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Free Download Tattered Kimonos in Japan: Remaking Lives from Memories of World War II (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0CRZZMMBS | 2024 | 6 hours and 15 minutes | M4B@128 kbps | 334 MB
Author: Robert Rand
Narrator: Curt Bonnem
Since John Hersey’s Hiroshima, very few books have examined the meaning and impact of World War II through the eyes of Japanese men and women who survived that conflict. Tattered Kimonos in Japan does just that: It is an intimate journey into contemporary Japan from the perspective of the generation of Japanese soldiers and civilians who survived World War II, by a writer whose American father and Japanese father-in-law fought on opposite sides of the conflict. Mindful of the power of victimhood, memory, and shared suffering, he travels across Japan, including Hiroshima and Nagasaki, meeting a compelling group of men and women whose lives, even now, are defined by the trauma of war, and by lingering questions of responsibility and repentance for Japan’s wartime aggression. The image of a tattered kimono from Hiroshima is the thread that drives the narrative arc of this emotional story about a writer’s encounter with history, inside the Japan of his father’s generation, on the other side of his father’s war. This is a book about history with elements of family memoir. It offers a fresh and truly unique perspective for listeners interested in World War II, Japan, or Judaica; listeners seeking cross-cultural journeys; and listeners intrigued by Japanese culture, particularly the kimono.

Free Download Professor Kenji Kosaka, "Social Stratification in Contemporary Japan"
English | 2011 | pages: 265 | ISBN: 0710304676, 1138982296 | EPUB | 5,2 mb
Contemporary Japanese society is often regarded as an enigma in the West because of its miraculous economic growth and the unparalleled stability of its socio-political structure. Yet until now, there have been very few works available in English which are concerned with stratification and class perceptions in contemporary Japan. This study is both empirical and theoretical, with the sociological perspective serving as the underlying framework. A succinct historical overview is provided for those unfamiliar with modern Japanese history.

Free Download Food Cultures of Japan: Recipes, Customs, and Issues (The Global Kitchen) by Jeanne Jacob
English | December 6, 2021 | ISBN: 144086683X | 272 pages | MOBI | 1.09 Mb
This addition to the Global Kitchen series explores the cuisine of Japan, from culinary history and important ingredients to essential daily and special meals.

Free Download Digitalization and Competition Policy in Japan by Shuya Hayashi , Koki Arai
English | PDF EPUB (True) | 2024 | 171 Pages | ISBN : 981995309X | 3.3 MB
This book organizes the intent and purpose of the Japanese competition law (Antimonopoly Act) to address the digitalized socio-economy and provides a detailed explanation of its basic content as well as advanced issues. It includes an overview of Japanese law and its international position, a basic understanding of the big data and AI issues in today’s competition law, and perspectives on high-tech regulation. In addition, it includes a variety of important topics, ranging from exploring principles to tackle digital regulatory realities, to understanding and analyzing the competitive realities of multisided markets. It also examines the relationship between information and competition law and that between consumer and competition law.

Free Download Buying Power: The Political Economy of Japan’s Foreign Aid By David Arase
1995 | 307 Pages | ISBN: 1555874479 | PDF | 9 MB
This text analyses Japan’s use of its bilateral foreign aid to achieve the strategic objectives of its economic and foreign policies. Japan has used its ODA to facilitate the structural transformation of its domestic economy and the construction of an international division of labour.

Free Download Japan Travel Atlas By Tuttle Publishing
2012 | 128 Pages | ISBN: 4805309660 | EPUB | 189 MB
Finding your way around Japan is a breeze with this handy Tuttle travel atlas. Designed for the adventurous traveler and containing all the maps you’ll need on your explorations, this atlas includes many views and insets not available elsewhere. The perfect travel guide, this atlas is conveniently divided into chapters covering the major regions of Japan, including Tokyo, Mt. Fuji and around Tokyo, Central Honshu, Kyoto, Kansai, Hiroshima and Western Honshu, Northern Honshu, Hokkaido, Shikoku, Kyushu, and Okinawa & the Southwest Islands. Each of the 148 maps in this atlas are easy-to-follow and are presented in a logical manner. Emphasis is placed on the most frequently-visited areas, and all cities, towns, villages and places of interest are indexed for quick reference. All roads are color-coded with major arteries in bright yellow and orange. All key landmarks are highlighted-including airports, beaches, temples, hotels, shops, restaurants, shopping malls, consulates, government offices, hospitals, clinics, police stations, schools, parks, banks, golf courses and more! Maps are shown at various scales but are large enough to see details. User-friendly indexes at the back of the book list all streets, towns, villages and buildings for quick reference. COMPREHENSIVE: Covers every major town and tourist area in Japan. INFORMATIVE: Gives precise locations of popular sights, including hotels, restaurants, temples, shopping malls and other essential landmarks. PRACTICAL: The handy size, well-designed key maps and comprehensive indexes help you find your destination quickly. RELIABLE: The maps in this atlas are thoroughly researched and regularly updated by Tuttle Publishing-the leading ✅Publisher of Asia Pacific maps.

Free Download Taste of Sea Food – Japan – 29 January 2024
English | 60 pages | True PDF | 14.3 MB

Free Download Richard Bryan McDaniel, "Zen Masters of Japan: The Second Step East"
English | 2013 | pages: 288 | ISBN: 0804847975, 4805312726 | EPUB | 15,0 mb
Zen Masters of Japan is the second book in a series that traces Zen’s profoundly historic journey as it spread eastward from China and Japan, toward the United States. Following Zen Masters of China, this book concentrates on Zen’s significant passage through Japan. More specifically, it describes the lineage of the great teachers, the Zen monk pioneers who set out to enlighten an island ready for an inner transformation based on compassionate awareness.

Free Download War in Japan: 1467-1615 (Essential Histories) by Stephen Turnbull
English | April 12, 2022 | ISBN: 1472851188 | 144 pages | MOBI | 56 Mb
Fully illustrated with colour maps and 50 images, this is an accessible introduction to the most violent, turbulent, cruel and exciting chapter in Japanese history.

Free Download Michele Monserrati, "Searching for Japan: 20th Century Italy’s Fascination with Japanese Culture "
English | ISBN: 1789621070 | 2020 | 256 pages | PDF | 8 MB
This book pursues the specific case of Italian travel narratives in the Far East, through a focus on the experience of Japan in works by writers who visited the Land of the Rising Sun beginning in the Meiji period (1868-1912) and during the concomitant opening of Japan’s relations with the West. Drawing from the fields of Postcolonial and Transnational Studies, analysis of these texts explores one central question: what does it mean to imagine Japanese culture as contributing to Italian culture? Each author shares in common an attempt to disrupt ideas about dichotomies and unbalanced power relationships between East and West. Proposing the notion of ‘relational Orientalism,’ this book suggests that Italian travelogues to Japan, in many cases, pursued the goal of building imaginary transnational communities, predicated on commonalities and integration, by claiming what they perceived as ‘Oriental’ as their own. In contrast with a long history of Western representations of Japan as inferior and irrational, Searching for Japan identifies a positive overarching attitude toward the Far East country in modern Italian culture. Expanding the horizon of Italian transnational networks, normally situated within the Southern European region, this book reinstates the existence of an alternative Euro-Asian axis, operating across Italian history.