Japanese Politics

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」

ハリス人気で油断するな!世界一危険な男がアメリカを乗っ取ろうとしている!まさかの再選を狙うドナルド・トランプ。初の黒人女性大統領を狙うカマラ・ハリス。

Japanese mythology offers a fascinating lens from which to gaze upon the natural world. Through tales of heroic samurai, creepy vengeful ghosts, and deities that wield the mighty powers of nature, these stories and mythical figures emphasize the importance of humans living harmoniously with their surroundings. It is often said that in order to understand a country’s culture and history, one needs to simply look at the stories they tell about the world around them.

Die Japaner glauben, dass jeder ein Ikigai hat – einen Daseinsgrund, der jeden Tag mit Sinn erfüllt. Und in einem kleinen Dorf in Japan namens Okinawa, wo die Menschen länger leben als irgendwo sonst auf der Welt, ist das Finden deines Ikigai der Schlüssel zu einem glücklicheren, gesünderen Leben.

Kuni offers a unique model for the revitalization of rural and deindustrialized lands and communities—and shares lessons in citizen-led regeneration for all of us, regardless of where we live. “Kuni” is both a reimagining of the Japanese word for nation and an approach to reviving communities. It shows what happens when dedicated people band together and invest their hearts, minds, and souls back into a community, modeling a new way of living that actually works.

「今日」には、これから起こることの萌芽がある。現在を見つめれば、未来の形をつかむことは誰にでもできる。 20年後、あなたは何歳だろうか? ひとつ確実なことがある。それは、人間が必ず歳をとることだ。

「この講義が終わるまでに、きみの人生は必ず変わる」そう約束するピュエット教授の授業が、ハーバードで絶大な人気を誇るのはなぜか?

私たちは日々どのように意思決定を行っているのだろうか？　カーネマンによると、直感的で感情に根ざす「速い思考」と合理的で努力を要する「遅い思考」の相互作用だという。二つの思考の特徴を徹底解明し、人はいかに錯覚に陥りやすく不合理な決定を行うかを浮彫りにする。

心理学者にしてノーベル経済学賞受賞者の著者が、直感的「速い思考」と理性的な「遅い思考」という二つのシステムを前提に、人間が判断を行うメカニズムといかに錯覚に基づき行動するかを解き明かす。

This anthology presents a new vision that recovers and reframes the literature produced by the people targeted by the actions of President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Congress to deny Americans of Japanese ancestry any individual hearings or other due process after the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor. From nearly seventy selections of fiction, poetry, essays, memoirs, and letters emerges a shared story of the struggle to retain personal integrity in the face of increasing dehumanization—all anchored by the key government documents that incite the action.

Prisons and Patriots provides a detailed account of 41 Nisei (second-generation Japanese Americans), known as the Tucsonians, who were imprisoned for resisting the draft during WWII. Cherstin Lyon parallels their courage as resisters with that of civil rights hero Gordon Hirabayashi, well known for his legal battle against curfew and internment, who also resisted the draft. These dual stories highlight the intrinsic relationship between the rights and the obligations of citizenship, particularly salient in times of war.

After their father's death, Harry, Frank, and Pierce Fukuhara - all born and raised in the Pacific Northwest - moved to Hiroshima, their mother's ancestral home. Eager to go back to his own land - America - Harry returned in the late 1930s. Then came Pearl Harbor. Despite being sent to an internment camp, Harry dutifully volunteered to serve his country. Back in Hiroshima, his brothers, Frank and Pierce, became soldiers in the Japanese Imperial Army.

「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。

〔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。

Some refugees who had fled from Germany, in an attempt to escape Nazi persecution, were rounded up, interned, and later used in a prisoner exchange program between the United States and German governments. The American government also went to great lengths to secure Germans living across Latin America, who they believed posed a tangible threat, should they cross America’s southern border. In spite of a preponderance of evidence affirming the occurrence of these events, the United States government persistently denied it for decades.

100万部突破『これからの「正義」の話をしよう』から11年、格差と分断の根源に斬りこむ、ハーバード大学哲学教授の新たなる主著。ハーバード大学の学生の三分の二は、所得規模で上位五分の一にあたる家庭の出身

〔市場主義の限界〕刑務所の独房を1晩82ドルで格上げ、インドの代理母は6250ドル、製薬会社の人間モルモットは7500ドル。

〔いまを生き延びるための哲学〕「１人を殺せば５人が助かる。あなたはその１人を殺すべきか？」

Have you ever wondered about the origin of the terrifying Wendigo? How about the Philippine shape-shifting vampire? What about the Māori forest spirits? Join award winning podcaster and researcher Kamuela Kaneshiro as he takes you on a thrilling trip through Asia, the Americas, and other fascinating cultures touching the Pacific Ocean. And as you marvel at this captivating assortment of deities, monsters, and historical backdrops, you’re sure to have your imagination sparked by the wonders of the world.