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Flower Petals Fall, but the Flower Endures
Life is short and transient. The feeling that this evokes is called mujōkan in Japanese. Rather than...
Global Class Japanese SMEs
30 years have passed since Japan emerged on the global stage as the second largest economy quickly m...
The Happy Youth of a Desperate Country
Young people in present-day Japan, a socially-polarized society, have been reportedly "unhappy." Acc...
The History of US-Japan Relations
Examining the 160-year relationship between America and Japan, this edited volumes deals in depth wi...
Human Resource Development in Twentieth-Century Japan
For Japan, where natural resources are not abundant, the importance of human resources cannot be ove...
If There Were No Japan
An award-winning writer and translator who has immersed himself in Japanese culture for half a centu...
An Introduction to Yōkai Culture
Since ancient times, the Japanese have lived with superstitions of strange presences and phenomena k...
Japan in Asia
Official development assistance (ODA), direct investment in Southeast Asia, participation in the Cam...
Japan's Wooden Heritage
Japan's Wooden Heritage: A Journey Through a Thousand Years of Architecture brings together essays b...
The Japanese Sense of Beauty
What makes Japanese art unique? In The Japanese Sense of Beauty, art critic and historian Takashina ...
Japan-China Relations in the Modern Era
From before the dawn of recorded history, there has been a rich flow of interaction between Japan ...
Japan's Quest for Stability in Southeast Asia
More than any other region in the world, Asia has witnessed tremendous change in the post-war era. A...