NISHIO KANJI
Biography
Nishio Kanji was born in Tokyo in 1935. He earned an undergraduate degree in German
literature from the University of Tokyo, and a Ph.D. in literature from the same institution.
His research specialties are Nietzsche and Schopenhauer, whose important works he hastranslated into Japanese. Early on, Prof. Nishio developed theories based on comparisons of theJapanese and Western European cultures. He is professor emeritus of literature at the Universityof Electro-Communications in Tokyo.
Prof. Nishio is in frequent demand as a commentator on literature, education, politics andinternational affairs. His publications include over 70 original works and more than 30
translations. A selected bibliography follows.
Books
Nishio, Kanji. GHQ enjo tosho kaifū 3 (Breaking the seal on the GHQ burned books 3). Tokyo:
Tokuma Shoten, 2009.
Nishio, Kanji. Kenryoku no fuzai wa kuni o horobosu (The absence of authority destroys thecountry). Tokyo: WAC, 2009.
Nishio, Kanji. GHQ enjo tosho kaifū 2 (Breaking the seal on the GHQ burned books 2). Tokyo:
Tokuma Shoten, 2008.
Nishio, Kanji. Mishima Yukio no shi to watakushi (Mishima Yukio’s death and me). Tokyo: PHP,2008.
Nishio, Kanji. Shingan no dōsatsu (The discernment of authenticity). Tokyo: Bungei Shunju,
2008.
Nishio, Kanji. Kōtaishi-sama e no onchūgen (Advice for the Crown Prince). Tokyo: WAC
Shuppan, 2008.
Nishio, Kanji. GHQ enjo tosho kaifū (Breaking the seal on the GHQ burned books). Tokyo:
Tokuma Shoten, 2008.
Nishio, Kanji. Kokka to shazai (State and apology). Tokyo: Tokuma shoten, 2007.
Nishio, Kanji. Edo no dainamizumu (The dynamism of Edo). Tokyo: Bungei Shunju, 2007.
Nishio, Kanji. Kyōki no shushō de Nihon wa daijōbu ka (Is Japan all right with “a madpremier”?). Tokyo: PHP, 2005.
Nishio, Kanji. Jinsei no shin=en ni tsuite (On the abyss of life). Tokyo: Yosensha, 2005.
Nishio, Kanji. Nihon wa Nachisu to dozai ka (Are the Japanese as guilty as the Nazis?). Tokyo:WAC, 2005.
Nishio, Kanji. Minzoku e no sekinin (Responsibility to the people). Tokyo: Tokuma Shoten,
2005.
Nishio, Kanji, ed. Shin: Chikyu Nihon shi (1) (Japanese history from a global perspective:revised edition), Part 1. Tokyo: Fusosha, 2005.
Nishio, Kanji, ed. Shin: Chikyu Nihon shi (2) (Japanese history from a global perspective:revised edition), Part 2. Tokyo: Fusosha, 2005.
Nishio, Kanji, ed. Atarashii rekishi kyokasho: tsugi naru tatakai (New history textbooks: thenext battle). Tokyo: Shogakukan Bunko, 2002.
Nishio, Kanji, ed. Nihonjin wa naze sengo tachimachi Beikoku e no tekii wo ushinatta ka (WhyJapanese hostility toward the U.S. disappeared early in the postwar era). Tokyo: Tokuma Shoten,
2002.
Nishio, Kanji. Kuni wo tsubushite naru mono ka (Don’t let them destroy Japan). Tokyo: TokumaShoten, 2001.
Nishio, Kanji, ed. Chikyu Nihon shi (3) (Japanese history from a global perspective), vol. 3(Tokyo: Fusosha, 1999; Fusosha Bunko, 2001)
Nishio, Kanji, ed. Subete no 18 sai ni “hoshi gimu” wo (Require all 18-year-olds to serve theircommunity or country). Tokyo: Shogakukan Bunko, 2001.
Nishio, Kanji, ed. Atarashii rekishi kyokasho: shihanbon (New history textbook: commercialedition). Tokyo: Fusosha, 2001.
Nishio, Kanji, ed. Atarashii rekishi kyokasho “tsukuru kai” no shucho (Japanese Society forHistory Textbook Reform states its case). Tokyo: Tokuma Shoten, 2001.
Nishio, Kanji, ed. Semarikuru “zentaishugi” no shucho (The current tendency towardtotalitarianism) (Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2001).
Nishio, Kanji and Ikeda Shunji. Jiyu to shukumei: Nishio Kanji to no taiwa (Freedom anddestiny: dialogue with Nishio Kanji). Tokyo: Yosensha Shinsho, 2001.
Nishio, Kanji. Nishio Kanji no shiso to kodo (The thoughts and deeds of Nishio Kanji), vols. 1-3.
Tokyo: Fusosha, 2000.
Nishio, Kanji, ed. Chikyu Nihon shi (3) (Japanese history from a global perspective), vol. 3.
Tokyo: Fusosha, 1999.
Nishio, Kanji. Kokumin no rekishi (The history of a people). Tokyo: Fusosha, 1999.
Nishio, Kanji. Chinmoku suru rekishi (Silent history). Tokyo: Tokuma Shoten, 1998.
Nishio, Kanji. Watakushi no Showashi: shonen hen 1, 2 (My life in the Showa era: Parts 1 and 2:boyhood). Tokyo: Shinchosha, 1998.
