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An economist dissects Japanese money, asking where it came from and examines how it was used. Part I analyzes Japan's borrowing and lending on international markets and internal flows of capital, relating them to the nation's industrial structure, social traditions, and labor distribution. Part II looks at Japan's banks and their 1980s globalization, relating their competitiveness to their low profit structure at home. Part III discusses the future of Japan's economy in the wake of the collapse of money-based prosperity.

Leading literary scholar and critic Koji Kawamoto examines traditional Japanese poetry and shows how the deceptively simple metrics of seven and five syllables packs information and intense emotional content into a short space. The book also provides an overview of the development of the "waka" and "haiku" forms, using hundreds of examples from ancient to modern poets to illustrate the ways in which meaning and image are transmitted by traditional metric forms.

This general index (by collection, artist, and type and theme of painting) combines the listings in both this second edition and the first.

Shibusawa Eiichi (1840-1931) is known as the great investment banker-entrepreneur of Meiji Japan, credited with creating an industrial empire and associated with the founding of companies in every field of finance and industry. His autobiography covers the years from his birth as the son of a well-t

One of Japan's leading young artists, whose imaginative work combines traditional art forms and techniques with the high-tech modern, sketches familiar and unfamiliar sights on the campus of the University of Tokyo and in its historic neighborhood. The set of 24 postcards also includes imaginative renderings of Tokyo's Narita Airport. Both for those familiar with Tokyo and those to whom it is new, these highly original works will open a whole new world.

Develops theoretical principles for designing tunnels based on studies of strain energy, for engineers to use in conjunction with the design techniques that have been thoroughly learned over the years by practical experience. For example, once tunnels are dug, they are usually lined with concrete, but there is no theoretical basis for calculating t

This supplemental volume for the "Images of Japan" textbook is aimed at intermediate and advanced-level students of Japanese language who are interested in present-day Japanese society. Its six thematic units focus on Japan's diversity; topics include women's lifestyles, young people's attitudes toward work, the changing education system, and foreigners in Japan. The Tasks, Vocabulary, and Sentence Patterns volume provides grammatical information, vocabulary in both Japanese and English, and exercises and worksheets to aid students in grasping the materials presented in the Text volume. Volume 1: Text and three useful audio CDs are available separately.

This volume is a comprehensive encyclopedia of leaders and officials of governments, international organizations, political parties, and military institutions. Based on years of research in archives and institutions around the world, and particularly authoritative on Asia and the Pacific, this bilingual (Japanese / English) compilation will be a resource for researchers, journalists, and government officials worldwide.

Historical demography is the study of patterns and changes in a society's population before the collection of data through modern censuses. For Japan, data on family size and structure, fertility and infant mortality, marriage patterns, urban and rural populations, and migration from one region of the country to another have been preserved for several centuries in temple registration documents, population and cadastral surveys conducted by the Tokugawa government from the17th to 19th centuries, and other sources of information. In this volume, Akira Hayami, one of the pioneers of historical demography in Japan, reports on the findings of researchers who are working with these rich sources of data. He explains the importance of their conclusions not only for historical studies but also for understanding the demography of contemporary Japan and its foreseeable future.

This is the third in a five-volume comprehensive catalog of the plants of the Himalayan region. Focusing on the flora of the Nepal region, this book also includes over one hundred illustrations, adding further detail to the plants described.

A CD-ROM database of World War II factoids with text and photos in both DOS and Windows versions. Biographies, battles, weapons, and a chronology are included. Text and pictures may be downloaded to most desktop publishing systems. The Blitz Quiz game could have been great, but falls short on seve

This is the third in a five-volume comprehensive catalog of the plants of the Himalayan region. Focusing on the flora of the Nepal region, this book also includes over one hundred illustrations, adding further detail to the plants described.

Provides an overview of the central government of Japan the bicameral parliament and civil service bureaucracy and how these institutions create the laws and policies of the country. Discusses the electoral system, political parties, the role of local governments, democracy and political participati

Young painter Akira Yamaguchi has taken Japan's art world by storm. His work combines the techniques of classical Japanese painting with the observant eye of a modern-day Peter Breughel and the humor and draftsmanship of a manga cartoonist. Yamaguchi's landscapes of the imagination, compressions of time and space, and quixotic human/machine figures combine Eastern and Western sensibilities and techniques into artwork that transcends exoticism. This beautiful volume collects the artist's work from the past decade, including several pieces never before published, allowing Western readers to share the delight of Japanese critics and audiences in this fresh, new view of the world. Also included are an introduction by art historian Yuji Yamashita, 80 pages of full-color illustrative plates, and a magnifying glass for enhanced viewing of painting details.