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The definitive history of Japanese organized crime, from its origins in samurai-era black markets and gambling rings to the shadowy syndicates of the present Japan’s gangster groups, known collectively as the yakuza, are among the oldest underworld societies in the world. With military-style...

A major new history of Asia’s Second World War Blood Dawn offers a momentous new history of World War II in Asia. Drawing on deep archival research across continents, historian Hans van de Ven tells the dramatic story of how Asia’s people mobilized to defeat both Japanese aggression and...

時代を超え読み継がれている日本最古の歴史書『古事記』。「天野岩屋戸隠れ」「八岐の大蛇」「因幡の白兎」など誰もが聞いたことがある物語をはじめ、「国生み・神生み」「天孫降臨」「ヤマトタケルの遠征」など…

The military general who became Emperor Hirohito’s prime minister, Tojo Hideki is most often remembered as an iron-fisted leader who dragged Japan into World War II and—after spectacular losses—was eventually executed as a war criminal. Yet Tojo was far more than his ignominious end. In fact, as Peter Mauch argues, he was one of the twentieth century's most accomplished military statesmen.

Whisky Rising: The Second Edition is the most up-to-date, comprehensive resource on Japanese whisky. This fully updated guide by whisky authority and Japanese whisky expert Stefan Van Eycken takes you on a tour of some of the most coveted whiskies in the world. Japanese whiskies have become some...

From the most fascinating characters to the bloodiest battles and decisive turning points of the Second World War, We Have Ways of Making You Talk: New Histories of The Second World War brings the energy and insight of James Holland and Al Murray's chart-topping podcast to the page. From El...

寧(北政所)と茶々(淀殿)．現代の目は，この二人を秀吉の妻と愛妾と見て，あたかも対立したかのように捉えてきた．しかし実は，二人は連携して豊臣家を運営，大きく動く歴史の中で確かな役割を果たしていた

通説を打破!たった二代で滅びた栄華と衰退の真相農民から大出世を遂げた天下人として知られる豊臣秀吉。しかし、彼とその一族の実像は、驚くほど謎に満ちている。

A gripping full-cast dramatisation of Japan’s 2011 nuclear emergency, narrated by Romola Garai When a tsunami hit Japan’s Fukushima nuclear plant in March 2011, surging past defences and flood reactors, it triggered the worst nuclear incident since the Chernobyl disaster in 1986. This...

2026年NHK大河ドラマ『豊臣兄弟』超入門！三英傑の一人に数えられ、誰もが知る豊臣秀吉。その輝かしい功績の陰には、軍事と政務の両面から秀吉を一途に支え続けた、実弟であり、天下一の補佐役・豊臣秀長の存在があった。本書は、天下統一を成し遂げた秀吉・秀長兄弟の軌跡を、最新研究をもとに解説していく。

In Hidden Japan, acclaimed author and environmentalist Alex Kerr leads us to the country's most secluded and enchanting corners—places where time seems to stand still and traditional culture endures. From thatched-roof villages in misty mountains to volcanic islands few have ever visited, Kerr's lyrical prose is brought to life in this immersive audio experience.

開戦、退位、戦争責任、憲法、日米安保……「本音」ではどう思っていたのか?戦後80年 昭和100年いま明らかになる人間・昭和天皇の実像

As the soldiers lifted me from the floor, my father's eyes locked with my own. For just a moment, I thought I saw a shadow of sadness across his face. But it disappeared as quickly as it had arrived, replaced with my father's look of perpetual determination. "You'll find me at the hospital," I...

歴史の定説を覆す新説! いま、日本史が面白い!千葉県山武郡横芝光町の姫塚古墳から、ユダヤ人と思われる埴輪が発見されていた。いったいこれは、どういうことなのか?

日本史の定説を覆す新説　巨大な古墳や平安京の造成、寺社建築、仏像制作に関わり、古都・京都の原型をつくったのはユダヤ系の渡来人、秦氏だった！

日本の歴史という美しい「虹」を見るために――。1冊で読む日本通史の決定版！大人のための歴史教科書。個々の歴史的事実についての丹念な研究は尊い。しかし、それだけでは国史という虹は生じない。

GHQが命じた神道指令と政教分離の原則　戦後日本の宗教のあり方を規定した「神道指令」の成立過程を検証し、今でも強い拘束力を発揮し続ける条文の意味を考察する！

Japan's blissful isolation changed with the arrival of American Commodore Matthew Perry in 1853. In awe of the American weapons and ships, the Tokugawa shogunate quickly realized that they needed to evolve and modernize their military to survive, and a time of rapid change descended on Japan. Within a mere 30 years, the Tokugawa period’s great samurai caste was extinct. Military service was no longer the exclusive domain of the privileged warrior class who had combined the military with an intricate network of social status and vassalship to their feudal lords.

The Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) was the third most powerful navy in the world at the start of World War II, and came to dominate the Pacific in the early months of the war. This book details the Japanese ships which fought in the Pacific and examines the principles on which they were designed, how they were armed, when and where they were deployed and how effective they were in battle.

There are very few modern hobbies that can honestly claim they have lived three distinct lives. Most begin as a craze, settle into a niche, and then either fade or become quietly institutional. The Pokémon Trading Card Game did something stranger and more enduring. It began as a children’s pastime, became a cultural flashpoint that adults argued about in staff rooms and school assemblies, then returned decades later as a booming adult obsession with its own economy, celebrities, and mythology. That alone would make it worth studying.