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Embracing Defeat: Japan in the Wake of World War II by John W Dower Publisher Comments Drawing on a vast range of Japanese sources and illustrated with dozens of astonishing documentary photographs, Embracing Defeat is the fullest and most important history of the more than six years of American occupation, which affected every level of... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper 
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Japan's Lost Decade: Origins, Consequences, and Prospects for Recovery by Gary R Saxonhouse Publisher Comments This volume explores the origins of Japan’s current economic crisis and assesses the country’s prospects for recovery. An exploration of the origins and consequences of Japan’s current economic crisis. Examines the collapse of the... (read more) List Price $45.50 Your price: $18.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The People's Emperor: Democracy and the Japanese Monarchy, 1945-1995 by Kenneth J Ruoff Publisher Comments Few institutions are as well suited as the monarchy to provide a window on postwar Japan. The monarchy, which is also a family, has been significant both as a political and as a cultural institution. This comprehensive study analyzes numerous issues... (read more) List Price $32.95 Your price: $10.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Lady and the Monk: Four Seasons in Kyoto (Vintage Departures) by Pico Iyer Publisher Comments When Pico Iyer decided to go to Kyoto and live in a monastery, he did so to learn about Zen Buddhism from the inside, to get to know Kyoto, one of the loveliest old cities in the world, and to find out something about Japanese culture today -- not the... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $5.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Japan: A Reinterpretation by Patrick Smith Publisher Comments A landmark book that re-evaluates the picture we have held of Japan over the past half century -- as a virtual American protectorate -- by examining its culture, customs, history, and the probable shape of its future. With exceptional acuity, Patrick... (read more) List Price $27.50 Your price: $6.95 Used - Hardcover
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Japan: A Reinterpretation by Patrick Smith Publisher Comments In this "New York Times" Notable Book, Patrick Smith offers a groundbreaking framework for understanding the Japan of the next millennium. Authoritative and rich in detail, the book is a timely guide to understanding a society whose changed are sure to... (read more) List Price $15.25 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Confessions of a Yakuza by Junichi Saga Publisher Comments A riveting tale of murder and unexpected compassion by the author of Memories of Silk and Straw, recounting the true life saga of one of the last traditional gang bosses in Japan.... (read more) List Price $11.00 Your price: $3.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Business and Politics in Japan by James Babb Publisher Comments Business and Politics in Japan is a much-needed, up-to-date analysis of the major business leaders, firms, and politicians in Japan. James Babb covers all key areas in depth: policy-making, business organization, political finance, and global pressures... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $4.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Postwar Japan as History by Andrew Gordon Publisher Comments Japan's catapult to world economic power has inspired many studies by social scientists, but few have looked at the 45 years of postwar Japan through the lens of history. The contributors to this book seek to offer such a view. As they examine three... (read more) List Price $32.95 Your price: $13.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Tabloid Tokyo: 101 Tales of Sex, Crime & Scandal from Japan's Wild Weeklies by Mark Schreiber Publisher Comments A peek at the "real" Japan through the lens of its raucous weekly magazines. From "Strip Diplomacy Breaks North Korean Ice" to "Moms Mistake Kids for Pets" and "Panty-Gazing Research Revealed," Tabloid Tokyo offers a rare glimpse at the seamier side of... (read more) List Price $12.95 Your price: $8.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Japan That Never Was: Explaining the Rise and Decline of a Misunderstood Country by Dick Beason Publisher Comments In this book the authors address Japan's economic crisis of the 1990s.They argue that most attempts to reconcile Japan's past success with its current problems have been inadequate, primarily because scholars fail to fully understand how Japan's... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price: $27.70 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Japanese Lessons: A Year in a Japanese School Through the Eyes of an American Anthropologist and Her Children by Gail R. Benjamin Publisher Comments When the Germans invaded her small Belgian village in 1914, Marthe Cnockaerts home was burned and her family separated. After getting a job at a German hospital, and winning the Iron Cross for her service to the Reich, she was approached by a neighbor... (read more) List Price $23.00 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Material Child by Merry White Publisher Comments As she describes the youth culture of Japan, Merry White draws comparisons with the interests and activities pursued by teenagers in the United States and the contrasting attitudes of adults in Japan and the U.S. towards adolescence. The result is both... (read more) List Price $34.95 Your price: $4.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Dogs and Demons: Tales from the Dark Side of Modern Japan by Alex Kerr Publisher Comments The crises--and failures--of modernization in Japan, as seen up close by a resident expert Japan is a nation in crisis, and the crisis goes far beyond its well-known economic plight. In Dogs and Demons, Alex Kerr chronicles the crisis on a broad scale... (read more) Your price: $9.99 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Uneasy Warriors by Sabine Frühstück Publisher Comments Following World War II, Japan's postwar constitution forbade the country to wage war or create an army. However, with the emergence of the cold war in the 1950s, Japan was urged to establish the Self-Defense Forces as a way to bolster Western defenses... (read more) List Price $25.95 Your price: $23.03 Google eBooks - Electronic
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The Inland Sea by Donald Richie Publisher Comments Sheltered between Japan's major islands lies the Inland Sea, a place modernity passed by. In this classic travel memoir, Donald Richie embarks on a quest to find Japan's timeless heart among the Inland Sea's mysterious waters and forgotten islands. This... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $11.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Enigma of Japanese Power: People and Politics in a Stateless Nation by Karel Van Wolferen Publisher Comments A full-scale examination of the inner workings of Japan's political and industrial system.... (read more) List Price $24.00 Your price: $3.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Japan Rising: The Resurgence of Japanese Power and Purpose by Kenneth B Pyle Publisher Comments Japan is on the verge of a sea change. After more than fifty years of national pacifism and isolation including the "lost decade" of the 1990s, Japan is quietly, stealthily awakening. As Japan prepares to become a major player in the strategic struggles... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price: $5.50 Used - Hardcover
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The Image Factory: Fads and Fashions in Japan by Donald Richie Publisher Comments Just as a person contrives a style, the purpose of which is integration and the effect of which is presentation, so a nation collectively projects an appearance, a "national" style. Such styles are made of many layers. The deepest layer is composed of... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $12.50 Used - Trade Paper
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In the Realm of a Dying Emperor by Norma Field Publisher Comments Examines Japan's uneasy relationship to its past, the tortuous relations between religion and state, and the role of dissent in a society where freedom has become banal and... (read more) Your price: $11.99 Google eBooks - Electronic
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