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2) Japan restored: how Japan can reinvent itself and why this is important for America and the world
Author
Publisher
Tuttle Publishing
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"How Japan Can Reinvent Itself and Why This Is Important for America and the World. In 1979, the book Japan as Number One: Lessons for America by Harvard University professor Ezra Vogel caused a sensation in the United States by pointing out that Japan was surpassing America as world economic leader; the book remains to this day the all-time bestseller in Japan of non-fiction by a Western author. The book was timely: Japan's subsequent "bubble era"...
Author
Series
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
"A penetrating overview of Japan, from a historical, social, political, economic, and cultural perspective"--
"Japan is one of the world's wealthiest and most technologically advanced nations, and its rapid ascent to global power status after 1853 remains one of the most remarkable stories in modern world history. Yet it has not been an easy path; military catastrophe, political atrophy, and economic dysfunction have made regular appearances from...
4) Red flowers
Author
Series
Publisher
Drawn & Quarterly
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Yoshiharu Tsuge leaves early genre trappings behind, taking a light, humorous approach in these stories based on his own travels. Red Flowers ranges from deep character studies to personal reflections to ensemble comedies set in the hotels and bathhouses of rural Japan. There are irascible old men, drunken gangsters, reflective psychiatric-hospital escapees, and mysterious dogs. Tsuge's stories are mischievous and tender even as they explore complex...
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