acclaimed japanese books in translation 2020

2020Acclaimed Japanese books in translation

History, Memory, and Politics in Postwar JapanEdited by IOKIBE Kaoru, KOMIYA Kazuo, HOSOYA Yuichi, MIYAGI Taizo, and the Tokyo Foundation for Policy Research’s Political and Diplomatic Review Project

Memories can be shared—or contested. Japan and Korea share centuries of intertwined history, the nature of which continues to be disputed. This book explores Japan’s historical narratives from 1946 to the present and their impact on the evolution of both domestic politics and diplomatic relations. This book is a rich contribution to our understanding of Japanese politics and the far-reaching consequences of the historical narratives that we embrace.

POLITICAL SCIENCE

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Lynne Rienner Publishers

The Japan-US Alliance of HopeAsia-Pacific Maritime Security

Edited by Nakasone Peace InstituteSupervised by KITAOKA Shinichi and KUBO Fumiaki

The security of the Asia-Pacific region is at an important turning point as China’s intensifying maritime activities cause growing instability. With the existing order of the region under threat, the Japan-US alliance is an “alliance of hope” for peace and prosperity. This book analyzes that alliance and discusses its future direction from the perspective of maintaining maritime security in the region.

translated by Charles Stewart and ANAI Ikuo

edited by Nakasone Peace Institute

supervised by KITAOKA Shinichi and KUBO Fumiaki

Asia-Pacific Maritime Security

Asia-Pacific M

aritime Security

edited by Nakasone Peace Institutesupervised by KITAOKA Shinichi and KUBO Fumiaki

POLITICAL SCIENCE

Price: Hardcover ¥3,200 +taxISBN 978-4-86658-138-5

The Era of Great DisastersJapan and Its Three Major Earthquakes

IOKIBE MakotoForword by YAMAZAKI Masakazu

Prof. Iokibe examines modern disaster response in Japan and the evolving efforts of rebuilding, from earthquake preparations and regulations to immediate emergency procedures at the national, prefectural, and city levels in hope of minimizing the tragic effects of the next great disaster. This book focuses on three major earthquakes from Japan’s modern history (1923, 1995, 2011), unveiling not only the disasters themselves but the humanity underneath, in hope that we might learn from the past and move forward with greater wisdom, knowledge, and community.

Iokibe MakotoTranslated by Tony Gonzalez / Foreword by Yamazaki Masakazu

THE ERA OFGREAT DISASTERS

JAPAN AND ITS THREEMAJOR EARTHQUAKES

Iokibe THE ERA OF GREAT DISASTERS

The Era of Great Disasters examines modern disaster response in Japan, from the changing earthquake preparations and regulations, to imme-diate emergency procedures from the national, prefectural, and city levels, and finally the evolving efforts of rebuilding and preparing for the next great disaster in the hopes of minimizing their tragic effects. This book focuses on three major earthquakes from Japan’s modern history. The first is the 1923 Great Kantō Earthquake, which struck the capital region. The second is the 1995 Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake, affecting the area between Kobe and Osaka. The third is the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake, the magnitude 9.0 quake that struck off the Pacific coast of the Tōhoku region, causing a devastating tsunami and the nuclear accident. While the events of (and around) each of these earthquakes are unique, Professor Iokibe brings his deep expertise and personal experience to each disaster, unveiling not only the disasters themselves but the humanity underneath. In each case, he gives atten-tion and gratitude to those who labored to save lives and restore the communities affected, from the individuals on the scene to government officials and military personnel and emergency responders, in hope that we might learn from the past and move forward with greater wisdom, knowledge, and common purpose. IOKIBE Makoto is Chancellor of the University of Hyogo and President of the Hyogo Earthquake Memorial 21st Century Research Institute. He is also Professor Emeritus of Japanese political and diplo-matic history, Kobe University and Former President of the National Defense Academy of Japan. After the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake, Professor Iokibe was appointed Chairperson of the Reconstruction Design Council in Response to the Great East Japan Earthquake, a government-established advisory panel of scholars and experts for for-mulating governmental reconstruction guidelines. Following the 2016 Kumamoto Earthquake, he served as Chairperson of the Expert Group for Reconstruction and Recovery from the Kumamoto Earthquake. Among his many publications, his volume Nichibeikankeishi (Yuhikaku, 2008) has recently been translated by the Japan Library and published as “The History of US-Japan Relations: From Perry to the Present” (Palgrave Macmillan, 2017).

