good Day

Flowers, Birds, Wind, and Moon

Fifteen lessons I learned about happiness from Japanese tea
cultureby Morishita Noriko

The Phenomenology of Nature in Japanese Culture
by Matsuoka Seigo
This book explores the association of Japanese culture and natureusing ten motifs as lenses on aspects of Japanese culture. It
examines how Japanese concepts of time, interval, and otherness
overlap with how quantum physics and relativity theory grapple
with issues of uncertainty, indeterminacy, and ambiguity;
proposing that nature and seasonal change function as a system ofrecombinant codes for expressing Japanese sensibilities and serve
as motifs in the creative arts which shape Japanese life and thought.

Reporter and essayist Morishita Noriko reflects on twenty-fiveyears of studying the Japanese Way of Tea, from her first uncertain
steps to her gradual discovery of freedom within the very rules thatonce seemed to hold her back. Humor and heartbreak, despair anddetermination—Morishita vividly connects the Way of Tea to thefull span of human experience, culminating in the exhilaration ofrealizing “I’m alive, right now!”＊Spanish, Polish, and Portuguese
editions published from present English edition———translated by David Noble
ISBN 9784866581392 | ¥3,400 + tax
hardcover | 320 pp. | 2020———
translated by Eleanor GoldsmithISBN 9784866581828 | ¥2,100 + tax
softcover | 192 pp. | 2019＊＊＊Japanese edition in 2004 by Chūōkōron Shinsha＊＊＊

Japanese edition in 2008 by Shinchōsha

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An Introduction to Yōkai Culture

The Japanese Linguistic Landscape

Monsters, Ghosts, and Outsiders in Japanese History
by Komatsu Kazuhiko

Reflections on Quintessential Words
by Nakanishi Susumu, photographs by Nakanishi Kimiko

Tsukimono spirit possessions. Fearsome kappa, oni, and tengu.
Yamauba crones. Ghostly yūrei. Otherworldy ijin...Where did they

Beautiful words have an ageless quality, regardless of when theyfirst appeared in a language. This book introduces a balanced mixof new and old words that reflect the singular beauty of theJapanese language. Only by submerging ourselves in a language
can we perceive its splendid subtleties and appreciate its true
beauty. This book offers readers an opportunity to delve into thenuances of Japanese, explore the language’s history, and savor its
unique beauty.

come from? Why do they remain so popular? Komatsu Kazuhiko,
Japan’s premier yōkai scholar, provides insightful and criticalperspectives to render this fascinating side of Japanese culture
more accessible to English speakers than ever before with over 40
color pictures!
———translated by Hiroko Yoda & Matt Alt
ISBN 9784866580494 | ¥2,700 + tax
softcover | 196 pp. | 2018———translated by Ryan Shaldjian Morrison
ISBN 9784866580685 | ¥3,800 + tax
hardcover | 304 pp. | 2019＊＊＊Japanese edition in 2012 by KADOKAWA＊＊＊

Japanese edition in 2008 by Tankōsha, incl. additional published essays

Kabuki, a Mirror of Japan

Making Xavier’s Dream RealTen Plays That Offer a Glimpse into Evolving Sensibilities
by Matsui Kesako

Vernacular Writings of Catholic Missionaries in Modern
Japan
by Nanyan Guo

Matsui Kesako's keen insights, encyclopedic knowledge, and easy
writing style bring this centuries-old theatrical tradition to life,
rendering it readily accessible to those who may have no priorknowledge of the subject. Starting with Danjūrō I’s Shibaraku,
which dates to the late seventeenth century, Matsui artfully traces
the origins and evolution of many of kabuki’s defining
characteristics while linking them to larger patterns of culturaldevelopment in Japanese society.

This book reveals how St. Francis Xavier’s (1506–52) dream ofevangelizing Japan was realized by four Catholic missionaries who
lived in Japan and published in Japanese for the populace: Aimé
Villion (1843–1932), Sauveur Candau (1897–1955), Hermann
Heuvers (1890–1977), and Georges Neyrand (1920–2011). The
writings of these missionaries enhances our understanding of the
five-centuries-long dialogue between Europe and Japan, enabling
us to recognize and appreciate the important role Christianity has
played in shaping today’s Japanese culture.

———translated by David Crandall
ISBN 9784866581446 | ¥2,800 + tax
softcover | 256 pp. | 2019———
ISBN 9784866581347 | ¥3,000 + tax
hardcover | 232 pp. | 2020＊＊＊

Japanese edition in 2010 by NHK Shuppan＊＊＊

Japanese edition in 2018 by Heibonsha

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Noh as Living Art

Remnants of Days Past

Inside Japan’s Oldest Theatrical Tradition
by Yasuda Noboru

A Journey through Old Japan
by Watanabe Kyoji

Noh is recognized as one of the oldest and greatest theatrical
traditions in the world. What accounts for noh’s enduring vitality?
What does this austerely beautiful, understated art form have tooffer a digitalized society awash in instant entertainment? Nohactor Yasuda Noboru answers these and other questions in thisuniquely personal and accessible introduction to noh as living art.

Remnants of Days Past is an epic journey into the age of Tokugawa
rule and the Edo period, when the civilization of “Old Japan” wasstill visible before it ceased to exist with the advent ofmodernization. It draws on works written by foreign observers inJapan from the late Edo period to the early Meiji, and includes such
topics as social class, views of women and children, attitudes
towards sex, labor and the body, religious beliefs, and the uniquecosmology behind this civilization.

———translated by Kawamoto Nozomu
ISBN 9784866581781 | ¥2,200 + tax
hardcover | 120 pp. | 2021———
translated by Joseph LitschISBN 9784866581408 | ¥3,800 + tax
hardcover | 472 pp. | 2020＊＊＊

Japanese edition in 2017 by Shinchōsha＊＊＊

Japanese edition in 2005 by Heibonsha

Traditional Cuisine of the Ryukyu Islands

Unsung Heroes of Old JapanA History of Health and Healingby Takagi Rin

by Isoda Michifumi
Three tales of three historical figures from the Edo period (1603–
1868) who represent lives based in humility and kindness, creatinga legacy for all members of today’s global society. Merchant
Kokudaya Jūzaburō comes up with a brilliant scheme to rescue his
dying town from poverty. Prodigious scholar and former Zen monk
Nakane Tōri refuses a government post and elects to live in abject
poverty, weaving sandals. Ōtagaki Rengetsu, a noted beauty in
Kyoto, loses two husbands and five children. She becomes a
Buddhist nun and devotes her life to poetry and pottery.

This modern version of the Gozen honzo, a nineteenth-century
guidebook on diet therapy written in 1832 by Tokashiki Pechin
Tsukan, chief physician to the king of the Ryukyu Kingdom, willlead you to understand that the Okinawan saying “food is
kusuimun (medicine)” is truly so. It covers 60 traditional Ryukyu
foodstuffs from grains and vegetables to meat and fish, explains
their medicinal effects, required preparation, and effective
combinations. Seventy recipes from the original text reproduce thevarious delicacies that are the foundation of Okinawan cuisine.

