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American forces in the Pacific faced an enemy unlike any in history. Soldiers who chose death over surrender, launched suicidal banzai charges, and crashed planes into ships. This wasn't madness. It was doctrine. Three cultural forces created history's most fanatical fighters. The ancient bushido code weaponized for modern war. The gyokusai belief that made surrender worse than death. And the emperor worship that convinced millions to die for a living god.

The samurai are dead. That’s not a morbid or melancholic statement - just a fact. Every samurai who ever lived has long since passed, and only the memory of their way of life remains. By the mid 1800s, the old ways were fading. For centuries, Japanese society had followed a Confucian hierarchy that placed the samurai at the top.

From bestselling authors Genki Kawamura and Marie Kondo comes a collection of heartwarming and whimsical short stories, based on Marie's personal experience of tidying over 1,000 rooms. Miko is a professional tidier, with a secret. When she enters a room, she is greeted by the voices of every...

竹田恒泰が６年の歳月をかけて執筆・編集し、令和５年度の文部科学省の検定に合格した令和書籍刊行の話題の歴史教科書『国史教科書 第７版』がオーディオブックになりました。

「定説」と「新説」どちらが勝った負けたではない。没利害的な「真摯で健全な議論」が歴史学を前進させる！13の史実の深層がばっちり理解できる！

In early 1983, electrical engineer Barry Norris travelled from Sheffield to Japan to help build an oil rig in Yokohama. Each week he recorded his thoughts on cassette tapes, describing daily life in Japan during its industrial boom, from shipyards and sushi bars to earthquakes and karaoke nights. More than forty years later, his son David Norris introduces and shares those recordings in full, preserving the unfiltered voice of a Geordie abroad.

戦後80年――改めて問い直す大東亜戦争の大義◎日本侵略の先兵だったキリスト教宣教師◎豊臣秀吉は「日本人奴隷」解放の父◎人種差別撤廃を訴えた日本、拒絶した欧米◎昭和天皇が指摘された日米開戦の本当の理由

日本はいかにして世界有数のインテリジェンス大国となり、そして没落したのか 神武天皇東征、楠木正成の謀略、戦国大名と忍者、家康と按針、明石元二郎の対露工作、日中戦争の謀略戦、陸軍中野学校、国際情報戦の敗北―― 忍者の国ニッポンの真実！

2025年大河ドラマは「べらぼう～蔦重栄華乃夢噺～」。蔦重こと蔦屋重三郎は、「浮世絵黄金期」と呼ばれた江戸時代の、天明～寛政期（1781年～1801年）に、版元として活躍した。

Jiu jitsu is an unarmed form of combat first used by the samurai warriors of ancient Japan. It's an all-round martial art that uses striking, blocking, grappling, locking, throwing, ground, submission and weapons techniques. The emphasis is on technique over power and strength by using the opponent's force against themselves.

破天荒な、戦国日本人のリアル　エミー賞「SHOGUN 将軍」時代考証家・衝撃の一冊

昭和天皇とマッカーサーの11回に及んだ会見では何が話されたのか？1945年9月27日に始まりマッカーサー帰国前日の1951年4月15日まで、合計11回にわたって行われた会見。

Beginning with Pearl Harbor, renowned historian Donald Macintyre charts the course of the Pacific war through the major battles that shaped World War Two: Java Sea, Coral Sea, Midway, Philippine Sea, and Leyte Gulf. Of course, the Pacific theater was shaped not only by naval actions but also by closely interlocking military campaigns. Macintyre brings these amphibious struggles, which were more ferocious and wide-ranging than the world had ever seen, to the forefront of listeners' minds and demonstrates just why the Allies were able to emerge victorious.

自分の国がいつできたのか答えられますか？学校が教えてくれない「世界最古の国」の奇跡を、明治天皇の玄孫にして、ベストセラー『日本はなぜ世界でいちばん人気があるのか』（PHP新書）の著者が、強い信念をもって語った意欲作。

悲劇の夫婦神の謎を暴く！イザナキとイザナミは日本を生んだ始祖であるにもかかわらず、目立たない神だ。アマテラスやスサノヲに比べて、祀る神社や伝承地は少ない。なぜ偉大な夫婦神は虐げられたのか？

Bloomsbury presents Devil's Fire, Southern Cross: The Conclusion of the Guadalcanal-Solomons Campaign, October 1943-February 1944, read by John Chancer. A fast-paced and absorbing read of the final months of the crucial Guadalcanal-Solomons campaign during the Pacific War by esteemed World War...

The opening salvos of the Battle of the Coral Sea were fired one month before Midway. Gamble in the Coral Sea recounts the story of this battle from the Japanese point of view. Based on extensive Japanese-language sources, author Michal A. Piegzik challenges established Western narratives surrounding this critical engagement in the Pacific War.

Bloomsbury presents Pearl Harbor: Japan's Greatest Disaster by Mark E. Stille, read by Christopher Ragland. A detailed re-examination of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, the Day of Infamy that saw the USA enter World War II. In this the first comprehensive treatment of Pearl Harbor since the...

Have you ever felt exhausted by the endless chase for perfection? The constant upgrades, the flawless images on social media, the pressure to keep everything polished and complete? If so, you’re not alone—and you may be ready for an ancient yet timeless philosophy that offers another way forward. This book is an invitation to step into the world of wabi-sabi—the Japanese art of finding beauty in imperfection, impermanence, and simplicity. For centuries, poets, monks, artists, and everyday people in Japan have drawn strength and peace from this way of seeing the world. And now, you can too.

For nearly a thousand years, the samurai stood at the heart of Japan’s history—warriors of the sword, guardians of tradition, and ultimately casualties of modern change. Their story is one of loyalty and betrayal, war and peace, honour and decline. To understand the samurai is to understand Japan itself, for no other class shaped the nation’s destiny so profoundly. The Rise and Fall of the Samurai traces this extraordinary journey through ten defining moments.