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1221) Fodor's Essential Japan
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Whether you want to have sushi in a top Tokyo restaurant, visit the shrines of historic Kyoto, or head to the beaches of Okinawa, the local Fodor's travel experts in Japan are here to help! Fodor's Essential Japan guidebook is packed with maps, carefully curated recommendations, and everything else you need to simplify your trip-planning process and make the most of your time. This new edition has been fully redesigned with an easy-to-read layout,...
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WINNER OF THE 2013 NORTH AMERICAN TRAVEL JOURNALISTS ASSOCIATION GOLD AWARD IN THE TRAVEL BOOK/GUIDE CATEGORY. This is the book that gives you the best of the best! All sights in Japan Tuttle Travel Pack have been hand-picked by seasoned travel writer Rob Goss-who has been living in Japan for over a decade, visiting and writing about every corner of this fascinating country. For this guide we asked Rob to only give us the very best spots-places he...
1223) Le Japon intime
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Ce livre sur la vie japonaise fut rédigé d'après les notes prises pendant le séjour de quelques mois que je fis au Japon.
Ce n'était pas toutefois dans le dessein d'en pénétrer les mœurs que je m'étais rendue dans ce pays, mais pour étudier de près sa politique. La brusque mainmise du Japon sur la Mandchourie, son agression non moins inattendue à Shanghai, le ton nouveau de sa diplomatie, qu'appuyaient d'impressionnantes démonstrations...
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This is the complete, step-by-step guide to every form and every document you need to apply for a spouse visa for Japan.Applying for a certificate of eligibility and spouse visa for Japan can seem intimidating. After all, if lawyers charge over 100,000 yen to file your application, it can't be easy, right?Not at all! The application process is straightforward and you do not need a lawyer. The reason most applicants struggle is that there has never...
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Although stereotypically homogenized and hostile to immigrants, Japan has experienced an influx of foreigners from Asia and Latin America in recent decades. In Fighting for Foreigners, Apichai W. Shipper details how, in response, Japanese citizens have established a variety of local advocacy groups-some faith based, some secular-to help immigrants secure access to social services, economic equity, and political rights. Drawing on his years of ethnographic...
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"A ferocious conflict between Mongol and Samurai.
The Japanese word 'Ghenko' is the term employed for the Mongol invasion of Japan. The event was an immensely significant one for the Japanese and it remained so for centuries because, in part, the defeat of the invaders was attributed to divine intervention. There can be little doubt that Japan's salvation had much to do with the fact that they are an island race and in that they have much in common...
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In order to ensure its absolute authority, the Tokyo War Crimes Tribunal (1946—1948), the Japanese counterpart of the Nuremberg Trial, adopted a three-tier structure for its interpreting: Japanese nationals interpreted the proceedings, second-generation Japanese-Americans monitored the interpreting, and Caucasian U.S. military officers arbitrated the disputes. The first extensive study on the subject in English, this book explores the historical...
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Satoko Shimazaki revisits three centuries of kabuki theater, reframing it as a key player in the formation of an early modern urban identity in Edo Japan and exploring the process that resulted in its re-creation in Tokyo as a national theatrical tradition. Challenging the prevailing understanding of early modern kabuki as a subversive entertainment and a threat to shogunal authority, Shimazaki argues that kabuki instilled a sense of shared history...
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When American Occupation troops withdrew from Japan did they leave behind a truly independent country? Or did they leave in place a behind–the–scenes network that determined much of the course of Japanese politics for decades to come? Painstakingly researched, by authors who have between them over fifty years of experience in Japan, this book looks at aspects of the Japan–U. S. relationship that others have missed or avoided. At the heart of...
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""New York Times bestselling author Lesley M.M. Blume reveals how a courageous reporter uncovered one of greatest and deadliest cover-ups of the 20th century-the true effects of the atom bomb-potentially saving millions of lives""--
Just days after the United States decimated Hiroshima and Nagasaki with nuclear bombs, the Japanese surrendered unconditionally. But the US government and military had begun a secret propaganda and information suppression...
