Japanese Politics

「WOKE」という切り口で、企業が社会問題に取り組むことそのものが本音レベルで利益に直結する現代資本主義の構造と裏側を読み解く。

On October 24, 1944, more than 200 American soldiers were surrounded by German infantry deep in the Vosges Mountains of Eastern France. When their food, ammunition, and medical supplies ran out, the area's army headquarters turned to the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, a segregated unit of Japanese American soldiers, to achieve what other units had failed to do: rescue the "lost battalion".

「時間が増えた! 」と大好評。 10万部突破のロングセラー !!

「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!

「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。

阿刀田高が膨大な物語を巧みに整理して、氏独特の想像力で語った知ってますかシリーズ。

憧れの「すぐやる人」になるにはどうしたらいいのか? 韓国で22万部のベストセラーに学ぶ「後回し」にしない技術!

正観さんがハスキーな声で、歌声を披露したり、柳家花緑さんとのお話や、運がいい人の秘訣、ツキの本質、運命が好転するお話しを解りやすく解説されている充実の内容です。

Finding your ikigai—the thing that makes you jump out of bed in the morning—is one of the most important things you can do for yourself. The concept of ikigai is closely linked to the idea of finding one's passion in life. If you want to live a life of meaning and passion, you’ll have to start by facing your deepest fears and desiring a life worth living. If you don’t have this desire, your life becomes a journey of self-improvement with nothing else to define you. In this audiobook, you will learn what Ikigai is all about.

Dreux Richard presents post-Fukushima Japan in three illustrative parts. He follows members of Japan’s Nigerian community, whose struggles with a hostile immigration system lead to the death of a Nigerian immigrant in a Japanese detention center, investigated here for the first time. In Japan’s northernmost city, Richard goes door to door with the region’s youngest census employee, meeting the city’s elderly residents and documenting the stories that comprise the nation’s record-breaking population decline. Finally, he takes us into the offices of energy executives....

嫉妬感情にまつわる物語には事欠かない。古典から現代劇まで、あるいは子どものおとぎ話から落語まで、この感情は人間のおろかさと不合理を演出し、物語に一筋縄ではいかない深みを与えることで…

Award-winning poet Brandon Shimoda has crafted a lyrical portrait of his paternal grandfather, Midori Shimoda, whose life - child migrant, talented photographer, suspected enemy alien and spy, desert wanderer, American citizen - mirrors the arc of Japanese America in the 20th century. In a series of pilgrimages, Shimoda records the search to find his grandfather and unfolds, in the process, a moving elegy on memory and forgetting.

We have all heard stories of demigods and their epic battles or ultimate demise. But which parts are true and what is fabricated? If you want to discover the superhumans from Greek, Norse, Celtic, African, Egyptian, Japanese, and Hindu mythology, then this is the book you need.

Looking for greater peace and satisfaction? Look no further than the Japanese concept of ukeireru, or acceptance. Psychologist Scott Haas offers an elegant, practical, and life-changing look at ways we can reduce anxiety and stress and increase overall well-being.

永田町35年の不適切宣言！政治家が○○な時代に国民までバカになってどうする！

尽きることない悩みあれど、人生は続く——。みんなの108の悩みに作家・タカハシさんが答える「毎日新聞」人生相談、書籍化第２弾！

コバホーク、出陣！見慣れた派閥対立の図式を超え、ようやく日本でも40代の総理候補という世界標準のリーダー選びに道が開けた。2024年のチャンスを逃せば、2度と自民党再生も日本の復活もないだろう。

アート×テクノロジーが未来の都市を創り出す

The Book of Tea (1906) by Okakura Kakuzō is a long essay which examines the role of chadō (Teaism) in the aesthetic and cultural aspects of Japanese life. The author explains Teaism as “a philosophy founded on the adoration of the beautiful among the sordid facts of everyday existence”. Originally written in English for a western audience, the essay deals with the spiritual traditions of Zen and Taoism, as well as the secular side of tea in Japanese life.

読売新聞主筆が「密室政治」の内実を記した『派閥と多党化時代　政治の密室　増補新版』（雪華社・1967年）を緊急復刊！！現役政治記者時代の筆者は政界の深部まで入り込み、権謀術数渦巻く人間ドラマを鮮烈な筆致で描き出している。