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In this book, Daniel Kliman argues that the years following September 11, 2001, have marked a turning point in Japan's defense strategy.

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This book looks at issues surrounding admissions of alcoholism and attempts to lead a sober life by Japanese men in Tokyo.

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This book looks at issues surrounding admissions of alcoholism and attempts to lead a sober life by Japanese men in Tokyo.

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This volume looks at American and Japanese schools and analyzes how cultural attitudes can both promote and hinder education in each country. The author argues that American teachers try to encourage students to be creative, while Japanese counterparts are narrowly focused and efficient.

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Its success is rooted in Japanese culture and dependent on the Japanese psyche.

Without competition, this comparative volume provides the first overall view of the Japanese criminal justice system.

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By examining the use of language as well as analyzing modern statistical data, Hayashi and Kuroda show how the Japanese concept of self is indistinct and how the Japanese live in a mental world of multiple truths.

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The Japanese educational system has become an object of growing dissatisfaction among Japanese students and parents, due to its suppression of intellectual creativity and its elitist examination process, and some Japanese educators are looking at the American system of higher education as a model of a viable alternative.

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The postWorld War II paradigm that ensured security and prosperity for the Japanese people has lost much of its effectiveness. The current generation has become increasingly resentful of the prolonged economic stagnation and feels a sense of drift and uncertainty about the future of Japan's foreign policy.

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This comprehensive, up-to-date analysis of Japanese policy between the two world wars utilizes both English and Japanese sources to present Japan as an independent agent, not a state whose policy was determined by the actions of other countries.

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This book investigates the philosophical, socio-cultural, and artistic world of Japanese horror through a varied range of case studies, including video games (Rule of Rose), manga (Uzumaki), and anime (the classic Devilman). Film is represented with well-known works such as Ringu and overlooked filmmakers like Mari Asato.

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Japan's policymaking is of considerable worldwide interest. Quansheng Zhao examines political institutions, social environments, and political cultures, and presents four captivating case studies on aspects of Sino-Japanese relations.

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This book examines the origins and boundaries of Japanese digital role-playing games. A geographically diverse roster of contributors introduces English-speaking audiences to Japanese video game scholarship and applies postcolonial and philosophical readings to the Japanese game text.

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Contrary to popular belief, the Japanese Army widely employed tanks within the Pacific theater of war. This title details their key role in the conquests of Singapore and Malaya, as well as their later use in Burma, Saipan, and the Philippines, including in the amphibious assault of Corregidor.

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'Japanese Women and Sport' aims to explore both why and how in the past century athletics have stood out as an arena in which excellence by Japanese women is so actively encouraged.

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The new phenomenon of jazz music took the world by storm in the 1920s and 1930s.

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This course offers advanced work in composition, analysis, arranging and current theoretical ideas and processes relevant to improvisors and composers.

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This course offers advanced work in composition, analysis, arranging and current theoretical ideas and processes relevant to improvisors and composers.