———translated by Juliet Winters CarpenterISBN 9784916055767 | ¥3,200 + tax
hardcover | 208 pp. | 2017———translated by Enda Kazuko & Deborah Iwabuchi
ISBN 9784866581316 | ¥3,000 + tax
hardcover | 144 pp. | 2020＊＊＊

Japanese edition in 2015 by Bungeishunjū＊＊＊

Japanese edition in 2009 by Shinchōsha

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Wasan, the Fascination of Traditional Japanese

Well-Versed

Mathematics

Exploring Modern Japanese Haiku
by Ozawa Minoru, photographs by Maeda Shinzō and Akira

by Sakurai Susumu

From turn-of-the-century masters to poets of today, 300 of Japan’s
best modern haiku are introduced by a leading contemporary haiku
poet and critic. Each of the poems, many of them scarcely known,
are sensitively discussed together with the background of the poem
and the relations between the poets. The book also features
beautiful seasonal photographs at the beginning of each chapter,and 20 haiku by the author.

This book explores the beauty and fascination surrounding wasan—a unique form of Japanese mathematics—by providing a guided
tour that goes back in time over three hundred years and navigates
through the mysterious and incredible world of mathematical
wizardry found in Edo-period Japan (1603–1867).
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translated by Emma Ford with Gaynor SekimoriISBN 9784866580173 | ¥2,600 + tax
hardcover | 180 pp. | 2018———translated by Janine Beichman
ISBN 9784866581798 | ¥3,700 + tax
hardcover | 376 pp. | 2021＊＊＊

Japanese edition in 2012 by Shūeisha＊＊＊

Japanese edition in 2018 by Mainichi Shimbun Shuppan

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Bushido and the Art of Living

Flower Petals Fall, but the Flower Endures

An Inquiry into Samurai Values
by Alexander Bennett

The Japanese Philosophy of Transienceby Takeuchi Seiichi

What is Bushido? What is Budo? How are the culture andtraditions of samurai connected with the modern martial arts? Is
the ancient wisdom of Japan's feudal warriors truly relevant in thetwenty-first century? If so, how can it be accessed? New Zealandborn author Alexander Bennett provides illuminating insights into
the essence of bushido, the “way of the warrior,” which he takes asa martial arts mindset.

Life is short and transient. The feeling that this evokes is calledmujōkan in Japanese. Rather than falling into the despair that is soprevalent in the present day, mujōkan allows one to accept
transience proactively as a sign of vibrant life. Perusing the thoughtof transience, mujo, from the perspectives of philosophy, literature,art and religion, Takeuchi Seiichi delves into the view of life anddeath unique to the Japanese people as well as into the very core of
their underlying spirit.

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ISBN 9784866580517 | ¥2,800 + tax
softcover | 232 pp. | 2019———
ISBN 9784866580692 | ¥2,500 + tax
softcover | 208 pp. | 2019＊＊＊Japanese edition in 2013 by Bungeishunjū＊＊＊

Japanese edition in 2011 by KADOKAWA

NEW

Living Life as It Comes

Myth and Deity in Japan

Post-Disaster Reflections of a Zen Priest in Fukushimaby Gen’yū Sōkyū

The Interplay of Kami and Buddhas
by Kamata Tōji

With mindfulness and a wry sense of humor, Gen’yū Sōkyū, chief
priest at a Zen temple in Fukushima Prefecture, takes up a wide
range of topics inspired by his daily activities and experiences,including events in post-disaster Fukushima, temple renovationand soil improvement, Japanese customs, observations about
nature, and encounters with people from all walks of life. In thisselection of short insightful essays, he reflects compassionately on
the ever-changing nature of things and encourages each of us tofollow our mind as it changes according to the circumstances of the
moment.

Shinto is a tradition native to Japan that arose naturally on theeastern fringe of the Eurasian continent. When Buddhism entered
the country in the sixth century, the two religions—rather thancompeting with or seeking to marginalize the other—coalesced tocreate a singular combinatory religious culture that continues topermeate Japan's cultural life today. This work traces the encounterand interplay of native deities, kami, and buddhas over Japan's long
history by one of the country's most knowledgeable, penetrating,and eclectic scholars of Japanese religion and spirituality.
———translated by Gaynor SekimoriISBN 9784866580524 | ¥2,800 + tax
softcover | 218 pp. | 2019———
ISBN 9784866582184 | ¥2,800 + tax
hardcover | 224 pp. | 2022

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Japanese edition in 2009 by KADOKAWA

Japanese edition in 2020 by Chikuma Shobō

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Words to Live byJapanese Classics for Our Time
by Nakano Kōji
Nakano Kōji opens the door to the treasury of Japanese classics byintroducing his six favorite writers, inviting us to share in thisexperience; an experience that offers nourishment for the soul andconnects us intimately to people of antiquity. The writers under hislens span seven centuries, ranging from the twelfth century to thenineteenth. Three are poets; three wrote timeless prose.
———translated by Juliet Winters CarpenterISBN 9784866580241 | ¥2,700 + tax
hardcover | 236 pp. | 2018＊＊＊

Japanese edition in 2002 by Iwanami Shoten

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Asia Reoriented

Contested Perceptions

A New Conception of World History
by Okamoto Takashi

Interactions and Relations between China, Korea, and Japan
since the Seventeenth Century
by Okamoto Takashi

Nomads, farmers, and trade: world history was born where theseelements intersected. In this reconceptualized view, Okamoto
Takashi presents a new historical narrative which overturns
Eurocentric perceptions of history, boldly and clearly reconfiguring
the structure of world history in terms of economic ebbs and flows.
Through his unique overview of the whole of Eurasia and themaritime realm, from ancient times to the present, the author
reorients our view of Asia’s role in global history.

Contested Perceptions examines the coexistence of “neighborly
relations” between Japan and Korea and “tributary relations”
between Korea and the Qing dynasty from the seventeenth to thenineteenth century, and Korean “tributary autonomy” in the latenineteenth century. Delving into the history of East Asianinternational relations, diplomacy, and power politics, this bookelucidates the events that led to the Sino-Japanese and RussoJapanese wars, and the conflicts of interest that have defined thesenations up to the present day.

———translated by Michael House
ISBN 9784866582207 | ¥2,800 + tax
hardcover | 232 pp. | 2022———
ISBN 9784866582429 | ¥2,600 + tax
softcover | 232 pp. | 2022＊＊＊

Japanese edition in 2018 by Chikuma Shobō＊＊＊

Japanese edition in 2008 by Kōdansha

NEW＊

Fifteen Lectures on Showa JapanThe History of Takeshima and Japan

Road to the Pacific War in Recent Historiography
edited by Tsutsui Kiyotada

Historical Accounts and Stories from the San’in Region
by Sugihara Takashi

Why did Showa Japan rush to war? Where did Japan fail? Fifteen
leading historians examine the causes behind Japan’s rush to war
during the early 20th century, providing nuanced understanding of
prewar Showa history that challenges stylized discourse about
Showa Japan prevalent in recent historiography.

Shimane Prefecture native and teacher of regional history Sugihara
Takashi brings the rich history of Japan’s southwestern San’inregion into relief by tracing the many stories that unfolded there,
from the hunting of sea lions on Takeshima to the peacefulcoexistence of Japanese and Koreans living side by side on the
nearby island of Ulleungdo. Although the issue of sovereignty overTakeshima remains contested between Japan and the Republic ofKorea, Takeshima and its history remain ever present in the heartsof the Japanese people and the story of this important region.

———translated by Noda Makito & Paul Narum
ISBN 9784866580500 | ¥2,800 + tax
softcover | 316 pp. | 2018＊＊＊

Japanese edition in 2015 by Chikuma Shobō———ISBN 9784866582320 | ¥2,600 + tax
hardcover | 196 pp. | 2022＊＊＊

Japanese edition in 2010, self-published

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Human Resource Development in TwentiethCentury JapanThe Lure of Pokémon
Video Games and the Savage Mindby Nakazawa Shinichi

by Inoki Takenori

In The Lure of Pokémon: Video Games and the Savage Mind,
Nakazawa Shinichi shows how the Pokémon series of video games,
far from standing in opposition to nature, actually seeks torepresent the true, hidden essence of the natural world. This bookis both a work of game criticism revealing the “savage mind” withintoday’s video games and an examination of Japanese culture as thecontext from which the Pokémon phenomenon was born.

