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Book twenty (20.4293-4516) of the Man'yōshū comprises 224 poems (218 tanka, six chōka) with unspecified genres. It is important for both the history of the Japanese language, and the history of Japanese literature: it contains many poems written in Eastern Old Japanese and provides an interesting literary background to the political struggles that were taking place at this time at the Nara court.

This is first in-depth study to examine the history, treatment and conditions of more than 2, 500 Japanese prisoners of war who were captured by British forces and kept in India during the period 1942-1946.

The present study is the first large-scale investigation of the syntax of Old Japanese (mainly eighth-century Japanese). It gives a detailed account of complement clauses and related constructions in Old Japanese, based on an exhaustive investigation of the extant text corpus.

Comprehensive coverage of the diplomatic history in Japan of H.M. Representatives and the events that marked their period of office.

Six themes: The Japan Society and imperial personalities (inc. Prince & Princess Chichibu), politicians and diplomats (inc. Lord Curzon), naval officers (inc. Captain Oswald Tuck), businessmen (inc. early history of Japanese companies in the UK), poets, scholars and journalists (inc. Robert Nichols, Louis Allen), long-term residents in Japan.

Part personal memoir and critique, part professional flashback and socio-cultural commentary, The Magatama Doodle offers a remarkably direct, sometimes hilarious, sometimes astringent documentary record of the life and times of a young European banker living in Japan. (Magatama are ancient comma-shaped precious stones used by Japanese men in authority as a doodle image.) The memoir will be pure nostaligia for many readers, but then like magata...

Linguists and specialists are familiar with the name Ket, which designates a small ethnic group on the Yenisei and their language. Ket is a severely endangered language with today less than 500 native speakers. Together with Yugh, Kott, Arin, Assan and Pumpokol, it forms the Yeniseic family of languages, which has no known linguistic relatives.

Based on the premise that Japanese cultural nationalism has been and is a major cultural/historical force throughout the Asia Pacific this book has dual focus: Part1 explores Japanese literature, philosophy, education, politics, diplomacy, music, Part 2 extends Japanese role to Asia Pacific at large.

National Police Reserve provides a history of the organisation which formed the basis of today's Japanese armed forces. The book examines the origins of the force, its character and operation, and its evolution into the Ground Self Defense Force.

Sir Hugh Cortazzi's (Chairman, Japan Society, 1985-1994) reminiscences of diplomatic life: in Washington at time of Watergate, 3 tours in Japan. Informed critical perspective on world affairs with emphasis on Japan - an account of a nation in recovery, triumph and crisis.

This is a rare look into the politics and economics of the largest and arguably most dramatic privatization undertaken in Japan. Yoshiuki Kasai, President of JR Central, guides readers through first-hand accounts of the history of JNR's break-up, the political and internal obstacles faced in the rerform process, and the major lessons drawn through his experiences. At the end of the book Kasai is joined by Diethelm Sack and Sir Steve Robson in ...

North Korea is not easily accessible, but boasts some of the most beautiful scenery in the Korean Peninsula, and arguably in East Asia. Travel to and in North Korea is tightly controlled, while political, economic, social and cultural life is played out in terms of a not readily understood philosophy, known as juche.

North Korea is not easily accessible, but boasts some of the most beautiful scenery in the Korean Peninsula, and arguably in East Asia. Travel to and in North Korea is tightly controlled, while political, economic, social and cultural life is played out in terms of a not readily understood philosophy, known as juche.

Some leading Japan scholars present new research and thinking on the profound relationship between culture and disaster in Japan, focusing on the triple disasters of March 2011, the great quakes of 1995 and 1923, and the atomic bombings of 1945.

For those with a taste for Japan, Basho enthusiats and the growing number of haiku poets and readers alike, here is a rare glimpse into a man who may now be reappraised as the 'favourite uncle' guardian of Japan's quiet soul.

This will appeal to anyone wishing to enrich their understanding of Japan, those with an interest in Hearn, Irish literary tradition and life and literature in a cross-cultural context.

In 1992 Japan's Grown Prince Naruhito completed a memoir about his life and experiences at the University Oxford (1983-85). This engaging and informative account of English university life, customs, and mores as seen from the perspective of a young Japanese student, albeit Japan's heir to the Imperial throne, is a most welcome contribution to cross-cultural studies.

The first part is a new translation of Hearn's wife's reminiscences of life with Hearn. Subsequent chapters consider Setsu's early life and the end of samurai culture following Japan's decision to modernize, her early encounter with Hearn, marriage and her children's later life.

Despite the fact that there are several newer dictionaries of Written Mongolian, such as Lessing 1960, and BAMRS 2001-02, Schmidt's dictionary, the first of its kind, remains an important contribution to the study of the language and continues to be consulted by specialists. It is particularly valuable to historical linguists.

Written for a Japanese audience (for whom he wrote a great deal over the years), this memoir is dated December 1982. It opens with details of the author's birth in 1908 and young life in the Cologne region of Germany, takes us through the fascinating experiences of his youth, then into the 1930s, his first encounter with Japan as a language student in 1935, followed by further Jesuitical studies in Britain that concluded with a period at SOAS,...