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Exploring Japanese Thought
Japanese history is filled with many great writers and thinkers whose names live on today. While...
Fencing in the Dark
Sino-Japanese relations were seriously rattled in September 2010 when a Chinese fishing boat rammed...
Fifteen Lectures on Showa Japan
Why did Showa Japan rush to war? Where did Japan fail? This compilation of the most up-to-date...
Flower Petals Fall, but the Flower Endures
Life is short and transient. The feeling that this evokes is called mujōkan in Japanese. Rather...
Flowers, Birds, Wind, and Moon
Japanese culture is deeply rooted in nature—from literature to the visual arts, and from religious...
From Party Politics to Militarism in Japan, 1924–1941
The years in Japan between June 1924, when a coalition cabinet of three political parties was...
Global Class Japanese SMEs
Thirty years have passed since Japan emerged on the global stage as the second largest economy...
Gotō Shinpei, Statesman of Vision
The Meiji era (1868–1912) produced numerous geniuses in Japan and one who certainly earns his name...
The Happy Youth of a Desperate Country
Young people in present-day Japan, a socially-polarized society, have been reportedly "unhappy."...
Hatred Has No Future
The year was 2002—the 30th anniversary of the normalization of Sino-Japanese relations but also a...
Heritage Culture and Business, Kyoto Style
Kyoto, where world-class high-tech industries exist alongside heritage industries. Achieving highly...
The History of Takeshima and Japan
Lying in the Sea of Japan between Japan and the Korean Peninsula sits Takeshima, two islets...
