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 Economics of Colonialism in Korea

Kimura Mitsuhiko

From 1910 to 1945, Korea was a colony of Imperial Japan. Its governance has been described...

Empire of the Seas

Shiraishi Takashi

Winner of the 2000 Yomiuri Yoshino Sakuzo Prize for academic writing on politics, economics, and...

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-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 Occupation of Japan 1945–1952

Fukunaga Fumio

Following its defeat in World War II, Japan was placed under the control of SCAP GHQ headed by...

The Pacific War and Japan's Diplomacy in Asia

Hatano Sumio

Focusing on the significance of the Greater East Asia policies promoted by Prime Minister...

Pax Tokugawana

Haga Tōru
Translated by Juliet Winters Carpenter

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