Nishio, Kanji, ed. Chikyu Nihon shi (1) (Japanese history from a global perspective), vol. 1.
Tokyo: Fusosha, 1998.
Nishio, Kanji, ed. Chikyu Nihon shi (2) (Japanese history from a global perspective), vol. 2.
Tokyo: Fusosha, 1998.
Nishio, Kanji, ed. Shin: Chikyu Nihon shi (2) (Japanese history from a global perspective:revised edition), vol. 2. Tokyo: Fusosha, 1998.
Nishio, Kanji. Rekishi wo sabaku orokasa (The folly of judging history). Tokyo: PHP Institute,1997.
Nishio, Kanji. Kotonaru higeki: Nihon to Doitsu (Separate tragedies: Germany and Japan),Tokyo: Bungei Shunju, 1994.
Nishio, Kanji and Fujioka Nobukatsu. Rekishi kyokasho to no jugo nen senso (Our 15-year waragainst Japan’s history textbooks). Tokyo: PHP Institute, 1997.
Nishio, Kanji. Jinsei no kachi ni tsuite (On the value of life). Tokyo: Shinchosha, 1996.
Nishio, Kanji. Kyoiku to jiyu (Education and freedom). Tokyo: Shinchosha, 1992.
Nishio, Kanji and Takamatsu Toshio. Nihonjin no Nietzsche kenkyu fu (An overview of Japanese
research on Nietzsche). Tokyo: Hakusuisha, 1982.
Nishio, Kanji, ed. Doitsu bunka no kitei (The foundations of German culture). Tokyo: Yuhikaku,
1982.
Nishio, Kanji and Watanabe Jiro. Nietzsche monogatari (The Tale of Nietzsche). Tokyo:Yuhikaku, 1980.
Nishio, Kanji. Nietzsche to no taiwa (Dialogue with Nietzsche). Tokyo: Kodansha, 1978.
Nishio, Kanji. Nietzsche, vols. 1 and 2. Tokyo: Chuo Koronsha, 1977.

Nishio, Kanji. Yoroppa no kojinshugi (European individualism). Tokyo: Kodansha, 1969.

Translations
Nietzsche, Friedrich. Götzen-Dämmerung (Twilight of the idols), Der Antichrist (The Antichrist).
Translated by Nishio Kanji. Tokyo: Hakusuisha, 1991.
Nietzsche, Friedrich. Ecce Homo. Translated by Nishio Kanji. Tokyo: Shincho Bunko, 1990.
Nietzsche, Friedrich. Götzen-Dämmerung (Twilight of the idols) and Ecce Homo. Translated byNishio Kanji. Tokyo: Hakusuisha, 1987.
Nietzsche, Friedrich. Die Philosophie im tragischen Zeitalter der Griechen (Philosophy in thetragic age of the Greeks) (includes other works), Collected Works, vol. I-2. Translated by NishioKanji. Tokyo: Hakusuisha, 1980.
Nietzsche, Friedrich, Gedanken über die Zukunft unserer Bildungsanstalten (Thoughts on thefuture of our educational institutions), Collected Works, vol. I-1. Translated by Nishio Kanji.
Tokyo: Hakusuisha, 1979.
Löwith, Karl. Jakob Burckhardt. Translated by Nishio Kanji and Takiuchi Makio. Tokyo:TBS-Britannica, 1977.
Schopenhauer, Arthur. Die Welt als Wille und Vorstellunge (The world as will andrepresentation), World Masterpieces, vol. 10. Translated by Nishio Kanji. Tokyo: Chuo
Koronsha, 1975.
Nietzsche, Friedrich. Der Antichrist (The Antichrist). Translated by Nishio Kanji. Tokyo: Ushio
Bunko, 1971.
Nietzsche, Friedrich. Die Geburt der Tragödie (The birth of tragedy), World Masterpieces, vol.
46. Translated by Nishio Kanji. Tokyo: Chuo Koronsha, 1966.
Dialogues
Dialogue with Yagi Hidetsugu: Shin: kokumin no yudan (The consequences of apathy: revisededition). Tokyo: PHP Institute, 2005.
Dialogue with Ishiba Shigeru: Za shite shisezu (Moving forward in the face of crisis). Tokyo:Kobunsha, 2003.
Dialogue with Kim Wan-sop: Nikkan Daitoron (The Great Debate between Japan and SouthKorea). Tokyo: Fusosha, 2003.
Dialogue with Miura Shumon: Okashita Amerika, ai shita Nihon (The violated (Japan) embraces
the violator (the U.S.). Tokyo: KK Bestsellers, 2002.
Dialogue with Nakanishi Terumasa: Nihon bunmei no jiko shucho (The case for Japanesecivilization). Tokyo: PHP Institute, 2000.
Dialogue with Hasegawa Michiko: Anata mo kyo kara Nihonjin (Starting today, you areJapanese, too). Tokyo: Chichi Shuppan, 2000.
Dialogue with Fujioka Nobukatsu: Kokumin no yudan (The consequences of apathy). Tokyo:
PHP Institute, 1996; PHP Bunko, 2000.
Dialogue with Yamamoto Shichihei and others: Shiso no shutsugen (The advent of thought).
Tokyo: Toyo Keizai Shimpo Co., 1994.