Japanese Studies Books

New and Published Books

1. Human Security in East Asia

   Challenges for Collaborative Action

   Edited by Sorpong Peou

   Series: Routledge Security in Asia Pacific Series

   Since the end of the Cold War the number of interstate wars has remained relatively low, although whilst states may be more secure than ever this does not mean that individual human beings are too. This has led to a growing recognition of the importance of human security, in contrast to the...

   Published June 19th 2013 by Routledge
2. Japan's Interventionist State

   The Role of the MAFF

   By Aurelia George-Mulgan

   Series: Nissan Institute/Routledge Japanese Studies

   Japan's Interventionist State gives a detailed examination of Japan's Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries and its role in promoting, protecting and preserving the regime of agricultural support and protection. This account is integral to the author's extended and multidimensional...

   Published June 19th 2013 by Routledge
3. The Political Economy of Reproduction in Japan

   By Takeda Hiroko

   Series: Sheffield Centre for Japanese Studies/Routledge Series

   This book analyzes the political economy of reproduction and its role in the process of Japanese modernization. Hiroko analyzes state attempts and policies to intervene into women's bodies and everyday lives to integrate them into the Japanese political economy. Based on Foucault's concept of...

   Published June 19th 2013 by Routledge
4. The Internment of Western Civilians under the Japanese 1941-1945

   A patchwork of internment

   By Bernice Archer

   Series: Routledge Studies in the Modern History of Asia

   Bernice Archer's comparative study of the experiences of the Western civilians interned by the Japanese in mixed family camps and sexually segregated camps in the Far East, combines a wide variety of conventional and unconventional source material. This includes contemporary War, Foreign and...

   Published June 19th 2013 by Routledge
5. Innovation and Business Partnering in Japan, Europe and the United States

   Edited by Ruth Taplin

   Series: Routledge Studies in the Growth Economies of Asia

   Innovation studies and partnering/collaborative alliances are rapidly growing areas of interest. Originally combining the two areas, this book examines the role of business partnering as a pathway to innovation for small and medium enterprises – SMEs. This text outlines global and regional trends,...

   Published June 19th 2013 by Routledge
6. Diplomacy in Japan-EU Relations

   From the Cold War to the Post-Bipolar Era

   By Oliviero Frattolillo

   Series: Routledge Contemporary Japan Series

   Since the 1950s, Japan-Europe relations have been characterised by a mutual coldness in terms of diplomatic dialogue, punctuated by a number of trade disputes. This book analyses the development of the political and diplomatic relationship between Japan and Europe, and shows that – especially...

   Published June 16th 2013 by Routledge
7. An Introduction to Mahayana Buddhism

   With especial Reference to Chinese and Japanese Phases

   By William McGovern

   Series: Routledge Library Editions: Japan

   William Montgomery McGovern’s Introduction to Mahayana Buddhism was one of the first books on Mahayana Buddhism written for a Western audience. It predates influential English language overviews of Buddhism by D. T. Suzuki, A. Watts, and W. Rahula. The author was born in New York City in 1897 and...

   Published May 31st 2013 by Routledge
8. An Elementary Grammar of the Japanese Language

   With Easy Progressive Exercises

   By Tatui Baba

   Series: Routledge Library Editions: Japan

   When originally published in 1873 one of the aims was to protest against an idea that the Japanese language was very imperfect, and therefore it should be exterminated! The second was to give a general idea of the Japanese language as it is spoken. ...

   Published May 31st 2013 by Routledge
9. Banking Policy in Japan

   American Efforts at Reform During the Occupation

   By William Tsutsui

   Series: Routledge Library Editions: Japan

   The unique Japanese banking system has contributed greatly to Japan’s post-war economic advance by investing aggressively in industry and by supporting close government-business relations. The banking sector might not have come to assume such a significant role, however, had American efforts to...

   Published May 31st 2013 by Routledge
10. British Factory Japanese Factory

    The Origins of National Diversity in Industrial Relations

    By Ronald Dore

    Series: Routledge Library Editions: Japan

    The Japanese way of work is notoriously ‘different’. But is it Japan or Britain which is the odd man out? When originally published this was the first book to explore the real differences, through a point-by-point comparison of two Japanese factories with two British ones making similar products....

    Published May 31st 2013 by Routledge