Asia Reoriented

Okamoto Takashi
Translated by Michael House

Nomads, farmers, and trade: world history was born where these elements intersected. In this...

Contested Perceptions

Okamoto Takashi

The histories of China, Korea, and Japan have been intimately intertwined for centuries. But of...

The Era of Great Disasters

Iokibe Makoto
Translated by Tony Gonzalez
Foreword by Yamazaki Masakazu

The Era of Great Disasters examines modern disaster response in Japan, from the changing earthquake...

Fifteen Lectures on Showa Japan

Edited by Tsutsui Kiyotada
Translated by Noda Makito and Paul Narum

Why did Showa Japan rush to war? Where did Japan fail? This compilation of the most up-to-date...

The History of Takeshima and Japan

Sugihara Takashi

Lying in the Sea of Japan between Japan and the Korean Peninsula sits Takeshima, two islets...

The History of US-Japan Relations

Edited by Iokibe Makoto
English edition edited by Tosh Minohara

Examining the 160-year relationship between America and Japan, this edited volumes deals in depth...

Japan, Korea, and the Takeshima Secret Pact

Daniel Roh
Translated by Marie Speed

“A solution without a solution.” In 1965, a secret pact concluded between the leaders of Japan and...

Japan-China Relations in the Modern Era

Kokubun Ryosei, Soeya Yoshihide, Takahara Akio, Kawashima Shin
Translated by Keith Krulak

From before the dawn of recorded history, there has been a rich flow of interaction between Japan...

The Legacy of the Ryukyu Kingdom

Takara Kurayoshi
Translated by Lina Terrell

Before Okinawa, the unified and independent Ryukyu Kingdom existed for four hundred years—from the...

Pax Tokugawana

Haga Tōru
Translated by Juliet Winters Carpenter

When thinking about Tokugawa Japan, some people always envision fancy Edo exotica; others conjure...

Tales of Plague and Pestilence

Sakai Shizu
Translated by Marie Speed

How has disease impacted the evolution of Japan’s culture and society? Sakai Shizu, a leading...

The Tokyo Trial

Higurashi Yoshinobu

The Tokyo Trial, like the Nuremberg Trial, was unique as a judicial event. Presided over by eleven...