When the Emperor Hirohito died in 1989, Japanese newspapers had to use a special, exalted word to refer to his death, and had to depict his life uncritically, as one beginning in turbulence but ending in magnificent accomplishment. To do otherwise would have exposed them to terrorism from the vigilant right wing. Yet this insightful book by a Japanese-American scholar who grew up in both cultures reveals the hidden fault lines in the realm of the dying emperor by telling the stories of thr...

This work aims to show that Japan even at it's height of success, while the successful version of capitalism was blighted at it's core, being unsustainable. This revised edition features n introduction which gives an analysis of Japan's contemporary crisis.

When Alecia is summoned to Denlin County, OK by her recuperating sister, the last place she expects to find herself is back in a classroom.A respected educator in Minneapolis, Alecia agrees to fill a temporary vacancy at the local country school, while also assisting her sister on the ranch.Alecia is charmed by J.D. Lassiter, a troubled girl in her 3rd-grade class. When she meets J.D.'s father, a handsome widower, she's puzzled by what she finds—a successful rancher who for...

"A significant contribution to the body of English language scholarship and translation of Japanese proletarian literature. Highly recommended." — ChoiceFiction created by and for the working class emerged worldwide in the early twentieth century as a response to rapid modernization, dramatic inequality, and imperial expansion. In Japan, literary youth, men and women, sought to turn their imaginations and craft to tackling the ensuing injustices, with resul...

**A stirring and insightful novel from an author Japan Quarterly calls "a Japanese writer of genius."**From beloved author Soseki Natsume, And Then tells the story of Daisuke, a man in his twenties who is struggling with his personal purpose and identity as well as the changing social landscape of Meiji-era Japan. As Japan enters the 20th Century, ancient customs give way to Western ideals, and Daisuke works to resolve his feelings of disconnection and abandonment during ...