22 January 2008
The Straw Sandal
The book launch of Santō Kyōden’s famous early nineteenth-century novel ‘The Straw Sandal, or The Scroll of the Hundred Crabs’ was a celebration of Carmen Blacker’s career as scholar and writer.
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10 December 2009
Book launch
Conflict and Change: Foreign Ownership and the Japanese Firm
What happens to the traditional work practices of Japanese firms when they are taken over by European and American firms? How do the employees react? What lessons can be learned from examples of successful and unsuccessful acquisitions?
More info26 November 2009
Book launch
Showa Japan: The Post-War Golden Age and its Troubled Legacy
Japan’s Showa era began in 1926 when Emperor Hirohito took the throne and ended on his death in 1989. It was undoubtedly the most momentous, calamitous, successful and glamorous period in Japan’s recent history.
More info30 September 2009
Book launch
The Transformation of the Japanese Left: From Old Socialists to New Democrats
‘The Transformation of the Japanese Left’ examines the transition within the Japanese party system that has seen the demise of ‘the old socialists’, the Japan Socialist Party, and in its place, the emergence of the Democratic Party of Japan as the leading opposition party.
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Japanese Society at War Death, Memory and the Russo-Japanese War
‘Japanese Society at War’ was launched on 5 March 2009 with a presentation by Dr Naoko Shimazu, chaired by Dr Stephen Large.
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The Japanese in War and Peace, 1942-48
In the period 1946-48, as a member of the British Occupation Force in Japan, which formed part of the Allied Occupation following the Asia-Pacific War of 1941-45, Ian Nish collected a number of documents which throw light on the attitudes of the Japanese people in the latter part of the war and the equally critical first two years of the peace.
More info27 January 2009
Japan’s Middle East Security Policy: Theory and Cases
This study examines how Japanese policy toward Middle East security issues is shaped by the need to both maintain Japan’s security alliance with the US and its oil relationship with states in the Middle East. Yukiko Miyagi introduces the historic roots of Japan’s policy, and then focuses on the major contemporary cases – the Iraq war, the Iranian nuclear crisis, and the Arab-Israeli conflict, to expose and explain how clashing interests and dilemmas were negotiated to arrive at policy outcomes.
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Book launch
The Buraku Issue and Modern Japan: The Career of Matsumoto Jiichiro
This book casts new light on the struggle for Buraku liberation, the international peace movement and the left wing in Japan between 1945-1966.
More info24 March 2010
Book launch
Launch of 'New Architecture in Japan' and talk by Yuki and Edmund Sumner
This major new survey showcases Japan’s new architecture, featuring projects of all types, sizes and budgets, from offices and private houses to schools, shops, hospitals, airports and chapels. Both cutting-edge, emerging young practices such as Sou Fujimoto and Junya Ishigami are featured, as well as established, internationally known architects, such as Toyo Ito, Tadao Ando, Kengo Kuma and SANAA.
More info12 May 2010
'The Japanese Consumer: An Alternative Economic History of Modern Japan' by Penelope Francks
‘The Japanese Consumer: An Alternative Economic History of Modern Japan’ was launched at Daiwa Foundation Japan House
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