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Going to Japan on Business: A Quick Guide to Protocol, Travel, & Language

Travel

Brannen, Christalyn

Asia

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Mr. Benihana: The Rocky Aoki Story

Comics & Graphic Novels

Miyuki, Takahashi

Manga

A Homestay in Japan: Intermediate Reader for Students of Japanese = Nihon to No Deai (English and Japanese Edition)

History

Allen, Caron

Watanabe, Natsumi

Duke, Linda

A readable overview of the ever-changing relationship between Japan and the United States.

America and the Four Japans: Friend Foe Model Mirror

Politics & Social Sciences

Schodt, Frederik L.

Social Sciences

How to Rake Leaves

Science & Math

KOREN, Leonard

Nature & Ecology

From immigration to discrimination and internment, and then to reparations and a high rate of intermarriage, Americans of Japanese descent share a long and sometimes painful history, and now fear their unique culture is being lost. Gil Asakawa’s celebration of what makes JAs so special is an entertaining blend of facts and features, of recipes, songs, and memories that every JA will want to share with friends and family. Included are interviews with famous JAs and a look at how it’s hip to be Japanese, from manga to martial arts, plus a section on Japantown communities and tips for JA’s scrapbooking their families and traveling to Japan to rediscover their roots.
Gil Asakawa is a third-generation Japanese American, author of the weekly "Nikkei View" online column. He lives in Denver.

Being Japanese American: A JA Sourcebook for Nikkei, Hapa . . . & Their Friends

Asakawa, Gil

Mirei Shigemori (1896–1975), a historian trained in painting and ikebana, is increasingly admired for his contemporary Japanese garden designs. Believing the garden had fallen into cliché, Shigemori applied modernist shapes, colors and materials to create stunning avant-garde works that also celebrated the ancient Japanese gods and rituals. This book explores 10 major Shigemori works—from the checkerboard garden of Tofukuji (1939) and the “Hidden Christian” dry landscape at Zuiho-in (1961) to the masterful stone settings at Matsuo Taisha (1975)—using design/cultural analysis, garden plans and photographs.
Christian Tschumi is a landscape architect with degrees from Harvard and Kyoto.
Markuz Wernli is a designer and photographer in Kyoto.

Mirei Shigemori: Modernizing the Japanese Garden

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Tschumi, Christian

Gardening & Landscape Design

Who needs to speak Japanese? There’s a lot you can say with traditional hand gestures and body motions that are universal as well as uniquely Japanese. This whimsical look at “the language of no language” will teach you to hurl insults, flirt, agree, excuse yourself, cross the street, and even make promises—wordlessly! (And who is that stoic guy wearing a suit in all the photos?) Finally, a way to tell someone at a loud party, “Your underwear is showing,” in four easy hand motions. This is a book for the serious student, the class clown, and the crazy guy at Akihabara Station hoping to communicate with Godzilla.
Hamiru-aqui is a Japanese artist based in Tokyo.

70 Japanese Gestures: No Language Communication

Humor & Entertainment

Hamiru-aqui

Humor

This updated guide offers a fresh, interactive approach to doing business in Japan by presenting practical tips in an easy-to-read format. It goes beyond the logistical details of meetings, courtesy, and protocol to uncover the thought processes and cultural values behind the behaviors and situations readers may encounter—especially those that are changing as Japan’s “blue suit” corporate culture gives way to a younger, laid-back, and more Internet-savvy workforce. Throughout the guide, readers are encouraged to take the long view to develop lasting successes. Indispensable for newcomers and veterans alike.
 Sue Shinomiya (Portland, OR) and Brian Szepkouski (New York City area) are consultants with extensive experience working in Japan.

Business Passport to Japan

Business & Money

Shinomiya, Sue

Szepkouski, Brian

Business Culture

This new edition of Japanese Beyond Words takes the language student into the nonverbal skill zones that must be mastered to communicate effectively in Japanese. Now with an index and expanded chapters, it outlines the ins and outs of polite/rude speech, bowing, disagreeing, intonation, apologies, slang, preconceptions of foreigners, and much more. Andrew Horvat lives in Tokyo. Formerly a reporter for the Associated Press, Tokyo correspondent for the Los Angeles Times, and Tokyo Bureau Chief for American Public Radio, he is now a visiting professor at Tokyo Keizai University and lecturer at Showa Women’s University, where he teaches courses on cross-cultural communication and language policy.

Japanese Beyond Words: The Gaijin's Guide to Verbal Skills and Cultural Clues (Japanese and English Edition)

Horvat, Andrew

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