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Haruki Murakami and the Search for Self-Therapy
Haruki Murakami, a global literary phenomenon, has said that he started writing fiction as a means of self-therapy. What he has not discussed as much is what he needed self-therapy …
Christianity and Imperialism in Modern Japan
Christianity and Imperialism in Modern Japan explores how Japanese Protestants engaged with the unsettling changes that resulted from Japan's emergence as a world power in the …
Engineering Asia
Weaving together chapters on imperial Japan’s wartime mobilization, Asia's first wave of postwar decolonization, and Cold War geopolitical conflict in the region, Engineering Asia …
The History of Japanese Psychology
Through a focus on the contributions of pioneers such as Motora Yujiro (1858–1912) and Matsumoto Matataro (1865–1943), this book explores the origins of Japanese psychology, …
Transwar Asia
This volume considers the possibilities of the term ‘transwar’ to understand the history of Asia from the 1920s to the 1960s. Recently, scholars have challenged earlier studies …
The Origins of the Modern Japanese Bureaucracy
What is a bureaucracy, from where does it come, and how does it develop? The Japanese have long described their nation as a “kingdom of bureaucrats", but until now, no historian …
Imperial Japan and Defeat in the Second World War
Informed Western understanding of Imperial Japan still often conjures up images of militarism, blind devotion to leaders, and fanatical pride in the country. But, as Imperial Japan …
Postwar Emigration to South America from Japan and the Ryukyu Islands
Placing a distinct focus on the role of the sending state, this book examines the history of postwar Japan’s migration policy, linking it to the larger question of statehood and …
Selected Essays by Fukuzawa Yukichi
During the sweeping changes taking place in 19th century Japan, no thinker was more important than Fukuzawa Yukichi (1835-1901). Born into a low-ranking samurai family, he traveled …
The China Problem in Postwar Japan
The 1970s were a period of dramatic change in relations between Japan and the People’s Republic of China (PRC). The two countries established diplomatic relations for the first …
Empire and Constitution in Modern Japan
Since the beginning of the Meiji period when Japan evolved into a modern and powerful nation-state, ideas of empire and constitution imbued Japanese rule and progress. In Empire …
Mass Media, Consumerism and National Identity in Postwar Japan
Mass Media, Consumerism and National Identity in Postwar Japan addresses Japan’s evolving nationalism and national identity in relation to its newly rising consumerism during the …