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The sequel to bestseller Tokyo Vice, now a major HBO drama, with a second season coming in 2024. It’s been a while since Jake Adelstein was the only gaijin crime reporter for the …

'What Japan was she owed to the samurai. They were not only the flower of the nation, but its root as well.'Inazo Nitobe's book, the most influential ever written on Bushido, or …

This sumptuous book explores the important role that woodblock prints played in the fashionable world of Edo-period Japan (1603-1868). 140 ukiyo-e - 'pictures of the floating …

In his eightieth year, Colin Thubron takes a dramatic and often treacherous journey from the Amur's secret source to its giant mouth, covering almost 3,000 miles.'Thubron on top …

A translation of the Mengzi (Mencius). Accompanied by selected passages from the classic commentary of Zhu Xi - one of the insightful interpreters of Confucianism - it provides …

From Comfort Woman:“We began the day with breakfast, after which we swept and cleaned our rooms. Then we went to the bathroom downstairs to wash the only dress we had and to bathe. …

Han är en av de mest tongivande rösterna i den kinesiska litteraturen av idag. En av allt färre, eftersom många författarkollegor tvingats in i tystnad eller självcensur. Yan …

This book is part of the unique Book of Samurai series that comprises the works of 17th-century samurai tactician Natori Sanjuro Masazumi, retainer and advisor to the lords of …

A dizzying tale oflust and murder, from one of Japan's greatest mysterywriters.A hunter prowls the night spotsof ShinjukuBut he's the one walking into a trap...IchiroHonda leads a …

'As cryptic and compelling as a fever dream... Bae Suah is one of the most unique and adroit literary voices working today' Sharlene TeoFinishing her last shift at Seoul's only …