For Japan, where natural resources are not abundant, theimportance of human resources cannot be overstated. It is the
person, and the person only, that determines economic wealth.
This book is an examination of the formation and allocation ofhuman resources that brought about economic growth, focusing on
the form of education and training in schools, companies, and themilitary following transitions from the Edo period (1603–1868) tothe present age.

———translated by Ted Mack
ISBN 9784866580654 | ¥2,800 + tax
hardcover | 132 pp. | 2019———translated by Tony Gonzalez
ISBN 9784916055781 | ¥3,900 + tax
hardcover | 264 pp. | 2017＊＊＊

Japanese edition in 2016 by KADOKAWA＊＊＊

Japanese edition in 2016 by Chikuma Shobō

Pax Tokugawana

Pilgrimages in the Secular Age

The Cultural Flowering of Japan, 1603–1853
by Haga Tōru

From El Camino to Animeby Okamoto Ryosuke

When thinking about Tokugawa Japan, some people always
envision fancy Edo exotica; others conjure up a dark age ofstagnation and gloom; still others reject these extremes and lookonly for keys to Japan’s swift modernization. In fact, the Tokugawa
period marked the zenith of Japan’s long history of culturalachievements. This ambitious work provides a comprehensive
review of those two and a half centuries of peace and the expansionof learning and culture during those years.

In this informative book, the author discusses various pilgrimages
in order to shed light on new types of religious views and faiths thathave come into being in the twenty-first century. Pilgrimages in the
Secular Age explores the Santiago pilgrimage in Spain; the eightyeight temple pilgrimage in Shikoku, Japan; B-grade tourist spots;
so-called “power spots”; sacred anime sites; and much more.
———translated by Deborah Iwabuchi & Enda Kazuko
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hardcover | 176 pp. | 2019———translated by Juliet Winters CarpenterISBN 9784866581484 | ¥3,400 + tax
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The Tokyo Trial

Toward Creation of a New World History

War Criminals and Japan’s Postwar International Relations
by Higurashi Yoshinobu

by Haneda Masashi
Haneda Masashi proposes a world history from the viewpoint that“there is one world” with the hope that it will contribute to theemergence of a new world history and renewed perceptions of theworld. In support of this, representing the University of Tokyo,
Haneda has established an academic project called Global History
Collaborative with Princeton University, École des Hautes Études
en Sciences Sociales at Paris and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlinin collaboration with Freie Universität Berlin.

In this revised English edition of his 2008 book, Tōkyō Saiban,
Higurashi Yoshinobu sets aside routine ideological approaches thathave characterized study of the Tokyo Trial until now and focuses
our attention on the engrossing political dynamics surrounding theTokyo Trial and its current impacts. Drawing on exhaustive
research into foreign policy documents and inter-ministerial
correspondence, he traces the contours of diplomacy in the wake ofWorld War II, revisiting the Tokyo Trial from the viewpoint ofJapan’s postwar international relations to shed new light on an
event unprecedented in world history.

———translated by Noda Makito
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Toward the Meiji Revolution
The Search for “Civilization” in Nineteenth-Century Japanby Karube Tadashi
In the latter half of the Tokugawa period, Japan faced many
possible alternate paths as it gradually advanced toward its
encounter with “civilization.” This book attempts to share with thereader a bird’s-eye view of this process of encounter, exploring thelegacy of Japan’s quest for “civilization” thus serves as a lens for
examining our world today, while also suggesting an alternative
narrative to the conventional success stories of Japan’s
modernization.
———translated by David Noble
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Mutsu Munemitsu and His Time

Komura Jutaro and His Timeby Okazaki Hisahikoby Okazaki HisahikoThis book traces the footsteps of modern Japan’s diplomacy byreviewing the extraordinary philosophical and political journey ofnineteenth-century Japan’s top diplomat Mutsu Munemitsu who
protected the dignity of Japan as a modern nation throughout his
professional life. Mutsu worked to revise unequal treaties with
Western powers as foreign minister. In his last days, he scrambled
to end the First Sino-Japanese War; his efforts resulted in thesigning of the Treaty of Shimonoseki with favorable terms forJapan. He also helped Japan ride out the subsequent wave of the
Tripartite Intervention from Russia, France, and Germany.

After the Meiji Restoration, the Sino-Japanese War, and the RussoJapanese War, Komura Jutaro devised a plan for Japan’s
continental development. This book delves into his diplomacy,
which was directly connected to the merits and demerits of thesteps taken by the Empire of Japan and which calls into question
Japan’s national strategy itself: consistently pursuing independent
diplomacy instead of entrusting Japan’s fate to collaboration with
the Anglo-American world and, in Asia, expanding Japan’s
exclusive sphere of influence beyond the Korean Peninsula deep
into the Asian continent.

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ISBN 9784866580722 | ¥3,200 + tax
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Shigemitsu and Togo and Their Timeby Okazaki Hisahikoby Okazaki Hisahiko

Shidehara Kijuro (1872–1951) was the ultimate internationalist.
Serving as foreign minister under a succession of prime ministers,
he developed and staunchly promoted what came to be called
Shidehara diplomacy―a foreign policy stance of not intervening in
China, respecting the Anglo-Japanese alliance, and adhering towhat were put forward as universal values. Shidehara’s was a
principled life, engagingly recounted in this informative biography
by one of Japan’s foremost diplomat-turned-historians.

This ambitious history chronicles the years after the Kwangtung
Army’s invasion of Manchuria in 1931, a clear demonstration of themilitary’s independence and the Japanese foreign policy
establishment’s impotence and irrelevance, focusing on the lives of
Shigemitsu Mamoru and Togo Shigenori. Both served as foreign
minister during the Pacific War, brokering ceasefires andattempting to better international relations, and were later caught
up in the International Military Tribunal for the Far East. This isthus both a history of personal turmoil and an insightful window on
the Japan of that era.

———translated by Noda Makito
ISBN 9784866580739 | ¥3,500 + tax
hardcover | 320 pp. | 2020———
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ISBN 9784866580715 | ¥3,600 + tax
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Yoshida Shigeru and His TimeThe Entrepreneur Who Built Modern Japanby Okazaki Hisahiko

Shibusawa Eiichi
by Shimada Masakazu

Yoshida Shigeru is regarded as a pivotal figure in early postwar
Japanese history. Yet much of his success, this book argues, wasmandated by circumstances. In this biography, Okazaki Hisahikocontends that the acceptance of Article 9 was part of a grandbargain with MacArthur, maintaining that many Occupation
policies (e.g., women’s suffrage and agrarian reform) would havebeen adopted following prewar democratization initiatives even
were there no Occupation. This solidly argued treatise roundly
rejects the Tokyo Trials and paints a picture of Japan laboring
under a capricious autocracy in the Occupation years.

