New Haven. Yale Uni. Press. 1989. Black and white illustrations, tables, xvi + 369pp, index, bookplate front free endpaper, very good in dustjacket. In this study the author argues that Japan has built a tradition of scientific research that is one of the most important in the contemporary world. When..... More

[Nagoya]. No details of publisher. (circa 1985). Colour photographic poster showing the Japanese Antarctic Ice Breaker, Fuji, in the Antarctic ice, 73 x 51.5cm, some light creasing with small repaired tears at edges and crease at upper corner, very good condition. The Japanese Antarctic ice breaker, Fuji, was in service..... More

Tokyo. 日刊工業新聞社. Showa 52 [ 1977]. 3rd Edition. Black and white charts and diagrams, 484pp, appendices, remains of bookplate front free endpaper, ribbon bookmark, vinyl coated card covers with worn dustjacket in damaged card slipcase. Terms listed and defined in Japanese giving English equivalents, index also in English. When referring..... More

San Francisco. W.H. Freeman. 1974. Black and white illustrations, xi + 121pp, reader's guide, index, small mark to lower edge, binding little shelfworn, dustjacket slightly worn with small tears at head of spine. This book, aimed at American readers, covers history (clans, emperors, feudalism and the modern era), group structure..... More

United States: University of Hawai'i Press, 2010. Black and white illustrations, 220pp, notes, bibliography, index, a very good hardback copy in dustjacket. Based on extensive fieldwork, ""Nature's Embrace"" reveals the emerging pluralization of death rites in postindustrial Japan. Low birth rates and high numbers of people remaining permanently single have..... More

USA: University Presses of California, Columbia and Princeton, 2000. 303pp, appendix, notes, bibliography, index. Spine little faded. Very good paperback copy. Study of East Asian Institute Columbia University "Assembled in Japan "investigates one of the great success stories of the twentieth century: the rise of the Japanese electronics industry. Contrary..... More

Tokyo. History Compilation Room. 1967. Maps, colour and black and white illustrations, 436pp, index, dustjacket spine little discoloured with stain lower cover, name front free endpaper, a good hardback copy. When referring to this item please quote stockid 159135. More

Tokyo. Kodansha. 1988. Black and white photographic illustrations, 256pp, notes, bibliography, index, dustjacket trifle shelf worn, a very good hardback copy. "Why is Japan the world's leader in applied robotics? Why are Japanese so comfortable around robots? What is the larger social and cultural significance of Japan's love of robots?"..... More

United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press, 1983. x + 176pp, bibliography, index, name front free-endpaper, dustjacket spine sunned, a good hardback copy. As the world's only major industrial society yet to emerge from outside the Western tradition, Japan has evolved into an industrial state very different from those of the West..... More

Tokyo. Kodansha International. 1994. Black and white illustrations, 260pp, glossary, edges faintly and evenly browned, minor wear, dustjacket spine a little sunned, a good hardback copy. "In this stunning collection of essays the roots of Japanese mores and popular culture are explored with disarming candour and verve, covering everything from..... More

Rutland, Vermont. Japan Publications Trading Company. 1963. Black and white maps and illustrations, 105pp, signature of Japanese historian Dr.Richard Mason on front free endpaper, dustjacket minor scuffing, a very good copy. In the reformation of 1868 wjhen Japan's capital city Tokyo began changing from feudal to modern dress, its population..... More

Tokyo. 岩波書店. [ Iwanami Shoten]. 1986. x + 557 + 82pp, index, a very good hardback copy in card slipcase. Text in Japanese. Text in Japanese. When referring to this item please quote stockid 143510. More