Queer Japan.

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Emily in Japan : the making of an exhibition.

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Deciphering Japan.

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In ghostly Japan / Lafcadio Hearn. by Hearn, Lafcadio, 1850-1904

Table of Contents: “…Table of Contents; List of Illustrations; Publisher's Foreword; In Ghostly Japan; Furisode; Incense; A Story of Divination; Silkworms; A Passional Karma; Footprints of the Buddha; Ululation; Bits of Poetry; Japanese Buddhist Proverbs; Suggestion; lngwa-banashi; Story of a Tengu; At Yaidzu.…”
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Performing Japan : Contemporary Expressions of Cultural Identity. by Johnson, Henry

Table of Contents: “…Table of Contents; Foreword; List of Contributors; List of Illustrations; Introduction; PART I Tradition and Transformation; 1 Ink Traces of the Dancing Calligraphers: Zen-Ei Sho in Japan Today; 2 Taiko Today: Performing Soundscapes, Landscapes and Identities; 3 Miki's 'Autumn Fantasy' (1980): International, Japanese or Asian?…”
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Shakespeare in Japan / Tetsuo Kishi and Graham Bradshaw. by Kishi, Tetsuo, 1935-, Bradshaw, Graham

Subjects: “…Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 Stage history Japan.…”
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Modern Japan : a very short introduction / by Christopher Goto-Jones. by Goto-Jones, Christopher S.

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: What's modern about modern Japan -- Japan's encounter with the modern world -- Imperial revolution: embracing modernity -- Overcoming and overcome by modernity: Japan at war -- Economic miracles and the making of a postmodern society -- Overcoming denial: contemporary Japan's quest for normalcy -- Epilogue: Japan in the 21st century.…”
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Japan and Russia : Three centuries of mutual images. by Mikhailova, Yulia

Table of Contents: “…Japan's Place in Russian and Soviet National Identity: From Port Arthur to Khalkhin-gol; 5. …”
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Law in Japan : a turning point / edited by Daniel H. Foote.

Table of Contents: “…New knowledge concerning Japan's legal system before 1868, acquired from Japanese sources by Western writers since 1963 / Carl Steenstrup -- Criminal trials in the early Meiji-era -- with particular reference to the ukagai/shirei system / Nobuhiko Kasumi -- Law, culture, and conflict : dispute resolution in postwar Japan / Eric A. …”
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Global Japanization? : the Transnational Transformation of the Labour Process. by Elger, Tony

Table of Contents: “…""BOOK COVER""; ""CONTENTS""; ""FIGURES""; ""TABLES""; ""NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS""; ""ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS""; ""ABBREVIATIONS""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""PART I: THE JAPANESE MODEL""; ""PROLOGUE""; ""1 GLOBAL JAPANIZATION?: Convergence and competition in the organization of the labour process""; ""2 HOW FAR FROM JAPAN?…”
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The Japan that never was : explaining the rise and decline of a misunderstood country / Dick Beason, Dennis Patterson. by Beason, Dick, 1958-

Table of Contents: “…THE JAPAN THAT NEVER WAS -- CONTENTS -- TABLES AND FIGURES -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- Part I. …”
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Rethinking Japan : the politics of contested nationalism / Arthur Stockwin and Kweku Ampiah. by Stockwin, J. A. A. (James Arthur Ainscow), Ampiah, Kweku

Table of Contents: “…Peace, democracy and economic growth : political economy under the postwar dispensation -- The system begins to change : from the 1990s to 2009 -- The opposition in power : September 2009 to December 2012 -- Abe takes charge : from December 2012 -- Abenomics -- Revising and reinterpreting the 1947 constitution -- The designated secrets law and freedom of speech -- Historical revisionism, national identity, and war apology -- Legislating for collective defense by fiat : the realist view of Japan as a normal country -- Japan and its neighbors : China, Russia and the two Koreas -- Japan and the wider world : public diplomacy, economic relations and overseas development aid -- Japan : reactionary state?…”
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Forecast for Japan : security in the 1970's / edited by James William Morley ; contributors, Donald C. Hellmann [and five others].

Table of Contents: “…CHAPTER II: Strategic Thought and the U.S.-Japan Alliance /…”
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Dams in Japan past, present and future / Japan Commission on Large Dams.

Subjects: “…Dams Japan Design and construction History. sh 85035602…”
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The gardens of Japan / text by Teiji Itoh. by Itō, Teiji, 1922-2010

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Dams in Japan past, present, and future / Japan Commission on Large Dams.

Subjects: “…Dams Japan Design and construction History. sh 85035602…”
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Project Japan : metabolism talks / Rem Koolhaas, Hans Ulrich Obrist; Editors: Kayoko Ota with James Westcott, AMO. by Koolhaas, Rem

Table of Contents: “…Movement (1) / Rem Koolhaas -- Movement (2) / Hans Ulrich Obrist -- Arata Isozaki -- Tabula Rasa -- Toshiko Kato -- Tange Lab -- Kiyonori Kikutake -- Birth of a movement -- Metabolism 1960 -- Noboru Kawazoe -- Tokyo Bay -- Fumihiko Maki -- On the land, on the sea, in the air -- Kisho Kurokawa -- Media Architects -- Kenji Ekuan -- Expo '70 -- Takako Tange, Noritaka Tange -- Expansion/exile -- Atsushi Shimokobe -- Project Japam -- Postscript: Toyo Ito -- Project Japan 1940-1985: timeline.…”

Samurai Japan Eagle Rock Entertainment.

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Theater in Japan yesterday and today / Arts Council of England.

Table of Contents: “…Japanese Theater Culture (2:37) -- Preservation of Traditional Japanese Theater (4:57) -- Modern Japanese Theater: Change for the Sake of Change (1:34) -- Suzuki Method of Training (6:40) -- Modern Japanese Drama: A Floating World of Sense (3:19) -- Dai San Erotica: Shock Theater (2:25) -- Japanese Public Performances: Traditional Festival Dance (2:36) -- Modern Buto Dance (5:09) -- Traditional Kabuki Theater (1:51) -- Contemporary Japanese Theater (2:53) -- Young Japanese Theater (5:50) -- Modern Live Performance in Japan (5:36)…”
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The Bombing of Japan Arts and Entertainment Network.

Table of Contents: “…American B-29s (3:53) -- Japanese Defense (1:44) -- Tokyo Is Burning (1:50) -- Air Assault on Japan (5:46) -- Japan's Final Defensive Actions (1:56) -- Atom Bombs (3:19) -- Future of Warfare (1:00) -- Credits: 'The Bombing of Japan' (1:06)…”
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