The day Japan bombed Pearl Harbor, Minoru Omi's whole life was turned upside down. Racial tensions ran high -- his father, a Japanese immigrant, is questioned by the FBI, and eventually his family is uprooted from their lives in San F...
African Samurai: The True Story of Ya...
Thomas LockleyWarrior. Samurai. Legend. When Yasuke arrived in Japan in the late 1500s, he had already traversed much of the known world. Kidnapped as a child in Northeast Africa, he served as a bodyguard to the head of the Jesuits in Asia, trav...
Strong in the Rain: Surviving Japan's...
Lucy BirminghamIn March of 2011, a 9.0 earthquake struck off the northeastern coast of Japan, unleashing a tsunami onto the densely populated coast. Over 19,000 people would be left dead, or missing, and the disaster triggered the world's wors...
The Knights of Bushido: A Short Histo...
Russell Of Liverpool Lord'A stark reminder of the dangers of appeasement and pacifism in the face of a fanatical and nondemocratic enemy.'—Military ReviewThe war crimes trials at Nuremberg and Tokyo meted out the Allies' official justice; Lord Russell of Li...
Daughters of the Samurai: A Journey f...
Janice P. Nimura"Nimura paints history in cinematic strokes and brings a forgotten story to vivid, unforgettable life."―Arthur Golden, author of Memoirs of a GeishaIn 1871, five young girls were sent by the Japanese government to the Unit...
Ghosts of the Tsunami: Death and Life...
Richard Lloyd ParryA renowned journalist for London's The Times and the author of People Who Eat Darkness, Richard Lloyd Parry delivers the definitive account of the disastrous earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan in 2011, and the stories of the sur...
Nagasaki: Life After Nuclear War
Susan Southard"A poignant and complex picture of the second atomic bomb's enduring physical and psychological tolls. Eyewitness accounts are visceral and haunting. . . . But the book's biggest achievement is its treatment of the aftershocks i...
The Chrysanthemum and the Sword: Patt...
Ruth Benedict2019 Reprint of the 1946 Edition by Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston. Noted American anthropologist Ruth Benedict wrote this book at the invitation of the U.S. Office of War Information, in order to understand and predict the behavi...
A Brief History of Japan: Samurai, Sh...
Jonathan ClementsThis fascinating history tells the story of the people of Japan, from ancient teenage priest-queens to teeming hordes of salarymen, a nation that once sought to conquer China, yet also shut itself away for two centuries in self-impose...
Chushingura: The Treasury of Loyal Re...
Donald KeeneThis book is a puppet play which represents major Asian traditions. A translation of the eighteenth-century Japanese drama.Chushingura (TheTreasury of Loval Retainers), also known as the story of the Forty-Six (or Forty-Seven) Ronin, ...
The World of the Shining Prince: Cour...
Ivan MorrisIvan Morris's definitive and widely acclaimed portrait of the ceremonious and melancholy world of ancient Japan. Using The Tale of Genji and other major literary works from Japan's Heian period as a frame of reference, The World of th...
Bending Adversity: Japan and the Art ...
David Pilling"[A]n excellent book..." —The EconomistFinancial Times Asia editor David Pilling presents a fresh vision of Japan, drawing on his own deep experience, as well as observations from a cross section of Japanese citizenry, inc...
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Ninja Attack!: True Tales of Assassin...
Hiroko YodaNinja Attack! introduces dozens of unforgettable real-life ninja straight out of the annals of Japanese history—many of whom are all but unknown outside their home country.Ninja masters. Solo assassins and operatives. Femme fatales ...