Japanese Biography

Kiyo's father arrived in California determined to plant his roots in the land of opportunity after leaving Japan. He, his wife, and their nine American-born children labored in the fields together, building a successful farm. Yet at the outbreak of World War II, Kiyo's family was ordered to Poston Internment Camp. This memoir tells the story of the family's struggle to endure in these harsh conditions and to rebuild their lives afterward in the face of lingering prejudice.

Shohei Ohtani, also known as "Shotime," is widely known for his skills in both pitching and hitting. At the 2016 Japan Series, Ohtani led his team, the Fighters, to victory. He later signed to the Los Angeles Angels in 2017 and earned the title of American League Rookie of the Year in 2018. In 2021, Ohtani made Major League Baseball history with over ten homeruns, over twenty stolen bases, and over one hundred strikeouts. That same year, at only age twenty-seven, he was given the American League Most Valuable Player Award.

中村憲剛が考える“才能の正体”「才能」とはいったい何なのか？　この難問に元サッカー日本代表にして川崎フロンターレのレジェンド、中村憲剛が挑む！

無一文から２兆円企業へ――ドン・キホーテを成功に導いた「運」の極意。三十四期連続で増収増益を成し遂げ、売上二兆円のドン・キホーテ。無一文から日本を代表する創業経営者へ――

12歳、一人暮らし。生きるなら、グレずに、家事を盗め！ご近所さんにバレないように、中１で一人暮らしをはじめた、ぱーてぃーちゃん・すがちゃんの本当にあった話。

As one of six children of British medical missionaries, John Hoyte grew up in China till age 13. During World War ll, he and his siblings, separated from their parents, were interned by the Japanese for nearly four years. In his 20s, he led a British expedition over the Alps with an elephant to investigate which way Hannibal and his army of 30,000 men and 37 elephants had taken in 218 BC. Later, he founded a start-up corporation in Silicon Valley and was an inventor and entrepreneur. With each surprising twist and turn of his journey, John has built a fulfilling life, infused with purpose and creativity.

The Block Manager is the gripping memoir of Janet, an American-born child of Japanese immigrants. After the attack on Pearl Harbor, Janet's life in California was uprooted when thousands of Japanese Americans on the West Coast - including Janet's family - were forced into internment camps. Because of her brilliant command of English and Japanese, she was assigned the job of block manager. Janet was shuffled between three camps, got married, and had a child while the war raged on.

The fierce, bloody battles of Bataan and Corregidor in the Philippines are legendary in the annals of World War II. Those who survived faced the horrors of life as prisoners of the Japanese.

Arthur Hart-Synnot, a third-generation British officer, was sent to Japan in 1904 to learn the language of Britain's newest ally. Masa Suzuki, a beautiful Japanese woman scorned because of an early divorce, worked at the Tokyo Officers' Club. The two fell immediately in love and conceived a son before Arthur was whisked away by the military during World War I. Though Arthur would only see Masa little, he supported his Japanese family and kept alive the hope that he and Masa could live together blissfully.

Scottish-born but a Queenslander to the bone, Jock McLaren was a true Australian hero. As a prisoner, he escaped twice, first from Changi and later from the infamous Sandakan POW camp in Borneo. After paddling a dugout canoe across open sea, he fought for two years with American-led Filipino guerrillas, his exploits so audacious the Japanese put a price on his head.

In April of 1942, author Julien Goodman, MD was working as a member of the US Army Medical Corps at General Hospital Number One in Bataan when the hospital fell into the hands of the Japanese. M.D.P.O.W. is a description of Dr. Goodman's experiences as a prisoner of war. During his 42-month ordeal, he not only witnessed the horrendous effects of war, but he also experienced them.

才能とは何か？ ビジネスパーソン必読の圧倒的教訓。ノーベル賞を獲得するほどの研究を成し遂げた「天才」は、素晴らしい人格者と思われがちだ。

ベストセラー作家・百田尚樹さん大絶賛！「まさか、AV女優の自叙伝で泣かされるとは！」「どうしてＡＶ女優になったのだろうか。時たまふと思うことがある。この仕事を始めるまでの、私の人生は飛び抜けて変わったものではなかった。両親には愛されて育ち、大阪大学大学院（理系）を卒業して、一部上場企業に勤めた。

女性皇族として初めて海外で博士号を取得された彬子女王殿下による英国留学記。待望の文庫化！

《赤と青のガウン。それは、私が博士課程を始めたときからいつか着る日を夢みてきたものだ。

In Murder in Manchuria, Scott D. Seligman explores an unsolved murder set amid the chaos that reigned in China in the run-up to World War II. The story unfolds against the backdrop of a three-country struggle for control of Manchuria—an area some called China's "Wild East"—and an explosive mixture of nationalities, religions, and ideologies. Semyon Kaspe, a young Jewish musician, is kidnapped, tortured, and ultimately murdered by disaffected, antisemitic White Russians, secretly acting on the orders of Japanese military overlords who covet his father's wealth.

大ブレイク中のガールズグループ「NiziU」をはじめ、「2PM」「TWICE」など数々の人気アーティストを生んだ世界的プロデューサーが、自らのこれまでの歩みと哲学をつづる。

After Japanese planes bombed Pearl Harbor, over 100,000 Japanese Americans were ordered to leave their homes. The government was afraid that because they looked like “the enemy,” they might be spies. One American, librarian Clara Breed, was heartbroken and outraged. As the San Diego Public Library’s Children’s Librarian, Miss Breed was close to many of the children who were evacuated. She went to the train station the day they left, handing out postcards and telling them to send her letters.

こんなに、ほんとに読んだのね。美味しいお茶とおやつ、かたわらには猫......今日もゆるゆるページをひらく。「読書と暮らし」のあれこれを軽やかにつづった話題のエッセイ集が待望の文庫化。新章「それからの日々」も収録した完全版！

「かつてプロレスとはゴールのないマラソンと言った自分ですが、ゴールすることに決めました」（武藤敬司引退ロード特設ページより）日本が世界に誇るプロレスの至宝武藤敬司が引退する。

羽生善治とトップ棋士たちの人生譜　25歳で七冠を制した羽生善治。勝敗の数を超えたその強さと人生を、藤井聡太らトップ棋士たちとの闘いを通じて描く。