Also available as an e-book.<Insert Japan Library Logo><Insert JPIC Logo>Michigan Monograph Series in Japanese StudiesUniversity of Michigan PressAnn Arbor / www.press.umich.edu

HISTORY

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University of Michigan Press

Remnants of Days PastA Journey through Old Japan

WATANABE Kyoji

Remnants of Days Past is an epic journey into the age of Tokugawa rule and the Edo period, when the civilization of “Old Japan” was still visible before it ceased to exist with the advent of modernization. It draws on works written by foreign observers in Japan from the late Edo period to the early Meiji, and includes such topics as social class, views of women and children, attitudes towards sex, labor and the body, religious beliefs, and the unique cosmology behind this civilization.

Remnants of

Days Past

Watanabe KyojiTranslated by Joseph Litsch

A Journey through Old Japan

A Journey through

Old Japan

HISTORY


Acclaimed Japanese books in translation

JAPAN LIBRARY is a collection of specially selected Japanese works in English, providing a broad range of titles from the vast canon of nonfiction—politics, foreign policy, social sciences, culture, phi-losophy, science and technology, and more. We strive to provide the deft translations and world-wide distribution needed to make the best of these works more accessible to a wider audience. We believe these works provide a useful start in fostering mutual discussion and understanding, ultimately contributing towards the enrichment of a universal, global knowledge.

Population and the Japanese EconomyLongevity, Innovation, and Economic Growth

YOSHIKAWA Hiroshi

In light of Japan’s shrinking population, decreasing work force, expanding fiscal deficit, and rural regions facing a crisis of disappearance, isn’t the decline of the nation inevitable? The answer from economics is a resounding “No!” The key to economic growth is innovation, and the fact that Japan is one of the world’s leading “longevity societies” is precisely what poses an opportunity. This book sweeps away the “population decline pessimism” that has spread throughout Japan and approaches the real issues of the Japanese economy.

POPULATION and the JAPANESE

ECONOMYLongevity, Innovation, and Economic Growth

YOSHIKAWA HiroshiTranslated by Charles Stewart

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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS


The Story of Japan’s Ohmi MerchantsThe Precept of Sanpo-yoshi

SUENAGA Kunitoshi

Ohmi merchants can be considered the source of Japanese-style management. The key concepts they developed from their base of operations at a vital interchange connecting Kyoto with eastern Japan underpinned the success of Japanese corporations for generations. Inspirational and practical, this book contains useful ideas and methods that have helped Japanese corporations and individuals achieve success for generations.

Kunitoshi SuenagaTHE STORY OF JAPAN’S OHM

I MERCHANTS

THE STORY OF JAPAN’S

OHMI MERCHANTSThe Precept of Sanpo-yoshi

Kunitoshi SuenagaTranslated by Larry Greenberg



How Human Is Human?The View from Robotics Research

ISHIGURO Hiroshi

Dr. Ishiguro presents an overview of androids he created, along with episodes and difficulties encountered during their development. Unlike industrial robots, these androids are designed to provide new tools for human interaction and communication. Users can project their voice and movements remotely over the Internet, giving a sense of presence that is impossible through technologies such as video conferencing. These androids represent a first step toward telepresence technologies so far encountered only in science fiction.

