Why do Japanese mothers put their babies into coin lockers? And why is Japan the world's biggest brothel of teenybopper hookers. Read The Japanese Disease: Sex and Sleaze in Modern Japan< ...more on ebook "The Japanese Disease: Sex and Sleaz..."

This is a collection of short stories that reveal the unique Japanese culture and mindset in the decades following the end of World War II in 1945--depicting the lives of a bar hostess, bart ...more on ebook "HAI-IRO NO SEKAI (The Grey World of..."

Through a detailed account of the political battles over Japanese tax reform during the last two decades, Junko Kato draws an unconventional portrait of bureaucratic motivation, showing how ...more on ebook "The Problem of Bureaucratic Rationa..."

This book offers a distinctive overview of the internal and external pressures responsible for the making of modern Japan. L. M. Cullen argues that Japanese policies and fears have often bee ...more on ebook "A History of Japan, 1582-1941..."

In this revealing portrait of geisha society, an expert on Japanese culture provides personal insight into a perpetually enchanting underworld. While Arthur Golden's Memoirs of a Geisha intr ...more on ebook "Women of the Pleasure Quarters..."

"These two volumes analyze Japan from the Knowledge Economy perspective, covering a wide range of sectoral issues in development including the macro economic framework, education and skills ...more on ebook "Japan, Moving Toward a More Advance..."

When Bast picks up Trick, a street hustler with few prospects, Trick is prepared to play along, to have some fun. What he's not prepared for is falling in love. Good thing for him the obsess ...more on ebook "Kokoro..."

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Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki ...more on ebook "Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Na..."

Puzzled by a passage in the Old Testament implying that the Ark of the Covenant-the most sacred item in monotheistic Judaism-was not only touched by forbidden human hands but that some of it ...more on ebook "The Replica Of The Ark Of The Coven..."