This fascinating biography of Shibusawa Eiichi (1840–1931), thepioneering entrepreneur who laid the roots of modern Japan, is an
unprecedented study of his life and business. In troubled times likethe present, when the limits of capitalism are being seen around theworld, Shibusawa’s vision is as relevant as ever.
———translated by Paul Narum
ISBN 9784916055798 | ¥3,300 + tax
hardcover | 196 pp. | 2017＊＊＊———translated by Noda Makito
ISBN 9784866580708 | ¥3,500 + tax
hardcover | 304 pp. | 2019Japanese edition in 2011 by Iwanami Shoten＊＊＊

Japanese edition in 2003 by PHP InstituteGotō Shinpei, Statesman of Vision

The Legacy of Kano Jigoro

Research, Public Health, and Development
by Kitaoka ShinichiJudo and Education
edited by the Committee for the Commemoration of the150th Anniversary of the Birth of Jigoro Kano

Gotō was a prominent figure in Japan’s political scene. Starting off
his career as a physician, he became a leading figure in publichealth and successfully organized a massive quarantine for
returning soldiers of the First Sino-Japanese War. He was later
appointed as civilian governor of Taiwan and became the firstpresident of the South Manchuria Railway. This biography
carefully follows his steps from his birth in a poor samurai family to
his death.

Kanō Jigorō, the founder of judo, lived life according to his own
words—seiryoku zen’yō and jita kyōei—the best practical use of
one’s energies and putting one’s efforts to good use for the benefit
of both oneself and society. This biography reveals how Kanō
Sensei laid out the foundation for sports in Japanese education andhis immense devotion and commitment to bringing the Olympic
Games to Japan, all the while never ceasing to develop and promote
the sport he created.

———translated by Iain Arthy
ISBN 9784866581835 | ¥2,400 + tax
hardcover | 214 pp. | 2021———
translated by Tom Kain
ISBN 9784866581361 | ¥3,000 + tax
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Japanese edition in 1988 by Chūōkōron Shinsha＊＊＊

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Providence Was with Us

Reflections on Tsuda Umeko

How a Japanese Doctor Turned the Afghan Desert Greenby Nakamura Tetsu

Pioneer of Women’s Education in Japanby Oba Minako

Starting in 1984 and continuing until his untimely passing in 2019,
Nakamura Tetsu carried out relief work in Pakistan and
Afghanistan both as a physician and as a humanitarian trying to
improve living conditions for the people he met. With nature andthe bonds of fate that link humans together setting the tone, thisunique memoir recounts the travails and triumphs of Nakamura’s
three and half decades in those two countries.

Tsuda Umeko (1864–1929) founded the school that later became
Tsuda College. Half a century after her death, an old trunk in thecollege attic was found to contain hundreds of personal letters
written by Umeko to her foster mother in America. Sent to America
as a young child, she returned to Japan completely Americanized
and a stranger in her own country. This book shows how thepassionate young girl metamorphosed into one of Japan’s foremost
educators.

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hardcover | 240 pp. | 2020———
translated by Tani YūISBN 9784866581811 | ¥2,500 + tax
hardcover | 264 pp. | 2021＊＊＊

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Self-Respect and Independence of Mind

Sugihara Chiune

The Challenge of Fukuzawa Yukichi
by Kitaoka Shinichi

The Duty and Humanity of an Intelligence Officer
by Shiraishi Masaaki

A volume bringing together present-day research to shed light on
the accomplishments of the intellectual and educator Fukuzawa
Yukichi, the thinking that appeared in his early works, the later
newspaper articles and speeches that laid out practical policies forthe evolving Meiji government, and the contemporary social andpolitical background.

Sugihara Chiune saved several thousand lives from the Nazis and
USSR during World War II by issuing transit visas. Aware of thecrisis confronting his nation early on, Sugihara maintained aprecarious balancing act as he traveled around war-torn Europe
closely analyzing the global situation. Shiraishi describes here forthe first time the real person behind the diplomat and the truth
behind the miraculous issue of those visas.

———translated by James M. Vardaman
ISBN 9784916055620 | ¥3,600 + tax
hardcover | 336 pp. | 2017———translated by Gaynor SekimoriISBN 9784866581743 | ¥2,400 + tax
hardcover | 212 pp. | 2021＊＊＊

Japanese edition in 2011 by Chūōkōron Shinsha＊＊＊

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The Winding Road to Discovering iPS Cells
The Life of Yamanaka Shinya
by Yamanaka Shinya, Midori Shinya (interviewer)
The revolutionary discovery of induced pluripotent stem cellschanged the world. The road that led to this accomplishment,
however, was not an easy one. Nobel Prize laureate Yamanaka
Shinya talks openly about his life from his childhood days to hiscurrent daily life and discusses his views on the future of
regenerative medicine. This biography shows what science can dofor humankind, and the possibilities that life holds.
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ISBN 9784866581774 | ¥2,300 + tax
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The Bonds of the Japan-US Alliance

Closed Linguistic Space

The Japan-US Security Treaty and the Search for Mutuality
by Sakamoto Kazuya

Censorship by the Occupation Forces and Postwar Japanby Etō Jun

This book, winner of the 22nd Suntory Prize for Social Sciencesand Humanities, carefully depicts the sensitive negotiations anddiplomatic finesse behind the establishment and revision of theJapan-US Security Treaty. Drawing on previously undisclosed
confidential documents and new research developments on theissue of secret agreements, Sakamoto Kazuya puts forward thepressing question: What should be the future of Japan-US security
cooperation?

Etō Jun, a leading literary and cultural commentator in Japan
before his death in 1999, documents how, far from liberating theJapanese press from wartime censorship, the postwar occupation
merely replaced it with a new form intended to “re-educate” theJapanese and assimilate them into the postwar US international
order. Was the occupation successful in reshaping the Japanesemindset? Citing the postwar Constitution and the widespread
belief in the Tokyo Trials’ validity, Etō argues doggedly that it wasso successful that its pernicious influence persists even today.

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ISBN 9784866581149 | ¥2,700 + tax
hardcover | 240 pp. | 2020＊＊＊

Japanese edition in 2020 by Yūhikaku＊＊＊

Japanese edition in 1989 by Bungeishunjū＊＊

The Economics of Colonialism in Korea

Empire of the Seas

Rethinking Japanese Rule and Aftermath
by Kimura Mitsuhiko

Thinking about Asia
by Shiraishi Takashi

From 1910 to 1945, Korea was a colony of Imperial Japan. Its
governance has been described politically in terms of harsh
oppression and economically as exploitation and impoverishment.
Certainly, there were many problems with Japanese rule in Korea,
but how accurate are those claims? What is the connection
between the postwar development of South Korea and the socialist
regime in North Korea? This book focuses on economic issues,
sticks to positivism, and depicts the reality and transformation of
Korea during the period of Japanese control.

Maritime Asia comprises an Asiatic region bound together bywater-based trade and commerce networks. An organic system ofstates interconnected by the various seas which it spans, its centerhas migrated with shifts in the global order. Taking a holistic viewof two centuries of Asian history in the framework of Maritime Asia,
this book examines the Maritime Asia experience comparatively
across Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines, andThailand. A new preface brings this edition up to date with
regional developments since its original publication.

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ISBN 9784866581248 | ¥2,500 + tax
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Fencing in the Dark

Diplomacy and Security
by Kitaoka Shinichi (supervisor), Kokubun Ryosei,
Nakanishi Hiroshi, Shiraishi Takashi, Tanaka AkihikoJapan, China, and the Senkakus
by Sunohara Tsuyoshi
In September 2010, a Chinese fishing boat rammed a Japanese
Coast Guard vessel in Japanese waters off the Senkaku Islands,
destabilizing Sino-Japanese relations. In April 2012, Tokyo
Governor Ishihara Shintarō announced a plan to buy the islands,
adding, “if this means war with China, so be it.” Alarmed at theprospect of Ishihara owning the islands, the government moved topreempt him. Top officials met at Kantei to find an out that would
forestall Ishihara without provoking China. This book tells thegripping story of what happened and why.

