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-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...

Pax Tokugawana

Haga Tōru
Translated by Juliet Winters Carpenter

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

The Tokyo Trial

Higurashi Yoshinobu

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

Toward Creation of a New World History

Haneda Masashi
Translated by Noda Makito

Today, as globalization deepens daily and the world becomes increasingly integrated, the time has...

Toward the Meiji Revolution

Karube Tadashi
Translated by David Noble

In 2018, Japan marked the 150th anniversary of the collapse of the Tokugawa shogunate and the...

What Is Japanese Cinema?

Yomota Inuhiko
Translated by Philip Kaffen

What might Godzilla and Kurosawa have in common? What, if anything, links Ozu's sparse portaits of...