Lost in EvolutionExploring Humanity’s Path in Asia

Hiroto Kawabatatechnical advisor Yousuke Kaifu

translated by

Dana Lewis

Hiroto K

awabata

Exploring Humanity’s Path in AsiaL

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SCIENCE


Lost in EvolutionExploring Humanity’s Path in Asia

KAWABATA HirotoTechnical advisor KAIFU Yousuke

Societies may wrestle with such insignificant differences as skin color, yet Homo sapiens are broadly homogeneous. We’re all basically the same, and we’re the only human species alive. Yet it has not always been that way. Species such as the Peking Man and the Cro-Magnons lived eons ago. Who were they and where did they live? How is it that only Homo sapiens remain? This work explores these questions with an unequaled focus on events in Asia, providing new information and insights, and a thoughtful look at humanity’s evolutionary background.

SCIENCE


The Legacy of Kano JigoroJudo and Education

Edited by The Committee for the Commemoration of the 150th Anniversary of the Birth of Jigoro Kano

KANÔ Jigorô, the founder of judo, lived life according to his own words—seiryoku zen’yô and jita kyôei—the best practical use of one’s energies and putting one’s efforts to good use for the benefit of both oneself and society. This biography reveals how Kanô Sensei laid out the foundation for sports in Japanese education and his immense devotion and commitment to bringing the Olympic Games to Japan, all the while never ceasing to develop and promote the sport he created.

BIOGRAPHY


Flowers, Birds, Wind, and MoonThe Phenomenology of Nature in Japanese Culture

MATSUOKA Seigo

This book explores the association of Japanese culture and nature using ten motifs as lenses on aspects of Japanese culture. It examines how Japanese concepts of time, interval, and otherness overlap with how quantum physics and relativity theory grapple with issues of uncertainty, indeterminacy, and ambiguity; proposing that nature and seasonal change function as a system of recombinant codes for expressing Japanese sensibilities and serve as motifs in the creative arts which shape Japanese life and thought.

CULTURE


The Japanese Linguistic LandscapeReflections on Quintessential Words

NAKANISHI Susumu

Beautiful words have an ageless quality, regardless of when they first appeared in a language. This book introduces a balanced mix of new and old words that reflect the singular beauty of the Japanese language. Only by submerging ourselves in a language can we perceive its splendid subtleties and appreciate its true beauty. This book offers readers an opportunity to delve into the nuances of Japanese, explore the language’s history, and savor its unique beauty.

CULTURE


Making Xavier’s Dream RealVernacular Writings of Catholic Missionaries in Modern Japan

Nanyan Guo

This book reveals how St. Francis Xavier’s (1506–1552) dream of evangelizing Japan was realized by four Catholic missionaries who lived in Japan and published in Japanese for the populace: Aimé Villion (1843–1932), Sauveur Candau (1897–1955), Hermann Heuvers (1890–1977), and Georges Neyrand (1920–2011). The literature penned by these missionaries not only enhances our understanding of the five-centuries-long dialogue between Europe and Japan, but also enables us to recognize and appreciate the extremely important role that Christianity has played in shaping today’s Japanese culture.

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CULTURE


Traditional Cuisine of the Ryukyu IslandsA History of Health and Healing

TAKAGI Rin

This modern version of the Gozen honzo, a nineteenth-century guidebook on diet therapy written in 1832 by TOKASHIKI Pechin Tsukan, chief physician to the king of the Ryukyu Kingdom, will lead you to understand that the Okinawan saying “food is kusuimun (medicine)” is truly so. It covers 60 traditional Ryukyu foodstuffs from grains and vegetables to meat and fish, explains their medicinal effects, required preparation, and effective combinations. Seventy recipes from the original text reproduce the various delicacies that are the foundation of Okinawan cuisine.

CULTURE


The Kidai Shôran ScrollTokyo Street Life in the Edo Era

OZAWA Hiromu and KOBAYASHI Tadashi

The Kidai Shôran is a magnificent painted scroll depicting one of Edo’s most iconic streets at the beginning of the nineteenth century. It covers five blocks of the main thoroughfare leading south from the Imagawabashi Bridge to the bridge at Nihonbashi, presenting an almost cinematic look at urban life during the Edo period. It portrays over 1,600 people from every walk of society. Expert commentary and knowledgeable analysis by the authors bring the details to life.

