Japan's post-World War II 'economic miracle' is well-known and much discussed, as is the collapse...

This book presents a counter-argument to the widely held view that the Japanese have believed tha...

As the plight of refugees around the world looms large as one of the central problems facing the ...

Traditionally the Japanese have shunned those not fitting the majority heterosexual mould. Those ...

Susumu Shimazono, one of Japan's foremost sociologists of religion, deals with the development of...

In Pursuit of Composite Beauty is a study of the life and thought of Yanagi Soetsu (1889-1961), k...

This book overviews the present situation of foreign migrants in Japan, based on the latest and m...

In this study of the formation of modern Thai radical culture, Tejapira reveals a process of cult...

This book is an important reference for those concerned with the continuing sustainability of wet...

This award-winning book brings together Chizuko Ueno's groundbreaking essays on the rise and fall...

Much of the misunderstanding by foreigners about Japan arises out of their acceptance of certain ...

This book presents a wide-ranging study of widows in Japan, filtered through the dramatic and com...