The Growth of Chinese Electronics Firms outlines the way firms grow in China at an organizational level. Kimura uses China's electronics industry as a case study for measuring technology-fuelled growth and provides a way to understand diversified the growth process systematically.

This book discusses the science and technology of tunneling for the 21st Century. It includes topics related to planning, geological and environmental investigations, as well as the maintenance and the longevity of tunnels.

In Food and Power in Hawai`i, island scholars and writers from backgrounds in academia, farming, and community organizations discuss new ways of looking at food policy and practices in terms of social justice and sustainability. Each of the nine essays describes Hawai`i’s foodscapes and collectively makes the case that food is a focal point for public policy making, social activism, and cultural mobilization. With its rich case studies, the volume aims to further debate on the agr...

Ayumu Aikawa is settling into his new life - or lack thereof- and enjoying the ties he's building with his new roommates, strange thoughthey may be! But when the opportunity arises to face his murderer, will thiszombie/magikewl girl be up to the task??

An unsettling, poignant story about two troubled strangers finding refuge in each other during the pandemic As coronavirus spreads, paranoia overtakes a quiet northern Japanese town. People keep strict social distance, they disinfect their groceries and doorknobs, they fear-especially anyone from a teeming city. In these tense, antiseptic circumstances, two odd loners meet. One bears the burden of possibly causing a protestor's death, the other worries her behaviour led to a student's suic...

Awa Maru- The Titanic of JapanIn 1945 as the Japanese Empire in South East Asia started to crumble , the Japanese communities began desperate scrambles for passages on any available vessels back to Japan.A Japanese hospital ship, the Awa Maru was given a guarantee of safe passage to 2007 Japanese civilians and military personnel who had been “fortunate” enough to secure places on board. On the 27th of March 1945, amidst much joy and tears of farewell, the ship set sail from...

Chunky, kawaii, blocky and adorable, these 16 clever folded paper animals all conceal a secret—they double as containers to store precious objects or small gift items like money, candy or notes.Though they're perfect for those special gifts to friends and loved ones, these cute animal models are almost too sweet to give away! You'll want to fold up the entire collection and display it proudly on your own desk or shelf.Each animal model has its own d...

“Like a Willow Tree…”A willow tree, soft and flowy on the outside, unbreakable and strong on the inside, left to brave the lashings and extremities of wind and storm but never quite breakingHanako Ishigaki was just 9 years old when her father decided to uproot the family from traditional and beautiful Kyoto and migrate to Hawaii.“You are not uprooting this family to some strange outlandish place where we will have to start all over again and maybe never be accepted,...

Bonsai for Beginners: Growing Your Zen Garden: Unlocking the Art of Miniature Tree Gardening is a complete guide to growing bonsai trees that is easy for people who are just starting out. This book is for people who want to learn more about miniature tree gardening. It has step-by-step steps and expert tips on how to grow and take care of bonsai trees. This book has all the information you need to make and keep a bonsai garden alive, whether you are new to gardening or want to improve your...

Editorial CommentWhat "Waiting to Exhale" did for black women and "Sex In The City" did for white women, this book does for Asian women against a backdrop of Japanese life as it is today, the good, the bad, the dents and all!Three young women arrived in Tokyo from the small towns of rural Japan with nothing but a burning ambition and the vague knowledge that somehow, their lives would be different. With so many odds stacked against them, what were the chances that their amb...

This book is devoted to areas most people have never thought about or perhaps do not even know exist. My primary goal was to provide information which will enable us to learn the true human nature by realizing the actual state of this world, in its material dimension, is the light and waves. I acquired that knowledge summing up my personal experience, encounters with people having supernatural power, and a forty-year scientific research, enriched with invaluable messages from a higher dime...

Life - or undeath? - isn't easy for Ayumu Aikawa. A seemingly normal high schooler, he is in fact a zombie who serves as a bodyguard to an introverted necromancer. But his already complicated existence becomes even more outlandish when he accidently steals the powers of a magical girl, transforming into one himself - complete with frilly dress and pink chainsaw!! How's a reanimated corpse supposed to keep his head on his shoulders with roommates like these girls around the house?