Abingdon. Routledge. 2007. Maps, black and white photographic and line illustratins, xiv + 198pp, index, a very good hardback copy. Explores the encounter between the East and the West by analyzing the deliberate self-presentational cultural diplomacy historically required of Asian Olympic hosts. This book focuses on the 1940 Tokyo Olympics..... More

Honolulu. University of Hawai'i Press. 2012. Black and white photographic illustrations, viii + 296pp, notes, bibliography, index, dustjacket, a very good hardback copy. Celebrity Gods explores the interaction of new religions and the media in postwar Japan. It focuses on the leaders and founders (kyoso) of Jiu and Tensho Kotai..... More

京都.[Kyoto]. 永田文昌堂. [Nagata Bunshodo]. 昭和61[ 1986]. 57pp, paperback, 18 x 12.8cm, Japanese text, very good copy. Professor Hanayama was a famous Buddhist scholar at Tokyo University and worked as a Buddhist chaplain at Sugamo Prison for over three years where Japanese war criminals were kept. This booklet includes his lecture..... More

St Leonards. Allen & Unwin. 1995. Endpaper maps, black and white photographic plates, xxi + 265pp, index, a very good paperback copy. The story of the officially sanctioned brothels and the women who were forced to work as sex slaves in them during the Second World War. When referring to..... More

東京 [Tokyo]. 防空知識普及協会. [Bōkū Chishiki Fukyū Kyokai. 昭和16 [ 1931]. Black and white illustrations, 173 + 16pp, 4 foldout charts, paperback, 18.5 x 12.5cm, evenly browned throughout, cover slight wear with some very minor spotting, spine lightly discoloured, fore edges have been nibbled in 4 places, still a good copy..... More

Singapore. Asia Pacific Press. 1971. Maps, black and white photographic plates, xiv + 255pp, index, bibliography, notes, dustjacket little worn and faded with small closed tears, prior owner's inscription title page, a sound secondhand copy. When referring to this item please quote stockid 178496. More

United Kingdom. Penguin Books Ltd., 1991. Map, black and white illustrations, xvi + 889pp, index, selected bibliography, notes, appendix, abbreviations, good paperback copy with rubbing on extremities and creasing along spine. Revisit the definitive book on Pearl Harbor in advance of the 50th anniversary of the date which will live..... More

Hampshire. Palgrave Macmillan. 2010. Black and white photographic plates, xiii + 278pp, bibliography, index, covers trifle shelf worn, a very good paperback copy. Based on countless diaries and letters, Schrijvers recounts American GIs' experiences in Asia and the Pacific. From the daunting spaces of the China-India theatre to the fortress..... More

Tokyo: 南窓社. 1980. Vol 3 only. 428pp, a good hardback copy in card slipcase. When referring to this item please quote stockid 154247. More

Honolulu. University of Hawai'i Press. 1984. Map, xii + 228pp, bibliography, index, dustjacket little chipped with small closed tear, still a good copy. Story of Japanese planning for invasion and occupation of the Hawaiian Islands during World War II. When referring to this item please quote stockid 126943... More

New York. Paddington. n.d. (c. 1979). Map, black and white photographic plates, 287pp, glossary, index, dustjacket. Remainder mark on upper edge, fore edge very lightly foxed, nonetheless a good copy. When referring to this item please quote stockid 17125. More

山本多美子, Showa 58 [ 1983]. [Reprint]. Black and white photographic illustrations, 166pp. Paperback. Chops prelims, final leaves and lower cover, small portion of label adhering to front free endpaper, "No. 3" in red ink lower cover. Occasional light foxing, good copy. Japanese soldier's diary which covers the period from defeat..... More