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2003, c1999
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"In another world, ninja are the ultimate power--and in the village of Konohagakure live the stealthiest ninja in the world. But twelve years ago Konohagakure was attached by a fearsome threat--a nine-tailed fox demon which claimed the life of the Hokage, the village champion. Today, peace has returned, and a troublemaking orphan named Uzumaki Naruto is struggling to graduate from the ninja Academy. His goal: to become the next Hokage. But unknown...
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[2023]
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Shonen Sunday edition.
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"Socially anxious high school student Shoko Komi's greatest dream is to make some friends, but everyone at school mistakes her crippling social anxiety for cool reserve. Luckily she meets Tadano, a timid wallflower who decides to step out of his comfort zone in order to help her achieve her goal of making 100 friends. Komi's cell phone meets its watery doom at the bottom of the bathtub, but disaster is averted when her dad helps her get a fancy new...
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In Our Unions, Our Selves, Anne Zacharias-Walsh provides an in-depth look at the rise of women-only unions in Japan, an organizational analysis of the challenges these new unions face in practice, and a firsthand account of the ambitious, occasionally contentious, and ultimately successful international solidarity project that helped to spark a new feminist labor movement. In the early 1990s, as part of a larger wave of union reform efforts in Japan,...
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Japanese swords, particularly those wielded by famous samurai warriors, hold a continuing fascination for collectors of fine arts and historical military weapons. This book is designed to enhance one's appreciation for the wide variety of Japanese swords (as well as their related polearms), their manufacture and their preservation. A fascinating opening chapter explains how the elite Samurai class dominated Japan for more than a thousand years, how...
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Wildlife Explorer Guides volume WILDGuides
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Mark Brazil is a naturalist, international wildlife expedition leader and natural history author who specializes in Japanese wildlife and lives in Hokkaido, Japan. His books include Guide to the Birds of Japan, The Nature of Japan, Wild Asia and Field Guide to the Birds of East Asia (Princeton).
A comprehensive, richly illustrated guide to Japan's astonishing animals and plants-and the natural forces that have shaped them
This richly illustrated...
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A young woman with a new degree in Japanese studies and plenty of youthful idealism and can-do spirit accepts a job as the first American trainee at Honda's headquarters in Tokyo. Her image of Japanese corporate life is dramatically challenged on her first day at work when she is issued a blue polyester uniform-a uniform worn only by women! From menial beginnings serving tea to executives and cleaning the boss's desk, to a stint in public relations,...
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"I wanna become a teacher and then teach in another country," an eight-year-old Canadian girl decided.
By the age of twenty-five, she had checked this-her main goal in life-off her bucket list.
In March 1992, Lorna Stuber stepped off an Air Canada plane in Tokyo, and embarked on a three-year adventure in a country she had never even thought about visiting until six months prior. Teaching ESL in a suburb of Tokyo-sometimes charging her way ahead,...
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As its title suggests, this book captures the essence of Japanese life and culture in 100 words. From well-known concepts like zen, kawaii and anime to their lesser-known counterparts waiting to be discovered by the West, Japan in 100 Words covers it all.
Readers will learn more about:
• Chochin-decorative lanterns seen everywhere from shrines and temples to izakaya
• Fugu-the very carefully prepared delicacy of poisonous blowfish
• J-pop-the...
1239) Suck It Up Or Go Home
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From the Muay Thai ring to the traditional Japanese dojo his journey of self-discovery is packed full of humour, inspiration and lessons to live a better and more fulfilling life.
Approaching his mid-thirties, he stepped away from the corporate rat race. Having sold his house, car and other worldly possessions he travelled to Tokyo, Japan where he enrolled on one of the toughest martial arts courses in the world.
For 11 months he trained with the...
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This guide to common courtesy, acceptable behavior, and manners is essential for any visitor to Japan. Japanese are unfailingly polite and will never tell you if you've crossed the line. But by knowing how to act in every situation you'll gain the respect of your hosts and in the end get even better service and enjoyment during your travels. Covered here are all the essentials-like travel, greetings, dining-plus subtle niceties like tone of voice,...
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