Japanese Government

China and Japan have cultural and political connections that stretch back 1,500 years. But today, their relationship is strained. China's military buildup deeply worries Japan, while Japan's brutal occupation of China in World War II remains an open wound. In recent years, less than 10 percent of each population had positive feelings toward the other, and both countries insist that the other side must deal openly with its history before relations can improve. Ezra Vogel's China and Japan examines key turning points in Sino-Japanese history.

Some of the cruelest deeds of Japan's war in Asia did not occur on the battlefield, but in quiet, antiseptic medical wards in obscure parts of China. Far from front lines and prying eyes, Japanese doctors and their assistants subjected human guinea pigs to gruesome medical experiments in the name of science and Japan's wartime chemical and biological warfare research. Author Hal Gold draws upon a wealth of sources to construct a portrait of the Imperial Japanese Army's most notorious medical unit, giving an overview of its history and detailing its most shocking activities.

In the weeks after Japan finally surrendered to the Allies to end World War II, the world turned to the question of how to move on from years of carnage and destruction. For Harry Truman, Douglas MacArthur, Chiang Kai-shek, and their fellow victors, the question of justice seemed clear: Japan’s militaristic leaders needed to be tried and punished for the surprise attack at Pearl Harbor; shocking atrocities against civilians in China, the Philippines, and elsewhere; and rampant abuses of prisoners of war in notorious incidents such as the Bataan death march.

On a clear spring day in 1995, five members of a religious cult unleashed poison gas on the Tokyo subway system. In attempt to discover why, Haruki Murakmi talks to the people who lived through the catastrophe, and in so doing lays bare the Japanese psyche. As he discerns the fundamental issues that led to the attack, Murakami paints a clear vision of an event that could occur anytime, anywhere.

In this groundbreaking biography of the Japanese emperor Hirohito, Herbert P. Bix offers the first complete, unvarnished look at the enigmatic leader whose 63-year reign ushered Japan into the modern world. Never before has the full life of this controversial figure been revealed with such clarity and vividness. Bix describes what it was like to be trained from birth for a lone position at the apex of the nation's political hierarchy and as a revered symbol of divine status.

In Special Duty, Richard J. Samuels dissects the fascinating history of the intelligence community in Japan. Looking at the impact of shifts in the strategic environment, technological change, and past failures, he probes the reasons why Japan has endured such a roller-coaster ride when it comes to intelligence gathering and analysis, and concludes that the ups and downs of the past century - combined with growing uncertainties in the regional security environment - have convinced Japanese leaders of the critical importance of striking balance between power and insight.

池上彰が中国・台湾・香港を６つのテーマ「分断の歴史」「共産党の独裁」「中進国の罠」「破壊された文化」「ひまわり運動＆雨傘運動」「外交戦略」から解説。都立桜修館中等教育学校３年生の特別授業をもとに構成。

「この工場が死んだら、日本の出版は終わる……」 絶望的状況から、奇跡の復興を果たした職人たちの知られざる闘い 「8号(出版用紙を製造する巨大マシン)が止まるときは、この国の出版が倒れる時です」

暴風雨、高潮、干魃、感染症の拡大.......気候大災害が今世紀中に奪う命の数は、COVID-19の5倍にものぼる。人命を奪い、経済を後退させる気候の惨劇を避けるためになにができるのか。

中国・武漢で新型コロナウイルスによる死者が出始めた頃、米政権は「何も心配いらない」と言いきった。しかし一部の科学者は危機を察知し、独自に動き出していた――

政府は通貨の発行体であり、無限の支出能力を持つ。緊縮なんてもってのほか、国民の幸福のための財政出動を！

〔転売屋は社会に役立つ〕ヤク中、ダフ屋、売春婦、悪徳警官……「不道徳」な人々を憎悪し、袋叩きにする現代社会。

「資本」や「資本主義」という言葉を
使わずに経済を語ったら、
とんでもなく本質がわかるようになった!

警告！　この本の内容を気安く口外しないで下さい。遺伝、見た目、教育に関わる「不愉快な現実」。この社会にはきれいごとがあふれている。

Euphemistically labeled as the "Water Supply and Prophylaxis Administration" and "HippoEpizootic Administration" of the Imperial Japanese Army, Unit 731 and Unit 100, as well as their subsidiary branches, performed human experimentation on the innocents under the leadership of Dr. Ishii Shiro. Although the exact number of victims is unclear since the Japanese destroyed most of the evidence at the end of the war, but it ranged from 3,000-250,000 innocent men, women, and children.

池上解説で日本と世界の先を読む！パレスチナ武装勢力とイスラエルが武力衝突。中東情勢をめぐり、各国の立場の違いが表面化。

「自分が機嫌よくいられる場所」を見つけよう「最悪の時代」を生き抜くためのウチダ流哲学

高等小学校卒ながら類まれな金銭感覚と人心掌握術を武器に年若くして政界の要職を歴任。ついには日本列島改造論を引っ提げて総理大臣にまで伸し上がった田中角栄。「今太閤」「庶民宰相」と称され、国民の絶大な支持を得た男の知られざる素顔とは？　田中の金権政治を批判する急先鋒であった著者が、万感の思いを込めて描く希代の政治家の生涯。

私たちはどこにいるのか。そして、どう生きるべきか――。

夢と希望の国か？　格差と分断の国か？ 「バイデンが大統領になっても米中関係は悪いまま」「アメリカ憲法は、黒人奴隷の存在を認めていた」