The first English-language book to explore the history of the Korean moon jar and how leading potters now pay homage to ......more

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As the Japanese Empire extended its reach across Asia and increasingly clashed with the United States in the years leadi......more

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Award-winning cartoonist Keum Suk Gendry-Kim demystifies the inscrutable North Korean leader A woman falls over a thin b......more

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The first effort to reconstruct the history of the Pacific War exclusively from internal Japanese sources, from the reno......more

Unpacking Russian-Japanese relations from 2000-2016, Peter W. Richardson explores the challenges to, and lack of incenti......more

From Dunkirk to Barbarossa, the war on China to Stalingrad, bestselling author James Holland and award-winning comedian ......more

A critical account of the Japanese occupation in Inner Mongolia. Early in the twentieth century, the steppe borderlands ......more

A critical account of the Japanese occupation in Inner Mongolia. Early in the twentieth century, the steppe borderlands ......more

The People’s Democratic Republic of Korea has become one of the most secretive and isolated societies in the world, with......more

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Over three days in August 1945, a nation once morally opposed to the bombing of civilians killed 120,000 men, women, and......more

The final week of World War II unfolded like a political thriller--with millions of lives hanging in the balance. By ear......more

This open access collection argues that an emotional revolution occurred in Imperial Japan between 1900 and 1950, transf......more

Spend 24 hours in the vibrant, divided world of Shogun’s Japan. In 1614, Japan stood at a crossroads. As the Tokugawa sh......more

The plot thickens in Shirato Sanpei’s sweeping masterpiece! Long considered the greatest epic series in Japanese comics,......more

A revelatory map of Afro-Asian solidarity This groundbreaking study traces the resonances of Black radicalism in postwar......more

Examines the intercultural trajectory of Catholic ideas as they spread in East Asia, focusing on Korea at the turn of th......more

Operating around 200 F-15 Eagle interceptors and more than 80 F-2 multirole fighters as its frontline combat power, the ......more

This collection of fourteen key papers deriving from CEEJA’s second international conference exploring the Japanese hist......more

Written by one of the leading scholars of Japanese religion, Lords of Life is the fifth and last book of a multivolume p......more

The Lost Samurai reveals the greatest untold story of Japan’s legendary warrior class, which is that for almost a hundre......more

Four Years in Izumi takes an in-depth and critical approach to understanding Japanese village life through analysis of t......more

Mapping Medical Modernity explores the history of medical modernization and public health in late nineteenth- and early ......more

Amid the global rise of Korean popular culture, interest in learning the Korean language has surged - but few understand......more

Mapping Medical Modernity explores the history of medical modernization and public health in late nineteenth- and early ......more

With both its past and present a mystery, there exists little reliable information on one of the most exotic armed force......more

This book offers a critical examination of the migration and settlement of Koreans in the former Soviet region, situatin......more

It is 1615, and the samurai, Japan’s elite fighting class, are at the zenith of their powers. Trained in every manner of......more

An illustrated history of Japan’s amazing bullet trains--the original high-speed network! This first-ever photographic h......more

The powerful true story of Shinji Mikamo, the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, his miraculous survival and the life he built......more

A compelling examination of North Korea’s elites, their hidden discontent, and the role they may play in shaping the reg......more

An examination of Japan’s maritime resurgence in an age of strategic competition This book is the first to examine Japan......more

Na Hong-jin’s The Wailing (2016) has been acclaimed as one of the very best horror films of recent years. In The Wailing......more

"One of the best books ever about Japanese society...[A] thoughtful, nuanced study of the Japanese character." --U.S. Ne......more

A landmark history of North Korea, told through the rise of the Kim dynasty and its surprising ties to American Christia......more

During the Second World War Japanese soldiers committed several different war crimes, including the kidnapping and rapin......more

The Mitsubishi J2M Raiden was constructed as an interceptor with high horizontal speed and climb rate. Achieving good pe......more

The presence of hundreds of thousands ethnic Koreans in Japan, or "zainichi Koreans," is one of the visible legacies of ......more

The presence of hundreds of thousands ethnic Koreans in Japan, or "zainichi Koreans," is one of the visible legacies of ......more

In 1860, seventeen-year-old samurai Tateishi Onojirō, nicknamed "Tommy," made headlines across America for his real and ......more

An engaging history covering a century of conflict on the Korean Peninsula Korea at War recounts how two separate nation......more

Lyric Poetry as State Criticism in Modern Japan explores how seemingly apolitical verse became a subtle vehicle for poli......more

Utilising hitherto untranslated sources, Sunstruck Giant Volume Two provides a complete campaign history of the First Si......more

Critical Failures revisits the overlooked messiness at the heart of Japan’s early experiments with modern criticism. In ......more

Critical Failures revisits the overlooked messiness at the heart of Japan’s early experiments with modern criticism. In ......more

Supernatural Japan examines the role of Japanese writer Izumi Kyōka (1873-1939) in the formation of modern literature of......more

Supernatural Japan examines the role of Japanese writer Izumi Kyōka (1873-1939) in the formation of modern literature of......more

What happens when performance defies social and political boundaries? Performing Transgression offers a new cultural his......more

Legal transplant in the Meiji Restoration gave birth to Taishinin, which is the former of today’s Supreme Court of Japan......more

Modern Japanese Literary Studies brings together a broad range of interdisciplinary and institutional perspectives on th......more

Modern Japanese Literary Studies brings together a broad range of interdisciplinary and institutional perspectives on th......more

How have ancient texts shaped the identity and legitimacy of a modern nation? This question is at the heart of the prese......more

Written by one of the leading scholars of Japanese religion, From Stars to Stones is the fourth installment of a multivo......more

This book examines the transnational circulation of knowledge between Russia and Japan from the early Meiji era to the p......more

The Korean War was never formally declared, and no peace treaty ending the war was ever signed. The 1953 armistice did n......more

The Korean War was never formally declared, and no peace treaty ending the war was ever signed. The 1953 armistice did n......more

North Korea is perhaps the most intriguing, infamous and enigmatic nation of our modern world. Yet how many of us know i......more

In this compelling history of Japan’s southernmost prefecture, Okinawa, award-winning journalist, Jon Mitchell, illustra......more

Nippon includes all the original prints from the original book by Siebold, with a commentary on the most compelling imag......more

As the Korean war (1950-1953) drew to a close and South Korea began to rebuild, American GI Roger Marshutz (1929-2007) w......more

K-Pop Fandom insists that K-pop fan practices and activities constitute a central productive force, shaping not only K-p......more

This unique book combines Japanese warrior techniques with ancient Zen practices for mental clarity and physical agility......more

Sacred Journeys and Institutional Rivalries is a detailed and richly illustrated exploration of pilgrimage mandalas (san......more

"This book traces the rise of military industrial capitalism. It explains how the US military’s overseas presence in pla......more

Winner of the Duke of Wellington Medal for Military History, this dramatic new account of the dawn of modern East Asia p......more

Transfiguring Women in Late Twentieth-Century Japan: Feminists, Lesbians, and Girls’ Comics Artists and Fans examines th......more

This book shows how North Korea’s nuclear programme is central to Kim Jong-un’s strategy for survival and leverage, trac......more

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) is among the six largest national space agencies in the world, along with ......more

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) is among the six largest national space agencies in the world, along with ......more

Japan has often been thought of as a closed country, but before the country was closed in 1635 many travelers from the W......more

Spanning prehistory to the present, concise essays by established and emerging scholars trace the movement of people, te......more

The Translocal Island of Okinawa reveals the underrepresented memories, visions and actions that are involved in the mak......more