In this book, leading Japanese scholars present an objective study of Japanese economics since 1945, based on statistical data and analysis.The first half of the book assesses the impact and influence
This Naoki Prize–winning work is a personal yet precise account of the lives of working women in the Edo period (1600–1868).In the latter half of the Edo period, the warrior caste was finding itself p
Told through soft, gorgeous color illustrations, Why Worry is a gentle story of two friends swept into the unpredictable wilderness and how, despite feeling anxiety and worries, they find peace and ca
How can more of us protect and create waiwai, value, for coming generations?Culturally-rich education. Holistic health systems. Organic farming and aquaculture. Creative and conscious urban developmen
Few economists have been as prolific and wide-ranging as Takashi Negishi. Part of the "Hicksian" generation of Neo-Walrasian general equilibrium theorists, Negishi rose to prominence during the early
Written over the course of 1904-6, Soseki's comic masterpiece, I Am a Cat, satirizes the follies of upper-middle-class Japanese society during the Meiji era. With acerbic wit and sardonic perspective,
Mainstreaming disaster risk reduction (DRR) in the education sector is one of the most important measures to enhance resilience in a community. DRR in the education sector not only focuses on provisio
