The newly arrived books in the library are now on display.
A list of books received in the past 40 days (continuously updated)
Recommended materials by the library staff from newly arrived books:
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1. EU-Japan relations, 1970-2012: from confrontation to global partnership / edited by Jörn Keck, Dimitri Vanoverbeke and Franz Waldenberger Routledge, 2013 [327.4||Kj] The book overviews EU-Japan relations from the 1970s to the present, introducing case studies dealing with past industrial, commercial and agricultural issues. Publisher description: |
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2. Japan and China as charm rivals: soft power in regional diplomacy / Jing Sun University of Michigan Press, 2012 [327.51||Sj] The book looks at the competition between Japan and China using so-called “soft power campaigns” such as image campaign efforts in regional diplomacy for winning the favor of South Korea, Taiwan, and Southeast Asian countries. Publisher description: |
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3. The money doctors from Japan: finance, imperialism, and the building of the yen bloc, 1895–1937 / Michael Schiltz Harvard University Asia Center, Distributed by Harvard University Press, 2012 [332||Sm] The book discusses the history of financial policy in the colonies of prewar Japan in four areas (Taiwan, South Korea, China, and Manchuria). Publisher description: |
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4. Disability in Japan / Carolyn S. Stevens Routledge, 2013 [362||Sc] The author explores problems concerning disability in Japan, including care for the elderly. She herself has a daughter who has a disability that requires nearly full-time care and attention. Publisher description: |
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5. In pursuit of composite beauty: Yanagi Sōetsu, his aesthetics and aspiration for peace / Nakami Mari University of Tokyo Press, Trans Pacific Press, 2011 [701||Ys] An English translation of Yanagi Sōetsu: Jidai to Shisō (University of Tokyo Press, 2003) which is a comprehensive survey over seventeen years by Professor Mari Nakami. Publisher description: |
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6. Kamisaka Sekka: dawn of modern Japanese design / edited by Khanh Trinh Art Gallery New South Wales, 2012 [709.52||Ks] This is the catalogue of an exhibition on Kamisaka Sekka, a Japanese painter and designer who was active from the Meiji to the Showa era. The exhibition was held at the Art Gallery of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia, in August 2012. Publisher description: |
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7. Takeuchi Yoshimi: displacing the west / Richard F. Calichman Cornell University East Asia Program, 2004 [895.6||Ty] This work focuses on the writings of the postwar Japanese thinker and sociologist Takeuchi Yoshimi (1910-1977), and attempts to trace his thinking throughout his career. Publisher description: |
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8. Strange tale of Panorama Island / Edogawa Ranpo; translated by Elaine Kazu Gerbert University of Hawai’i Press, 2013 [F||Er||s] The first English translation of Edogawa Ranpo’s novelette. It also includes analysis and notes by the translator. Publisher description: |
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9. A Japanese Robinson Crusoe / Jenichiro Oyabe; edited by Greg Robinson and Yujin Yaguchi University of Hawai’i Press in association with UCLA Asian American Studies Center, 2009 [929.52||Oz] An autobiography of Oyabe Jenichiro, who was an Ainu researcher, minister and also a teacher. The book, originally published in the United States in 1868, describes Oyabe’s stay in the United States in his younger days. Publisher description: |
The following newly arrived book includes references about the I-House.
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- Title: Amerika ni watatta Nihon bunka
- Author: Terazawa, Yukitada
- Publisher: Tankosha, 2013