Toya Sakurai, a successful editor, is involved in a searing relationship with the famous author Kai Hodaka who is in his charge. The fact that Toya has become lovers with the author who he so complete
The manga version of the coming-of-age tearjerker that inspired two films!Also known as Let Me Eat Your Pancreas, this deeply moving first-person story is about a high school boy who finds the diary o
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 20th International Symposium on Stabilization, Safety, and Security of Distributed Systems, SSS 2018, held in Tokyo, Japan, in November 2018. The
Momo is a shinigami (a Grim Reaper), the messenger of death. Unlike the scary dark cloaked man holding a sickle, she is draped in gleaming white--her gown, sickle, hair and all. Accompanied by a black
Japanese schoolgirl fashions and subcultures have sprung up, burned out, mutated, and evolved into a pop culture phenomenon gone globalfrom Gwen Stefani's "Harajuku Girls" to Gothic Lolita-fueled mang
Minamida (Musashi University, Tokyo, Japan) and Tsuji (Chuo University, Tokyo, Japan) invite Japanese sociologists to consider the best approaches for examining contemporary Japanese society and cultu
This book draws upon case studies and practices of different types of DRR involvement by the private sector from all over the world. The book comprises two parts, Part I: Overview and Regional Cases;
Civil society organizations (CSOs) have played important roles over the years in the disaster field. Starting from the traditional approach of response and relief, the emphasis has gradually shifted
This newly revised clearly-presented text looks at Japan's economic history from the nineteenth century through to World War II. Within a framework based on the theories and approaches of Development