ART & DESIGN

Price: Hardcover ¥3,500 +taxISBN: 978-4-86658-132-3

The World of Ito JakuchuClassical Japanese Painter of All Things Great and Small in Nature

SATO Yasuhiro

Jakuchû was an eighteenth-century self-educated artist who studied the Kanô style then predominant in Japan, as well as old Chinese classics. He began to sketch natural phenomena after studying the paintings of the Qing dynasty, and taking nature as his teacher, eventually established his own richly colored style of painting that portrayed the plants and animals of the natural world. This book includes full-color illustrations of his Plants and Animals in Color along with other important paintings, accompanied by commentary from a variety of perspectives.

ART & DESIGN


UPCOMING

Japan’s Approach to Legal and Judicial Development in Developing CountriesBuilding Trust and Partnership

Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)

Publication Date: April 2020Hardcover ISBN 978-4-86658-130-9

The Sea of JapanUnraveling the Mystery of Its Hidden Depths

GAMO Toshitaka

Publication Date: July 2020Hardcover ISBN 978-4-86658-129-3

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HISTORY

Fifteen Lectures on Showa JapanRoad to the Pacific War in Recent HistoriographyEdited by TSUTSUI KiyotadaPrice: Hardcover ¥3,480 + tax / ISBN 978-4-916055-60-6 Price: Paperback ¥2,800 + tax / ISBN 978-4-86658-050-0

Friendship across the Seas The US Navy and the Japan Maritime Self-Defense ForceAGAWA NaoyukiPrice: Hardcover ¥3,100 + tax / ISBN 978-4-86658-055-5

The History of US-Japan RelationsFrom Perry to the PresentEdited by IOKIBE Makoto*Purchase at https://www.palgrave.com/

Japan-China Relations in the Modern EraKOKUBUN Ryosei, SOEYA Yoshihide, TAKAHARA Akio, KAWASHIMA Shin*Purchase at https://www.routledge.com/

The Remarkable History of Japan-US RelationsKOSAKA MasatakaPrice: Hardcover ¥2,800 + tax / ISBN 978-4-916055-77-4

Security Politics in Japan Legislation for a New Security EnvironmentHOSOYA YuichiPrice: Hardcover ¥2,900 + tax / ISBN 978-4-86658-053-1

Self-Respect and Independence of MindThe Challenge of Fukuzawa YukichiKITAOKA ShinichiPrice: Hardcover ¥3,600 + tax / ISBN 978-4-916055-62-0

Toward Creation of a New World HistoryHANEDA MasashiPrice: Hardcover ¥2,700 + tax / ISBN 978-4-86658-023-4

Toward the Meiji RevolutionThe Search for “Civilization” in Nineteenth-Century JapanKARUBE TadashiPrice: Hardcover ¥3,000 + tax / ISBN 978-4-86658-059-3

Understanding History in AsiaWhat Diplomatic Documents RevealHATTORI RyujiPrice: Hardcover ¥3,100 + tax / ISBN 978-4-86658-054-8

Unsung Heroes of Old JapanISODA MichifumiPrice: Hardcover ¥3,200 + tax / ISBN 978-4-916055-76-7

What Is Japanese Cinema?A HistoryYOMOTA Inuhiko*Purchase at https://cup.columbia.edu/

POLITICAL SCIENCE

The Burden of the Past Problems of Historical Perception in Japan-Korea RelationsKIMURA Kan*Purchase at https://www.press.umich.edu/

Japan in AsiaPost-Cold-War DiplomacyTANAKA AkihikoPrice: Hardcover ¥4,450 + tax / ISBN 978-4-916055-63-7

Japan’s Quest for Stability in Southeast AsiaNavigating the Turning Points in Postwar AsiaMIYAGI Taizo*Purchase at https://www.routledge.com/

Perspectives on Sino-Japanese Diplomatic RelationsThe Yomiuri Shimbun Political News DepartmentPrice: Hardcover ¥3,600 + tax / ISBN 978-4-916055-87-3