The passing of Emperor Shōwa marked the end of an era—an era
memorable in both war and peace. However, old diplomatic issues
persisted in the new Heisei era, and new ones arose. Global peaceand stability, natural disasters, relations with China, regional
cooperation, and Japan’s international role are but a few. How did
Japan approach and deal with them? What was achieved and what
remains to be done? This anthology brings together influential
essays published by five of Japan’s leading scholars during theperiod to discuss these urgent international issues.

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Japanese edition in 2015 by Shinchōsha＊＊＊

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Hatred Has No Future

Japan-China Relations through the Lens of Chinese
Politics

New Thinking on Relations with Japanby Ma Lichengby Kokubun Ryosei

Ma Licheng’s “New Thinking on Relations with Japan” waspublished in 2002 to a storm of debate in both China and Japan.
Two decades later, the New Thinking continues to influence policy
discussions. While Sino-Japanese relations were eroded byterritorial disputes in 2012, the author remains optimistic that thebilateral issues can be resolved rationally and peacefully.
Referencing the durability of the postwar peace between Franceand Germany, he argues that China and Japan can and must findways to overcome their antagonisms and live in peace.

Why is the relationship between Japan and China so volatile that it
keeps fluctuating between deteriorating and improving during thelast half century? Why does criticism of Japan over historical issues
repeatedly converge and reemerge? The reason lies in the constant
power struggles inside the Chinese Communist Party itself. An
examination of various cases and documents dating from the periodof normalization of diplomatic relations between Japan and China
from the 1970s to the present will clarify how the Chinese politicalsystem is tied to its diplomatic policies towards Japan.

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Japan in Asia

Japan’s Approach to Legal and Judicial
Development in Developing Countries

Post-Cold-War Diplomacy
by Tanaka Akihiko

Building Trust and Partnershipedited by the Japan International Cooperation Agency

What has been Japan's role in an increasingly interconnected Asia?
What has Japan achieved—or failed to achieve—in Asia? This book
is a history of post-Cold-War international politics, the themes ofwhich are crises, responses to crises, and institution-building toprevent crises before they happen, aimed to provide an overview ofpolitical trends in Asia and Japan's diplomatic response to them.

Beginning in 1996, JICA has supported legal and judicial
development in developing countries including Cambodia, Laos,and Myanmar. Clashes over wariness towards foreigners anddifferences in understanding of legal terminology . . . This is arecord of the obstacles overcome by the people of developing
nations who wanted to draft their own national laws, and theJapanese experts who supported them, as well as their sincere
efforts, struggles, and challenges.

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ISBN 9784866581309 | ¥2,800 + tax
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Japanese edition in 2007 by NTT Shuppan＊＊＊

Japanese edition in 2018 by Bungeishunjū＊

The Japan-US Alliance of HopeThe Occupation of Japan 1945-1952

Asia-Pacific Maritime Security
edited by Nakasone Peace InstituteSupervised by Kitaoka Shinichi & Kubo Fumiaki

Tokyo, Washington, and Okinawa
by Fukunaga Fumio
Following defeat in World War II, Japan was placed under thecontrol of SCAP GHQ headed by General Douglas MacArthur. As
the Cold War intensified, initial policies of demilitarization anddemocratization gave way to prioritization of economic recovery,
with Japan’s anti-Communist, pro-America path leading to theconclusion of major US-Japan peace and security treaties in 1951.
Winner of the 2015 Yomiuri Yoshino Sakuzo Prize, this book offers
a wide view of the Occupation’s seven years which led to the“postwar system” that has continued into the twenty-first century.

The security of the Asia-Pacific region is at an important turning
point as China’s intensifying maritime activities cause growing
instability. With the existing order of the region under threat, theJapan-US alliance is an “alliance of hope” for peace and prosperity.
This book analyzes that alliance and discusses its future direction
from the perspective of maintaining maritime security in the region.
———translated by Charles Stewart & Anai Ikuo
ISBN 9784866581385 | ¥3,200 + tax
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ISBN 9784866581255 | ¥3,000 + tax
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Japanese edition in 2016 by Chūōkōron Shinsha＊＊＊

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Relations

The Pacific War and Japan’s Diplomacy in Asia
by Hatano Sumio

From 1868 to 2018
by Hatano Sumio, a project of The Society for Promotionof Japanese Diplomacy

Focusing on the significance of the Greater East Asia policies
promoted by Prime Minister Shigemitsu Mamoru during WorldWar II—including the issues of approving independence for Burmaand the Philippines as well as the liberation of French Indochina—
Hatano Sumio sheds light on the formation and evolution ofJapan’s diplomacy in Asia. He then goes on to verify the meaning ofwhat was held to be Japan’s war aim—liberation of the people of
Asia—and its impact on policies.

This book traces the past 150 years of Japan’s diplomatic history
since the ministry’s establishment in 1869. From the Meiji era on,
Japan’s foreign policy has been largely based on “accommodation
diplomacy.” Its postwar foreign policy is an extension of this:emphasizing cooperation and coordination with other nations while
responding to changes in the international environment.

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ISBN 9784866581736 | ¥6,500 + tax
softcover | 544 pp. | 2022＊＊＊

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Japanese edition in 2019 by The Society for Promotion of Japanese Diplomacy

Perspectives on Sino-Japanese Diplomatic Relations

The Remarkable History of Japan-US Relations

by the Yomiuri Shimbun Political News Department

by Kosaka Masataka

As part of the Yomiuri Shimbun’s Politics Department’s “FrontLine Politics” series, this book provides an in-depth look at postCold War relations between China and Japan in seven chapters thatexamine the diplomatic strategies taken by the two sides, theSenkaku Islands, the Japan-US Alliance, cybersecurity, ASEAN andAustralia, regional economic partnerships, and the dangers ofChina’s territorial aspirations.

The arrival of American “black ships” in Japan in 1853 was one
cause of the fall of the shogunate and the restoration of imperial
power little more than a decade later. That set Japan on the road tointernational expansion in imitation of Western imperial powers.
This volume recounts this saga from the Russo-Japanese War andJapanese expansion in Manchuria to the brink of war with theUnited States.

———translated by John Rossman
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Security Politics in JapanThe Self-Defense Forces and Postwar Politics inJapanLegislation for a New Security Environment
by Hosoya Yuichi

by Sado Akihiro

How can peace be realized in the modern world? And how canJapan ensure its own security? Despite the intense debates overJapan’s recent security-related legislation, such vital issues as thesewere never explored. This work explores hotly debated securityrelated matters from a standard viewpoint on international politics
and diplomatic history. It also advocates in a bold yet level-headedmanner the form Japan’s security should take and the path Japan
should follow to make that a reality.

In 1947, Japan eternally renounced war and the possession ofarmed forces with its constitution. How, then, did the Japan SelfDefense Forces (JSDF) survive, moreover, evolve over the ensuing
70 years into the prominent presence it is today? In addition toreviewing the history of the JSDF, this book is the most updated
attempt to responding to global concerns about the JSDF’s role in
the international community including post-9/11 international
terrorism, North Korean nuclear development, and China’s
increased military presence in Asia.

