Japan is increasingly becoming a key player in the Indo-Pacific security environment, as regional tensions ramp up over ......more

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From the Emmy Award-winning Squid Game to streaming sensations like The Glory and Crash Landing on You, Korean televisio......more

Through extensive use of primary resources and fieldwork, this detailed study examines overseas Shinto shrines and their......more

Seven minutes past midnight on March 10, 1945, nearly 300 American B-29s thundered into the skies over Tokyo. Their payl......more

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The myth that kamikaze, or divine winds, protected Japan against the Mongol invasions of 1274 and 1281 is linked to a be......more

Today, Americans are some of the world’s biggest consumers of black teas; in Japan, green tea, especially sencha, is pre......more

Be More Japan is a celebration of all things Japanese. You can take a look through popular sights and pick and choose wh......more

Public diplomacy enables private citizens to be involved in international relations either through initiatives sponsored......more

From the demon-killing Minamoto no Yorimitsu to the immortal poet Ono no Komachi, find out about the fascinating world o......more

Based on the assumption that every transfer of knowledge, whether it is implicit or explicit, is accompanied by an evalu......more

Dawn of Labor, at last translated into English, is the legendary South Korean poet Park Nohae’s first collection, publis......more

An overview of the inhuman behavior of Imperial Japanese Army during the years leading up to and during World War II. Fr......more

Nitobe wrote a great deal. He was the author of numerous works, both for academics and the general public (see below). N......more

Now in a fully revised and updated edition, this comprehensive and balanced history of modern Korea explores the social,......more

Cornerstone of the Nation is the first historical account of the complex alliance of military and civilian forces that c......more

South Korea’s rapid industrialization occurred with the rise of powerful chaebǒl (family-owned business conglomerates) t......more

Cornerstone of the Nation is the first historical account of the complex alliance of military and civilian forces that c......more

Japan’s Holocaust is a comprehensive exploration of Japan’s mass murder and sexual crimes during the Pacific and Asian W......more

In The Geography of Injustice, Barak Kushner argues that the war crimes tribunals in East Asia formed and cemented natio......more

Using diary entries, interviews and first-hand accounts, this vivid narrative brings to life the struggle in the air ove......more

Now in a fully revised and updated edition, this comprehensive and balanced history of modern Korea explores the social,......more

Now in a fully revised and updated edition, this engaging text provides a concise history of Korea from the beginning of......more

In this insightful book, the author examines the exploitation that Korea endured during the period of Japanese colonial ......more

An illustrated overview outlining the unit histories and the operational deployment of Navy C5M aircraft during the Sino......more

Ensuring military access to the territory of allies and partners in the Indo-Pacific in the event of a future conflict w......more

First published in 1983, Shiguéhiko Hasumi’s Directed by Yasujirō Ozu has become one of the most influential books on ci......more

Japanese colonial rule in Korea (1905-1945) ushered in natural resource management programs that profoundly altered acce......more

Drawing on both contemporaneous historical sources and modern literary criticism, Navigating Narratives offers unique in......more

The Russian Army and the Japanese War, Volume. 1; Being Historical and Critical Comments on the Military Policy and Powe......more

The Russian Army and the Japanese War, Volume. 2; Being Historical and Critical Comments on the Military Policy and Powe......more

This book bridges the gap between historical research on Japan and the field of childhood history by writing children an......more

Kim Sok-pom has devoted his writing career to raising awareness of the Jeju April 3 Incident through literature. Death o......more

Kim Tal-su (1920-1997) was one of the first and leading writers of the Korean Diaspora in 20th-century Japan. The storie......more

Blood and Bones, originally published in Japanese in 1998, follows a half-century of the violent, eventful life of migra......more

When the Japanese Empire went to war with the Allies in December 1941, it had already been fighting in China for 10 year......more

Japan is a place where powerful earthquakes have occurred more frequently and have caused more harm in the modern era th......more

In tracing the history of U.S./Korea encounters, this book stresses that as America opened a Pandora Box with an initial......more