The Political History of Modern JapanForeign Relations and Domestic PoliticsKITAOKA Shinichi*Purchase at https://www.routledge.com/

The Self-Defense Forces and Postwar Politics in JapanSADO AkihiroPrice: Hardcover ¥4,450 + tax / ISBN 978-4-916055-74-3

The Territory of JapanIts History and Legal BasisSERITA KentaroPrice: Hardcover ¥2,700 + tax / ISBN 978-4-86658-016-6

Toward the Abe Statement on the 70th Anniversary of the End of World War IILessons from the 20th Century and a Vision for the 21st Century for JapanCompiled by The Advisory Panel on the History of the 20th Century and on Japan’s Role and the World Order in the 21st CenturyPrice: Hardcover ¥3,900 + tax / ISBN 978-4-916055-85-9

SOCIAL SCIENCES

The Happy Youth of a Desperate CountryThe Disconnect between Japan’s Malaise and Its MillennialsFURUICHI NoritoshiPrice: Hardcover ¥3,600 + tax / ISBN 978-4-916055-83-5

If There Were No JapanA Cultural MemoirRoger PulversOUT OF PRINT / ISBN 978-4-916055-44-6

Pilgrimages in the Secular AgeFrom El Camino to AnimeOKAMOTO RyosukePrice: Hardcover ¥2,800 + tax / ISBN 978-4-86658-064-7

Saving the MillThe amazing recovery of one of Japan’s largest paper mills following the 2011 earthquake and tsunamiSASA RyokoNOT FOR SALE / ISBN 978-4-916055-47-7


The Entrepreneur Who Built Modern JapanShibusawa EiichiSHIMADA MasakazuPrice: Hardcover ¥3,300 + tax / ISBN 978-4-916055-79-8

Global Class Japanese SMEsKUROSAKI MakotoPrice: Hardcover ¥3,300 + tax / ISBN 978-4-916055-81-1

Heritage Culture and Business, Kyoto Style Craftsmanship in the Creative EconomyMURAYAMA YuzoPrice: Hardcover ¥3,900 + tax / ISBN 978-4-86658-058-6

Human Resource Development in Twentieth-Century JapanINOKI TakenoriPrice: Hardcover ¥3,900 + tax / ISBN 978-4-916055-78-1

Tree-Ring ManagementTake the Long View and Grow Your Business SlowlyTSUKAKOSHI HiroshiPrice: Hardcover ¥2,640 + tax / ISBN 978-4-916055-46-0

SCIENCE

Essays on the History of Scientific Thought in Modern JapanEdited by KANAMORI OsamuPrice: Hardcover ¥3,960 + tax / ISBN 978-4-916055-61-3

Listen to the Voice of the EarthLearn about earthquakes to save livesOKI SatokoPrice: Hardcover ¥3,000 + tax / ISBN 978-4-916055-45-3

Wasan, the Fascination of Traditional Japanese MathematicsSAKURAI SusumuPrice: Hardcover ¥2,600 + tax / ISBN 978-4-86658-017-3

BIOGRAPHY

Mixing Work with PleasureMy Life at Studio GhibliSUZUKI ToshioPrice: Hardcover ¥2,500 + tax / ISBN 978-4-86658-022-7

Mutsu Munemitsu and His TimeOKAZAKI HisahikoPrice: Hardcover ¥3,000 + tax / ISBN 978-4-86658-025-8

CULTURE

Edo Japan Encounters the World Conversations Between Donald Keene and Shiba RyotaroDonald Keene and SHIBA RyotaroPrice: Hardcover ¥2,600 + tax / ISBN 978-4-86658-018-0

Every Day a Good DayFifteen lessons I learned about happiness from Japanese tea cultureMORISHITA NorikoPrice: Hardcover ¥2,900 + tax / ISBN 978-4-86658-062-3