———translated by Tara Cannon
ISBN 9784866580531 | ¥2,900 + tax
hardcover | 208 pp. | 2019———translated by Noda Makito
ISBN 9784916055743 | ¥4,450 + tax
hardcover | 386 pp. | 2017＊＊＊

Japanese edition in 2016 by Chikuma Shobō＊＊＊

Japanese edition in 2006 by Yoshikawa Kōbunkan

Toward the Abe Statement on the 70th Anniversaryof the End of World War II

Understanding History in Asia
What Diplomatic Documents Reveal
by Hattori Ryuji

Lessons from the 20th Century and a Vision for the 21stCentury for Japan

It is said that the twentieth century was a century of war. War andcolonization can leave deep divides between nations. In the case ofJapan, this antagonism manifested as a result of historical issues.
There have also been moments in postwar history where efforts
were made to overcome the hostility surrounding these problems.
This title examines the period from the International Military
Tribunal for the Far East (the Tokyo Trial) to the normalization ofrelations between Japan and South Korea and between Japan and
China.

by the Advisory Panel on the History of the 20th Century and on
Japan’s Role and the World Order in the 21st Century
In August 2015, Prime Minister Abe Shinzo released a statement tocommemorate the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II.
This book brings together presentations and commentary by panel
members in its leadup, reflecting on Japan’s experience in the 20th
century, its postwar reconciliation with the international
community, and contributions to be made therewith going forward.

———translated by Tara Cannon
ISBN 9784866580548 | ¥3,100 + tax
hardcover | 272 pp. | 2019———translated by Tara Cannon
ISBN 9784916055859 | ¥3,900 + tax
hardcover | 332 pp. | 2017

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Japanese edition in 2015 by Nihon Keizai Shimbunsha (Nikkei)

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BOOKS ON JAPAN, FROM JAPANBUSINESS, ECONOMICS, SCIENCEAdvances in Cancer Immunotherapy

Ashes to Awesome

From Serendipity to Cureby Honjo Tasuku

Japan’s 6,000-Day Economic Miracle
by Yoshikawa Hiroshi

Cancer immunotherapy with anti-PD-1 antibodies has
fundamentally changed the way we think about cancer treatment.
As Honjo Tasuku traces the arc of his research from aserendipitous discovery to the development of a revolutionary
therapy, he engages in a wide-ranging discussion of the marvels of
biological phenomena, the thrill of life science’s explorations of theunknown, the nature of life itself, and the future of Japanese
healthcare.

One of Japan’s foremost macroeconomists looks back at the rapidgrowth years and how they revolutionized Japanese life, for betterand for worse, and explains how latent demand, population
mobility, productivity improvements, and other non-unique factors
converged to generate the growth. At the same time, he frankly
acknowledges the less-remarked downside of this transformation.
This is a personal story about more than Japan—a tale that
resonates for all economies at all stages of development.

———
translated by Andrew Gonzalez
ISBN 9784866581767 | ¥2,300 + tax
hardcover | 168 pp. | 2021———
translated by Fred Uleman
ISBN 9784866581750 | ¥2,400 + tax
hardcover | 204 pp. | 2021

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Japanese edition in 2012 by Chūōkōron Shinsha

NEW

The Dojima Rice Exchange

Essays on the History of Scientific Thought inModern Japan

From Rice Trading to Index Futures Trading in Edo-Period
Japan
by Takatsuki Yasuo

edited by Kanamori Osamu
This book covers the history of physics, chemistry, andpharmacology in modern Japan, with a focus on the 1920s throughthe early 1960s. Led by the editor’s introduction, “A Portrait of theHistory of Scientific Thought,” readers will soon find themselves in
the middle of a complex double narrative comprising both ‘thetelling of history’ and ‘the telling of the history of history.’ In theend, readers will come to understand an intricate historical aspect,made possible through such a grand and meta-appreciation.

The Dojima Rice Exchange of the Edo period (1603–1868) inOsaka, Japan, is known among researchers as “the world’s first
futures trading market.” Much like modern markets, it had amarket for trading securities and an index futures market fortrading indices derived from those securities. But how did thepeople and government of the Edo period contend with what wasoften a runaway market? The story told here of the Dojima
Exchange reveals the true nature of the “market economy.”———translated by Christopher Carr & M. G. Sheftall
ISBN 9784916055613 | ¥3,960 + tax
hardcover | 348 pp. | 2016———translated by Louisa RubinfienISBN 9784866582191 | ¥2,800 + tax
hardcover | 236 pp. | 2022＊＊＊

Japanese edition in 2011 by Keisō Shobō＊＊＊

Japanese edition in 2018 by Kōdansha

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Global Class Japanese SMEs

Heritage Culture and Business, Kyoto Style

by Kurosaki Makoto

Craftsmanship in the Creative Economy
by Murayama Yuzo

Japan has the third largest economy in the world. What is the true
source of strength of the Japanese economy? Who are the real little
giants who continue to sustain Japan? Learn about 24 small- andmedium-sized enterprises (SMEs), their strategies andtechnologies, and how they make up the core of Japan's economic
strength.

Kyoto, where world-class high-tech industries exist alongside
heritage industries. Achieving highly competitive strength bykeeping a step ahead of the global standard while maintaining thespirit of harmony that distinguishes Japanese style management.
This book is packed with valuable hints for the future managementof not only Japanese firms but also of businesses worldwide.

———
translated by Larry Greenberg
ISBN 9784916055811 | ¥3,300 + tax
hardcover | 172 pp. | 2017———translated by Juliet Winters CarpenterISBN 9784866580586 | ¥3,900 + tax
hardcover | 160 pp. | 2019＊＊＊Japanese edition in 2015 by Kōdansha＊＊＊

Japanese edition in 2008 by NHK Shuppan

How Human Is Human?

Listen to the Voice of the Earth

The View from Robotics Researchby Ishiguro Hiroshi

Learn about earthquakes to save lives
by Oki Satoko

Ishiguro presents an overview of androids he created, along withepisodes and difficulties encountered during their development.
Unlike industrial robots, these androids are designed to provide
new tools for human interaction and communication. Users canproject their voice and movements remotely over the Internet,
giving a sense of presence that is impossible through technologies
such as video conferencing. These androids represent a first step
toward telepresence technologies so far encountered only inscience fiction.

The Earth talks in many different voices—the voice of the air, thevoice of the sea, the voice of volcanoes, and the voice of the Earth.
Seismologists listen to this voice with high performance
seismometers that do not miss the slightest muttering. This bookoffers an easy-to-understand explanation of what causes
earthquakes and how we can live with them to protect our lives.
———translated by Iwaki Takako
ISBN 9784916055453 | ¥3,000 + tax
hardcover | 142 pp. | 2015———translated by Tony Gonzalez
ISBN 9784866581378 | ¥2,800 + tax
hardcover | 178 pp. | 2020＊＊＊

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Lost in Evolution

Population and the Japanese Economy

Exploring Humanity’s Path in Asia
by Kawabata Hiroto, Kaifu Yousuke (technical advisor)

Longevity, Innovation, and Economic Growth
by Yoshikawa Hiroshi

Societies may wrestle with such insignificant differences as skincolor, yet Homo sapiens are broadly homogeneous. We’re allbasically the same, and we’re the only human species alive. Yet it
has not always been that way. Species such as the Peking Man and
the Cro-Magnons lived eons ago. Who were they and where didthey live? How is it that only Homo sapiens remain? This work
explores these questions with an unequaled focus on events in Asia,
providing new information and insights, and a thoughtful look athumanity’s evolutionary background.

In light of Japan’s shrinking population, decreasing work force,
expanding fiscal deficit, and rural regions facing a crisis of
disappearance, isn’t the decline of the nation inevitable? The
answer from economics is a resounding “No!” The key to economic
growth is innovation, and the fact that Japan is one of the world’s
leading “longevity societies” is precisely what poses an opportunity.
This book sweeps away the “population decline pessimism” that has
spread throughout Japan and approaches the real issues of theJapanese economy.

