Japanese Government

Some of the cruelest deeds of Japan's war in Asia did not occur on the battlefield, but in quiet, antiseptic medical wards in obscure parts of China. Far from front lines and prying eyes, Japanese doctors and their assistants subjected human guinea pigs to gruesome medical experiments in the name of science and Japan's wartime chemical and biological warfare research. Author Hal Gold draws upon a wealth of sources to construct a portrait of the Imperial Japanese Army's most notorious medical unit, giving an overview of its history and detailing its most shocking activities.

China and Japan have cultural and political connections that stretch back 1,500 years. But today, their relationship is strained. China's military buildup deeply worries Japan, while Japan's brutal occupation of China in World War II remains an open wound. In recent years, less than 10 percent of each population had positive feelings toward the other, and both countries insist that the other side must deal openly with its history before relations can improve. Ezra Vogel's China and Japan examines key turning points in Sino-Japanese history.

In this groundbreaking biography of the Japanese emperor Hirohito, Herbert P. Bix offers the first complete, unvarnished look at the enigmatic leader whose 63-year reign ushered Japan into the modern world. Never before has the full life of this controversial figure been revealed with such clarity and vividness. Bix describes what it was like to be trained from birth for a lone position at the apex of the nation's political hierarchy and as a revered symbol of divine status.

In Special Duty, Richard J. Samuels dissects the fascinating history of the intelligence community in Japan. Looking at the impact of shifts in the strategic environment, technological change, and past failures, he probes the reasons why Japan has endured such a roller-coaster ride when it comes to intelligence gathering and analysis, and concludes that the ups and downs of the past century - combined with growing uncertainties in the regional security environment - have convinced Japanese leaders of the critical importance of striking balance between power and insight.

Euphemistically labeled as the "Water Supply and Prophylaxis Administration" and "HippoEpizootic Administration" of the Imperial Japanese Army, Unit 731 and Unit 100, as well as their subsidiary branches, performed human experimentation on the innocents under the leadership of Dr. Ishii Shiro. Although the exact number of victims is unclear since the Japanese destroyed most of the evidence at the end of the war, but it ranged from 3,000-250,000 innocent men, women, and children.

英国で10万部超、世界23ヵ国で翻訳、英国のアマゾンレビュー700件超！「サンデー・タイムズ」紙のナンバーワンブック、「イブニング・スタンダード」紙のブックオブザイヤーに輝いたベスト

「社会心理学」は、心理学の中でも重要かつ人気のジャンル。個人同士の協力、競争、攻撃、援助など「他者との関係」、そして集団、組織など個人を取り巻く「社会との関係」をテーマとする「社会心理学」

資本主義、食料、気候変動…「エネルギー」がわかるとこれからの世界が見えてくる！火の利用から気候変動対策まで。エネルギーと人類の歴史をたどり、現代社会が陥った問題の本質と未来への道筋を描き出す。

■「行動経済学」「統計学」「情報学」の3つの研究分野からアプローチ。合計60の認知バイアスを解説します。

なぜ「格差社会」が生まれるのか。
なぜ自己啓発書を何冊読んでも救われないのか。

ハリス人気で油断するな!世界一危険な男がアメリカを乗っ取ろうとしている!まさかの再選を狙うドナルド・トランプ。初の黒人女性大統領を狙うカマラ・ハリス。

Dreux Richard presents post-Fukushima Japan in three illustrative parts. He follows members of Japan’s Nigerian community, whose struggles with a hostile immigration system lead to the death of a Nigerian immigrant in a Japanese detention center, investigated here for the first time. In Japan’s northernmost city, Richard goes door to door with the region’s youngest census employee, meeting the city’s elderly residents and documenting the stories that comprise the nation’s record-breaking population decline. Finally, he takes us into the offices of energy executives....

〔権力・繁栄・貧困の起源〕明治維新の意義、産業革命が始まった理由、独裁体制の矛盾、共産主義の限界、民衆デモの背景にあるもの……なぜ世界には豊かな国と貧しい国が生まれるのか？

毎日あたりまえに使っている日本語。だが、ふと疑問に思うことはないだろうか。そもそも漢字はいつから日本にあるのか?「シミュレーション」を「シュミレーション」とつい発音してしまうのはなぜだろ

「資本」や「資本主義」という言葉を
使わずに経済を語ったら、
とんでもなく本質がわかるようになった!

私たちはどこにいるのか。そして、どう生きるべきか――。

戦後の怪事件にメスを入れた不朽の名作　権力の圧力で真実解明を妨害された怪事件の封印を解いた衝撃の大作。

民主主義や法の支配が失われ、リベラルな国際秩序が失われつつある世界はどこに向かうのか？日本を代表する知性を結集し、再び動き始めた「地理」と｢歴史」で世界を理解する視座を提示。

やりがいを感じないまま働く。ムダで無意味な仕事が増えていく。人の役に立つ仕事だけど給料が低い――それはすべてブルシット・ジョブ(クソどうでもいい仕事)のせいだった!

ビジネスマン必須の教養！
新聞やTVだけで世界情勢は理解できない！
世界史の講師が、現代ニュースの素朴な疑問100に答える。