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Accessing previously unpublished archival materials, Japan in the World examines the life and diplomatic work of Shidehara Kijuro (1872-1951), situating Shidehara within the context of twentieth century statecraft and international politics. While it was an age of devastating ...

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Accessing previously unpublished archival materials, Japan in the World examines the life and diplomatic work of Shidehara Kijuro (1872-1951), situating Shidehara within the context of twentieth century statecraft and international politics. While it was an age of devastating ...

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Examines the social, cultural, and political underpinnings of Japan's postwar and post-industrial trajectories.

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Examines the social, cultural, and political underpinnings of Japan's postwar and post-industrial trajectories.

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A history of Japan-United States relations from the point of view of a pro-American Japanese scholar, this work is designed to serve as an analysis of the current situation--the third opening of Japan to the West in the last century.

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An examination of the rise of Japan as an economic power after its defeat in World War II. Six topical essays are supported by a timelines of events in postwar Japan, biographical profiles of key players, the text of primary documents, a glossary of terms and a bibliography.

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This book examines the broad historical process of introducing engineering ethics in Japan from the late nineteenth century to the twentieth century. The author discusses this process from a comprehensive perspective, including not only engineering education but also various issues in science, technology, and society studies.

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This volume examines Japans new foreign policy frontiers in South Asia, Africa, and Eastern Europe. The contributors analyze Japans ongoing relationships with the United States and the ASEAN states as Chinas influence expands.

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The fall of Singapore was the worst defeat ever suffered by the British Empire this dramatic account emphasizes the initiative and tactics that enabled 60,000 Japanese to defeat 130,000 British.

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An analysis of Japan's industrialization in an international, historical and economic perspective, from the time that her ports were first opened to foreign trade.

First published in 1988, this title is part of the Bloomsbury Academic Collections series.

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This book unveils the layers of Japan's democracy, and the essays suggest a widening of disciplinary perspectives. The editors employ an assortment of disciplineshistory, anthropology, sociology, political science, law, and cultural studiesto explore the complex interrelationships between history, institutions, and sociocultural practices.

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This book unveils the layers of Japan's democracy, and the essays suggest a widening of disciplinary perspectives. The editors employ an assortment of disciplineshistory, anthropology, sociology, political science, law, and cultural studiesto explore the complex interrelationships between history, institutions, and sociocultural practices.

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The first complete narrative of Japan's Siberian Intervention in either Japanese or English placing the intervention in the context of the evolution of Japanese imperialism and of its domestic politics. It represents a missing link in the larger narrative of Japan's quest for ...

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Among the leading specialists on Japan, the authors--both Japanese and Western--represent a range of disciplines from economics, history, and political science, to sociology, anthropology, psychiatry, and literary criticism. Some of the essays draw comparisons with China or Korea, some with England, Europe, or America, and some with countries of th

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Divided into three sections - narrative history, significant people and places, and general reference.

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An analysis of Japanese American internment during World War II. It seeks to help readers understand the history of this action and its reinterpretation in recent years, and also to understand the Japanese American wartime experience through the words of those who were interned.

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The Japanese conquest of the Pacific comprised of a complex series of widely scattered operations intended to neutralize American, Commonwealth, and Dutch forces, seize regions rich in economic resources, and secure an outer defense line for the "Greater Southeast Asia Co-prosperity Sphere.

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An illustrated exploration of Japanese forces employed in the follow-on conquests of 1942-43, and describes how unit organization, weaponry, and equipment were found lacking in the harsh environment of the Solomon Islands and on New Guinea.

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