———translated by Dana Lewis
ISBN 9784866581330 | ¥2,800 + tax
hardcover | 200 pp. | 2020———
translated by Charles Stewart
ISBN 9784866580562 | ¥2,500 + tax
hardcover | 208 pp. | 2020

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Japanese edition in 2016 by Chūōkōron Shinsha

The Sea of JapanThe Story of Japan’s Ohmi Merchants

Unraveling the Mystery of Its Hidden Depths
by Gamo Toshitaka

The Precept of Sanpo-yoshi
by Suenaga Kunitoshi

Just 8000 years ago, the deep waters of the Sea of Japan were a“dead” zone. Now, they are a dynamic treasure trove of life. A
1000-m thick water mass hidden deep beneath its surface holds the
key to this incredible transformation. A leading oceanographer with
40 years of field experience reports this oceanographic detective
story to reveal the amazing secrets of the “Mother Sea.”

Ohmi merchants can be considered the source of Japanese-style
management. The key concepts they developed from their base ofoperations at a vital interchange connecting Kyoto with easternJapan underpinned the success of Japanese corporations forgenerations. Inspirational and practical, this book contains usefulideas and methods that have helped Japanese corporations andindividuals achieve success for generations.

———translated by Gen Del Raye
ISBN 9784866581293 | ¥2,500 + tax
hardcover | 192 pp. | 2021———
translated by Larry Greenberg
ISBN 9784866580579 | ¥3,400 + tax
hardcover | 178 pp. | 2019＊＊＊Japanese edition in 2016 by Kōdansha＊＊＊

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Traditional Cuisine of the Ryukyu Islands

ART, ARCHITECTURE, DESIGN【JP】大琉球料理帖
Takagi Rin
ISBN 9784866581316

The Art of Emptiness【JP】余白の美
Sakaida Kakiemon XIV
ISBN 9784866580630¥3,900 + tax【JP】うるしの話
Matsuda Gonroku
ISBN 9784866580609¥3,700 + tax

The Building of Horyu-ji【JP】法隆寺を支えた木
Nishioka Tsunekazu and Kohara Jiro
ISBN 9784866581439¥2,800 + tax

Unsung Heroes of Old Japan【JP】小村寿太郎とその時代
Okazaki HisahikoISBN 9784866580722¥3,200 + tax【JP】幣原喜重郎とその時代
Okazaki HisahikoISBN 9784866580739

Wasan, the Fascination of Traditional Japanese Mathematics

Shigemitsu and Togo and Their Time

【JP】夢中になる！江戸の数学
Sakurai Susumu
ISBN 9784866580173【JP】重光・東郷とその時代
Okazaki HisahikoISBN 9784866580715¥2,600 + tax

Well-Versed¥3,700 + tax【JP】吉田茂とその時代
Okazaki HisahikoISBN 9784866580708

The Entrepreneur Who Built Modern Japan

Japanese Art in Perspective

Bushido and the Art of Living【JP】増補 日本美術を見る眼
Takashina Shūji
ISBN 9784866581804【JP】日本人の知らない武士道
Alexander Bennett
ISBN 9784866580517【JP】渋沢栄一
Shimada Masakazu
ISBN 9784916055798¥2,400 + tax

The Japanese Sense of Beauty

Flower Petals Fall, but the Flower Endures【JP】日本人にとって美しさとは何か
Takashina Shūji
ISBN 9784866580203【JP】花びらは散る、花は散らない
Takeuchi Seiichi
ISBN 9784866580692¥2,700 + tax

The Kidai Shōran Scroll

Living Life as It Comes【JP】『熈代勝覧』の日本橋
Ozawa Hiromu and Kobayashi Tadashi
ISBN 9784866581323【JP】なりゆきを生きる
Gen’yū Sōkyū
ISBN 9784866582184¥3,500 + tax

Mixing Work with Pleasure

Myth and Deity in Japan【JP】仕事道楽（新版）Suzuki Toshio
ISBN 9784866580227【JP】神と仏の出逢う国
Kamata Tōji
ISBN 9784866580524¥2,500 + tax【JP】いまを生きる知恵（抄訳）Nakano Kōji
ISBN 9784866580241

HISTORY, SOCIETY
Asia Reoriented¥3,500 + tax

The World of Ito Jakuchu【JP】もっと知りたい伊藤若冲Sato Yasuhiro
ISBN 9784866581354【JP】世界史序説
Okamoto Takashi
ISBN 9784866582207¥2,800 + tax

JAPANESE CULTURE【JP】世界のなかの日清韓関係史
Okamoto Takashi
ISBN 9784866582429

The People and Culture of Japan

Fifteen Lectures on Shōwa Japan【JP】日本人と日本文化
Donald Keene and Shiba Ryotaro
ISBN 9784866580487【JP】昭和史講義
Tsutsui Kiyotada (editor)
ISBN 9784866580500¥2,400 + tax

N EW¥2,600 + tax¥2,800 + tax

Edo Japan Encounters the WorldThe History of Takeshima and Japan【JP】世界のなかの日本
Donald Keene and Shiba Ryotaro
ISBN 9784866580180【JP】山陰地方の歴史が語る「竹島問題」
Sugihara Takashi
ISBN 9784866582320¥2,600 + tax¥2,700 + tax

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Contested Perceptions¥4,200 + tax¥2,500 + tax¥2,800 + tax【JP】色を奏でる
Shimura Fukumi
ISBN 9784866580616【JP】柳宗悦コレクション（オリジナル編集）
Yanagi Soetsu
ISBN 9784866581453

N EW¥2,600 + tax

Every Day a Good Day

Human Resource Development in Twentieth-Century Japan【JP】日日是好日
Morishita Noriko
ISBN 9784866581828【JP】増補 学校と工場
Inoki Takenori
ISBN 9784916055781¥2,100 + tax¥3,900 + tax

Flowers, Birds, Wind, and Moon

The Lure of Pokémon【JP】花鳥風月の科学
Matsuoka Seigo
ISBN 9784866581392【JP】ポケモンの神話学（新版）
Nakazawa ShinichiISBN 9784866580654¥3,400 + tax

An Introduction to Yōkai Culture

Pax Tokugawana【JP】妖怪文化入門
Komatsu KazuhikoISBN 9784866580494【JP】文明としての徳川日本
Haga Tōru
ISBN 9784866581484¥2,700 + tax

Pilgrimages in the Secular Age【JP】美しい日本語の風景（他所収）
Nakanishi Susumu
ISBN 9784866580685【JP】聖地巡礼
Okamoto Ryosuke
ISBN 9784866580647¥3,800 + tax

The Tokyo Trial【JP】歌舞伎の中の日本
Matsui Kesako
ISBN 9784866581446【JP】東京裁判
Higurashi Yoshinobu
ISBN 9784866582306¥2,800 + tax¥3,000 + tax¥2,200 + tax

Remnants of Days Past
【JP】逝きし世の面影
Watanabe Kyoji
ISBN 9784866581408

N EW¥3,200 + tax【JP】新しい世界史へ
Haneda Masashi
ISBN 9784866580234¥3,800 + tax¥3,500 + tax¥3,300 + tax¥2,400 + tax

The Legacy of Kano Jigoro【JP】気概と行動の教育者
Committee for the Commemoration of the 150th Anniversary of
the Birth of Jigoro Kano
ISBN 9784866581361¥3,000 + tax

