Product Description: A collection of letters from a cross-section of Japanese citizens to a leading Japanese newspaper, relating their experiences and thoughts of the Pacific War.

Product Description: A collection of letters from a cross-section of Japanese citizens to a leading Japanese newspaper, relating their experiences and thoughts of the Pacific War.

Product Description: This classic account (1952) of the makers of "New Japan" tells the life stories of a journalist, an ex-Navy vice-admiral, a steel worker, a farmer, and Emperor Hirohito. Frank Gibney was a wartime intelligence officer who became Time magazine correspondent during the American Occupation of Japan...read more

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A story based on the strike which took place at Omi Kenshi, a silk thread and fabric manufacturer, in 1954 reflects the tensions of that period

A story based on the strike which took place at Omi Kenshi, a silk thread and fabric manufacturer, in 1954 reflects the tensions of that period (view table of contents)

Product Description: Japan today is caught up in chronic economic crisis, its financial system wracked by record-breaking bankruptcies and its companies hobbled by bad balance sheets, overproduction, and weak consumer demand. In turn, Japan's faltering fortunes have sent shock waves across Asia, triggering the collapse of economies in South Korea, Thailand, and other Asian countries that followed its model for rapid growth and development...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: A collection of letters from a cross-section of Japanese citizens to a leading Japanese newspaper, relating their experiences and thoughts of the Pacific War. (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Traces the growth of Korea's fledgling democracy, from the first democratic pledges of President Roh Tae Woo in 1987 to the election campaigns of 1992

An examination of the Pacific rim countries looks at the history and development of Japan, China, Taiwan, Korea, Indo-China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, the Philippines, and Australia, elaborating on America's stake in that region. 50,000 first printing. $35,000 ad/promo. PBS-TV tie-in.

A top level Soviet spy who defected to the United States describes the operations and strategies of the KGB

Analyzes the current state of the English language, briefly tracing its origins, reviews the basic tools of grammar, spelling, and pronunciation, and considers the finer points of effective writing and speaking

Argues that Japan's most important secrets of success are long-range planning and cooperation between government and business