An Introduction to Yo-kai CultureMonsters, Ghosts, and Outsiders in Japanese HistoryKOMATSU KazuhikoPrice: Hardcover ¥3,900 + tax / ISBN 978-4-916055-80-4 Price: Paperback ¥2,700 + tax / ISBN 978-4-86658-049-4

Kabuki, a Mirror of JapanTen Plays That Offer a Glimpse Into Evolving SensibilitiesMATSUI KesakoPrice: Hardcover ¥3,640 + tax / ISBN 978-4-916055-58-3 Price: Paperback ¥2,800 + tax / ISBN 978-4-86658-144-6

The Lure of PokémonVideo Games and the Savage MindNAKAZAWA ShinichiPrice: Hardcover ¥2,800 + tax / ISBN 978-4-86658-065-4

The People and Culture of JapanConversations Between Donald Keene and Shiba RyotaroDonald Keene and SHIBA RyotaroPrice: Hardcover ¥3,000 + tax / ISBN 978-4-916055-57-6Price: Paperback ¥2,400 + tax / ISBN 978-4-86658-048-7

ART & DESIGN

The Art of Emptiness SAKAIDA Kakiemon XIVPrice: Hardcover ¥3,900 + tax / ISBN 978-4-86658-063-0

The Book of Urushi Japanese Lacquerware from a MasterMATSUDA GonrokuPrice: Hardcover ¥3,700 + tax / ISBN 978-4-86658-060-9

Designing JapanA Future Built on AestheticsHARA KenyaPrice: Hardcover ¥3,000 + tax / ISBN 978-4-86658-015-9

The Japanese Sense of BeautyTAKASHINA ShûjiPrice: Hardcover ¥2,700 + tax / ISBN 978-4-86658-020-3

The Music of ColorSHIMURA Fukumi Price: Flexi-bound ¥3,700 + tax / ISBN 978-4-86658-061-6

Soetsu YanagiSelected Essays on Japanese Folk CraftsYANAGI SoetsuPrice: Hardcover ¥4,200 + tax / ISBN 978-4-916055-75-0Price: Paperback ¥3,500 + tax / ISBN 978-4-86658-145-3

ARCHITECTURE

The Building of Horyu-jiThe Technique and Wood that Made It PossibleNISHIOKA Tsunekazu and KOHARA JiroPrice: Hardcover ¥3,510 + tax / ISBN 978-4-916055-59-0 Price: Paperback ¥2,800 + tax / ISBN 978-4-86658-143-9

Contemporary Japanese Architects Profiles in DesignIGARASHI TaroPrice: Hardcover ¥2,800 + tax / ISBN 978-4-86658-021-0

Japan’s Wooden HeritageA Journey Through a Thousand Years of ArchitectureFUJIMORI Terunobu and FUJITSUKA MitsumasaPrice: Paperback ¥5,100 + tax / ISBN 978-4-916055-82-8

Landscape Gardener Ogawa Jihei and His TimesA Profile of Modern JapanSUZUKI HiroyukiPrice: Hardcover ¥2,700 + tax / ISBN 978-4-86658-019-7

PHILOSOPHY & RELIGION

Bushido and the Art of LivingAn Inquiry into Samurai ValuesAlexander BennettPrice: Hardcover ¥3,400 + tax / ISBN 978-4-916055-86-6 Price: Paperback ¥2,800 + tax / ISBN 978-4-86658-051-7

Flower Petals Fall, but the Flower EnduresThe Japanese Philosophy of TransienceTAKEUCHI SeiichiPrice: Paperback ¥2,500 + tax / ISBN 978-4-86658-069-2

Myth and Deity in JapanThe Interplay of Kami and BuddhasKAMATA TôjiPrice: Hardcover ¥3,900 + tax / ISBN 978-4-916055-84-2 Price: Paperback ¥2,800 + tax / ISBN 978-4-86658-052-4

Words to Live byJapanese Classics for Our TimeNAKANO KôjiPrice: Hardcover ¥2,700 + tax / ISBN 978-4-86658-024-1

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