Providence Was with Us【JP】天、共に在り
Nakamura Tetsu
ISBN 9784866581477¥2,700 + tax

Reflections on Tsuda Umeko【JP】津田梅子
Ōba Minako
ISBN 9784866581811¥2,500 + tax

Self-Respect and Independence of Mind
【JP】独立自尊
Kitaoka ShinichiISBN 9784916055620¥3,600 + tax

Sugihara Chiune【JP】杉原千畝
Shiraishi Masaaki
ISBN 9784866581743¥2,400 + tax

The Winding Road to Discovering iPS Cells【JP】山中伸弥先生に、人生とiPS細胞について聞いてみた
Yamanaka Shinya, Midori Shinya (interviewer)ISBN 9784866581774¥2,300 + tax

POLITICS, INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS, DIPLOMACYThe Bonds of the Japan-US Alliance【JP】日米同盟の絆
Sakamoto Kazuya
ISBN 9784866582337

N EW¥3,200 + tax

Closed Linguistic Space【JP】閉された言語空間
Etō JunISBN 9784866581149¥2,700 + tax

The Economics of Colonialism in Korea【JP】日本統治下の朝鮮
Kimura MitsuhikoISBN 9784866581248¥2,500 + tax

Empire of the Seas
【JP】海の帝国
Shiraishi Takashi
ISBN 9784866581262¥2,400 + tax

Examining Heisei Japan【JP】論文集
Kitaoka Shinichi (supervisor), Kokubun Ryosei, Nakanishi Hiroshi,
Shiraishi Takashi, Tanaka AkihikoISBN 978866581163¥3,500 + tax

Fencing in the Dark
【JP】暗闘 尖閣国有化
Sunohara Tsuyoshi
ISBN 9784866581156¥2,700 + tax

Hatred Has No Future¥2,700 + tax

Toward the Meiji Revolution

Noh as Living Art【JP】能Yasuda Noboru
ISBN 9784866581781¥2,800 + tax

Toward Creation of a New World History

Making Xavier’s Dream Real
【JP】ザビエルの夢を紡ぐ
Nanyan Guo
ISBN 9784866581347¥2,800 + tax¥3,400 + tax

The Japanese Linguistic Landscape

Kabuki, a Mirror of Japan

¥3,600 + tax

Gotō Shinpei, Statesman of Vision【JP】後藤新平
Kitaoka ShinichiISBN 9784866581835¥2,800 + tax

Words to Live by

Soetsu Yanagi¥2,800 + tax

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The Music of Color¥3,700 + tax¥3,500 + tax

Yoshida Shigeru and His TimeRELIGION, PHILOSOPHY¥2,800 + tax¥3,200 + tax

Shidehara Kijuro and His Time【JP】名句の所以
Ozawa Minoru
ISBN 9784866581798

Contemporary Japanese Architects【JP】現代日本建築家列伝
Igarashi TaroISBN 9784866580210¥3,000 + tax【JP】無私の日本人
Isoda Michifumi
ISBN 9784916055767

The Book of Urushi

Komura Jutaro and His Time【JP】憎しみに未来はない
Ma LichengISBN 9784866581231¥2,500 + tax

Japan-China Relations through the Lens of Chinese Politics【JP】「維新革命」への道
Karube Tadashi
ISBN 9784866580593¥3,000 + tax【JP】中国政治からみた日中関係
Kokubun Ryosei
ISBN 9784866581279

BIOGRAPHY, AUTOBIOGRAPHY

Japan in Asia

Mutsu Munemitsu and His Time【JP】アジアのなかの日本
Tanaka AkihikoISBN 9784916055637【JP】陸奥宗光とその時代
Okazaki HisahikoISBN 9784866580258¥2,800 + tax¥4,450 + tax¥3,000 + tax

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Japan’s Approach to Legal and Judicial Development in
Developing Countries【JP】世界を変える日本式「法づくり」
Japan International Cooperation Agency (editor)
ISBN 9784866581309¥2,800 + tax

The Japan-US Alliance of Hope【JP】希望の日米同盟
Nakasone Peace Institute (editor), Kitaoka Shinichi & Kubo
Fumiaki (supervisors)
ISBN 9784866581385¥3,200 + tax

The Sea of Japan【JP】日本海Gamo Toshitaka
ISBN 9784866581293¥2,500 + tax

The Story of Japan’s Ohmi Merchants【JP】近江商人学入門
Suenaga Kunitoshi
ISBN 9784866580579¥3,400 + tax

The Occupation of Japan 1945-1952【JP】日本占領史1945-1952
Fukunaga Fumio
ISBN 9784866581255¥3,000 + tax

One Hundred Fifty Years of Japanese Foreign Relations【JP】日本外交の150年
Hatano SumioISBN 9784866581736

N EW¥6,500 + tax

The Pacific War and Japan’s Diplomacy in Asia
【JP】太平洋戦争とアジア外交
Hatano SumioISBN 9784866581286¥3,000 + tax

Perspectives on Sino-Japanese Diplomatic Relations【JP】「日中」外交戦争（オリジナル編集）
Yomiuri Shimbun Political News Department
ISBN 9784916055873¥3,600 + tax

The Remarkable History of Japan-US Relations【JP】不思議の日米関係史
Kosaka Masataka
ISBN 9784916055774¥2,800 + tax

Security Politics in Japan【JP】安保論争
Hosoya Yuichi
ISBN 9784866580531¥2,900 + tax

The Self-Defense Forces and Postwar Politics in Japan【JP】戦後政治と自衛隊
Sado Akihiro
ISBN 9784916055743¥4,450 + tax

Toward the Abe Statement on the 70th Anniversary of the
End of World War II【JP】戦後70 年談話の論点
Advisory Panel on the History of the 20th Century and on Japan’sRole and the World Order in the 21st Century
ISBN 9784916055859¥3,900 + tax

Understanding History in Asia
【JP】外交ドキュメント歴史認識
Hattori Ryuji
ISBN 9784866580548¥3,100 + tax

BUSINESS, ECONOMICS, SCIENCEAdvances in Cancer Immunotherapy【JP】がん免疫療法とは何か
Honjo Tasuku
ISBN 9784866581767¥2,300 + tax

Ashes to Awesome【JP】高度成長
Yoshikawa Hiroshi
ISBN 9784866581750¥2,400 + tax

The Dojima Rice Exchange【JP】大坂堂島米市場
Takatsuki Yasuo
ISBN 9784866582191

N EW¥2,800 + tax

Essays on the History of Scientific Thought in Modern Japan【JP】昭和前期の科学思想史（抄訳）Kanamori Osamu
ISBN 9784916055613¥3,960 + tax

Global Class Japanese SMEs
【JP】世界に冠たる中小企業
Kurosaki Makoto
ISBN 9784916055811¥3,300 + tax

Heritage Culture and Business, Kyoto Style【JP】京都型ビジネス
Murayama Yuzo
ISBN 9784866580586¥3,900 + tax

How Human Is Human?
【JP】どうすれば「人」を創れるか
Ishiguro Hiroshi
ISBN 9784866581378¥2,800 + tax

Listen to the Voice of the Earth【JP】地球の声に耳をすませて
Oki Satoko
ISBN 9784916055453¥3,000 + tax

Lost in Evolution【JP】我々はなぜ我々だけなのか
Kawabata Hiroto, Kaifu Yousuke (technical advisor)ISBN 9784866581330¥2,800 + tax

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Population and the Japanese Economy【JP】人口と日本経済
Yoshikawa Hiroshi
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