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The Forty-Seven Ronin Story by John Allyn Publisher Comments 47 Ronin Story is the classic Japanese story of Lord Asano of Ako and one of the bloodiest vendettas in Japan's feudal history. In a shocking clash between the warriors and the merchant class of seventeenth century Japan, there emerged the most unlikely... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $7.50 Used - Trade Paper 
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Confucius Lives Next Door: What Living in the East Teaches Us about Living in the West by T R Reid Publisher Comments "Fascinating...clearly stated, interesting and provoking.... A plainspoken account of living in Asia." --San Francisco Chronicle Anyone who has heard his weekly commentary on NPR knows that T. R. Reid is trenchant, funny, and deeply... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $4.50 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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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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Downfall : the End of the Imperial Japanese Empire (99 Edition) by Richard B. Frank Publisher Comments In a riveting narrative that includes information from newly declassified documents, acclaimed historian Richard B. Frank gives a scrupulously detailed explanation of the critical months leading up to the dropping of the atomic bomb. Frank explains how... (read more) List Price $19.00 Your price: $10.00 Used - 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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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: $9.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Tokyo Rising: The City Since the Great Earthquake by Edwar Seidensticker Publisher Comments The Great Earthquake of 1923 left much of Tokyo desolate. Shitamachi, the Low City, heart of Tokyo's cultural life for centuries, was a smoking ruin--hundreds of blocks of wooden dwellings, teahouses, and entertainment quarters gone forever. Yet Tokyo... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $10.95 Used - Trade Paper
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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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So Lovely a Country Will Never Perish: Wartime Diaries of Japanese Writers (Asia Perspectives: History, Society, and Culture) by Donald Keene Publisher Comments The attack on Pearl Harbor, which precipitated the Greater East Asia War and its initial triumphs, aroused pride and a host of other emotions among the Japanese people. Yet the single year in which Japanese forces occupied territory from Alaska to... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $17.50 Used - Hardcover
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Geisha: a Unique World of Tradition, Elegance and Art by John Gallagher Publisher Comments "Rises above many of its competitors, thanks to its ambitious scope...The book's photos and illustrations are frequently stunning....Gallagher's writing style is straightforward and articulate, with so much intelligence and grace, it's difficult not to... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $16.50 Used - Hardcover
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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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Kwaidan by Lafcadio Hearn Publisher Comments A collection of Kwaidan or Weird Tales compiled by the Greek/British journalist, teacher, and storyteller Lafacdio Hearn. An essential read in Japanese folk tale studies.... (read more) List Price $12.95 Your price: $8.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Crested Kimono: Power and Love in the Japanese Business Family by Matthews M Hamabata Publisher Comments This book is concerned with the lives of people known to be wealthy individuals whose families are engaged in private enterprise on regional, national, and international scales of operation. It documents the interplay of marital and filial relations in... (read more) List Price $21.00 Your price: $4.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Japanland: A Year in Search of Wa by Karin Muller Publisher Comments Looking to gain a competitive edge in her judo practice and a fresh perspective on her life, a documentary filmmaker commits to living in Japan for a year. She discovers in sometimes awkward, sometimes awesomely funny interactions just how maddeningly... (read more) List Price $23.95 Your price: $8.95 Used - Hardcover
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Giving Up the Gun by Noel Perrin Synopsis Was there ever a time when a civilization, technically sophisticated, and in full possession of its senses, reverted in an earlier, less advanced technology? You bet - Japan, 1543-1879. During this period Japan effectively prohibited all manufacture of... (read more) List Price $12.95 Your price: $8.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Taiheiki : a Chronicle of Medieval Japan (Rev 04 Edition) by Helen Craig Mccullough Publisher Comments A classic tale recounting the adventures and intrigue of Emperor Go-Daigo (1288 — 1339) and his court, including his rise to power, his exile and his triumphant return to the throne. Incorporated into this story is the verse of the Six... (read more) List Price $21.95 Your price: $12.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Sword and Blossom: A British Officer's Enduring Love for a Japanese Woman by Peter Pagnamenta Publisher Comments In 1904, when thirty-four-year-old British Army captain Arthur Hart-Synnot was sent to Japan to learn the language of his country's new ally, romance was the furthest thing from his mind. At least five generations of the Hart family had served in the... (read more) List Price $25.95 Your price: $9.95 Used - Hardcover
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Tokyo: Megacity by Ben Simmons Publisher Comments Tokyo is the largest city in the world. Yet, it is also one of the world’s most livable cities. Despite all the apparent modernity, Tokyo lies on traditional ground. Under the newest high rises lie the lineaments of old Edo, the city it once was... (read more) List Price $34.95 Your price: $24.00 Used - Hardcover
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