This book examines the origins and boundaries of Japanese digital role-playing games. A geographically diverse roster of......more

William Elliot Griffis (1843 - 1928) graduated from Rutgers College in 1869 and taught four years in Fukui and Tokyo. Af......more

Kyokutei Bakin’s Nansō Satomi Hakkenden is one of the monuments of Japanese literature. This multigenerational samurai s......more

Key U.S. allies are looking at the war in Ukraine to draw lessons for their security planning, a trend that has opened n......more

This book presents a detailed assessment of the role of navies in the Korean War. It highlights that, despite being pred......more

Japanese family businesses are among the oldest in the world and many of them prove a history record of 200 years and mo......more

This book explores the trial of over 600 students arrested at the University of Tokyo in 1969 after thousands of riot po......more

Are the 1930s a "missing link" in the study of Japanese American history? Yasuo Sakata, the foremost historian of Japane......more

Embark on an Unparalleled Journey Through the Rich Tapestry of Eastern Civilization! Discover the Cradle of Intellectual......more

What, if anything, is Esoteric Pure Land Buddhism? In 1224, the medieval Japanese scholar-monk Dōhan (1179-1252) compose......more

In this issue of Azalea, special section "The Long Korean War in Recent Korean Literature," sheds light on the powerful ......more

First Published in 1930, History of Japanese Religion shows the interaction of various forces which manifested their vit......more

When the crucial years after the Korean War are remembered today, histories about North Korea largely recount a grand ep......more

In Waiting for the Cool Moon Wendy Matsumura interrogates the erasure of colonial violence at the heart of Japanese nati......more

In Waiting for the Cool Moon Wendy Matsumura interrogates the erasure of colonial violence at the heart of Japanese nati......more

This book documents Japan’s psychological deterioration caused by its defeat in August 1945. Also, Japan’s traumatic tra......more

For hundreds of years until the 1900s, in today’s China, Japan, North and South Korea, and Vietnam, literati of Classica......more

This book focuses on the broad concept of ’controversy’ and issues pertaining to the translation of politically and hist......more

Japanese culture, way of life, and other aspects of the society draw in a lot of interest from folks all over the world,......more

In the sixteenth century, members of the Ouchi family were kings in all but name in much of Japan. Immensely wealthy, th......more

During World War II, the Japanese military extended Japan’s civilian licensing regime for domestic brothels to those nex......more

The later Sengoku period is the era of warfare depicted in classical Japanese movies such as The Seven Samurai, Ran, and......more

In Selling the Future, Ryan Moran explains how the life insurance industry in Japan exploited its association with mutua......more

Since before the American Civil War, African American and Japanese encounters produced relationships and discourses of k......more

Now in a fully revised and updated edition, this comprehensive text surveys Korean history from Neolithic times to the p......more

Over the course of the last few decades, South Korea has witnessed a remarkable change in terms of technological innovat......more

This bookdiscloses the history of relations among members of the Quakers of Philadelphia and Japanese intellectuals, edu......more

Focusing on the ancient, medieval, and early-modern eras, this collection considers the beginnings of Sino-Japanese Rela......more

A critical introduction to how the Nagasaki atomic bombing has been remembered, especially in contrast to that of Hirosh......more

A critical introduction to how the Nagasaki atomic bombing has been remembered, especially in contrast to that of Hirosh......more

At the close of the 19th century, Japan remained a mysterious, isolated land to much of the Western world. In 1889, Gree......more

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"Unbeaten Tracks in Japan" by Isabella L. Bird is a captivating travelogue that takes readers on a remarkable journey th......more

"...comprehensive, engaging and insightful." -- Wall Street Journal The monumental struggle fought against Imperial Japa......more

Covers the events of Operation AL from the Japanese raid on Dutch Harbor and the invasion of Attu and Kiska to the Ameri......more

Democratizing Luxury explores the interplay between advertising and consumption in modern Japan by investigating how Jap......more