Monthly new acquisitions list – during February 2013Sorted by subjectBringing<strong>Japan</strong>to youCALL NUM: 210.1 NEW 9KAIKOKU TO MEIJI ISHIN : EDO JIDAI MATSU, MAIJIJIDAI ZENKI / ŌISHI MANABU, SŌKANSHŪ ;KUDŌKŌHEI, KANSHŪ ; IWASAKI MINAKO, MANGA.| 開 国 と明 治 維 新 : 江 戸 時 代 末 期 ・ 明 治 時 代 前 期 / 大 石 学 , 総監 修 ; 野 本 禎 司 , 監 修 ; アサミネ 鈴 , まんが.|• EDITION: Shohan.| 初 版 .|• PUBLISHER: Tōkyō : Gakken kyōiku shuppan, 2012.| 東 京 :学 研 教 育 出 版 , 2012.|• <strong>ISBN</strong>: 978-4-05-203537-1• PHYSICAL DESC: 112, 32 p. :col., ill. ;23 cm. Book• LANGUAGE: Text in <strong>Japan</strong>ese.CALL NUM: 210.1 NEW 10KINDAI KOKKA E NO AYUMI : MAIJI JIDAI KŌNKI /ŌISHI MANABU, SŌKANSHŪ ;KADOMATSU HIDEKI,KANSHŪ ; KIYOSE AKAME, MANGA.| 近 代 国 家 への 歩み : 明 治 時 代 後 期 / 大 石 学 , 総 監 修 ; 門 松 秀 樹 , 監 修 ;清 瀬 赤 目 , まんが.|• EDITION: Shohan.| 初 版 .|• PUBLISHER: Tōkyō : Gakken kyōiku shuppan, 2012.| 東 京 :学 研 教 育 出 版 , 2012.|• <strong>ISBN</strong>: 978-4-05-203538-8• PHYSICAL DESC: 112, 32 p. :col., ill. ;23 cm. Book• LANGUAGE: Text in <strong>Japan</strong>ese.CALL NUM: 210.1 NEW 11TAISHŌ DEMOKURASHĪ TO SENSŌ E NO MICHI : TAISHŌJIDAI, SHŌWA JIDAI ZENKI / ŌISHI MANABU,SŌKANSHŪ ;TOKURA TAKEYUKI, KANSHŪ ; HIGURI YŪ,MANGA.| 大 正 デモクラシーと 戦 争 への 道 : 正 時 代 ・昭 和 時 代 前 期 / 大 石 学 , 総 監 修 ; 都 倉 武 之 , 監 修 ; 氷 栗優 , まんが.|• EDITION: Shohan.| 初 版 .|• PUBLISHER: Tōkyō : Gakken kyōiku shuppan, 2012.| 東 京 :学 研 教 育 出 版 , 2012.|• <strong>ISBN</strong>: 978-4-05-203539-5• PHYSICAL DESC: 112, 32 p. :col., ill. ;23 cm. Book• LANGUAGE: Text in <strong>Japan</strong>ese.CALL NUM: 210.1 NEW 12ATARASHII NIHON TO KOKUSAIKA SURU SHAKAI :SHŌWA JIDAI KŌKI, HEISEI JIDAI / ŌISHI MANABU,SŌKANSHŪ ;SUZUKI KAZUFUMI, KANSHŪ ; YAMARIKUYŌKO, MANGA.| 新 しい 日 本 と 国 際 化 する 社 会 : 昭 和時 代 後 期 ・ 平 成 時 代 / 大 石 学 , 総 監 修 ; 鈴 木 一 史 , 監修 ; 山 陸 洋 子 , まんが.|• EDITION: Shohan.| 初 版 .|• PUBLISHER: Tōkyō : Gakken kyōiku shuppan, 2012.| 東 京 :学 研 教 育 出 版 , 2012.|• <strong>ISBN</strong>: 978-4-05-203540-1• PHYSICAL DESC: 112, 32 p. :col., ill. ;23 cm. Book• LANGUAGE: Text in <strong>Japan</strong>ese.CALL NUM: 210.55 WALSOCIAL PROTEST AND POPULAR CULTURE INEIGHTEENTH-CENTURY JAPAN / ANNE WALTHALL.• PUBLISHER: Tucson, Ariz. : Published for the Associationfor Asian Studies by the University of Arizona Press, 1986.• <strong>ISBN</strong>: 0-8165-0961-1• PHYSICAL DESC: xviii, 268 p. :ill. ;24 cm. Book• LANGUAGE: Text in English.CALL NUM: 210.59 MCOTHE OPENING OF JAPAN, 1853-1855 : A COMPARATIVESTUDY OF THE AMERICAN, BRITISH, DUTCH ANDRUSSIAN NAVAL EXPEDITIONS TO COMPEL THETOKUGAWA SHOGUNATE TO CONCLUDE TREATIES ANDOPEN PORTS TO THEIR SHIPS / BY WILLIAM MCOMIE.• PUBLISHER: Folkestone : Global Oriental, 2006.• <strong>ISBN</strong>: 1-901903-76-1• PHYSICAL DESC: xxii, 505 p., [12] p. of plates :ill., 1 map,ports ;26 cm. Book• LANGUAGE: Text in English.CALL NUM: 271.07 NIHNIHON TO ŌSUTORARIA NO TAIHEIYŌ SENSŌ : KIOKUNO KOKKYŌSEN O TOU / KAMADA MAYUMI HEN =REFRAMING NATIONAL MEMORY : STORIES FROMAUSTRALIA AND JAPAN ABOUT THE PACIFIC WAR /KAMADA MAYUMI.| 日 本 とオーストラリアの 太 平 洋戦 争 : 記 憶 の 国 境 線 を 問 う / 鎌 田 真 弓 編 =REFRAMING NATIONAL MEMORY : S• EDITION: Dai 1-han.| 第 1 版 .|• PUBLISHER: Tōkyō : Ochanomizu Shobō, 2012.| 東 京 : 御 茶の 水 書 房 , 2012.|• <strong>ISBN</strong>: 978-4-275-00978-4• PHYSICAL DESC: v, 262 p. :ill., maps, ports. ;21 cm. Book• LANGUAGE: Text in <strong>Japan</strong>ese; one chapter translated fromthe English; table of contents also in English.CALL NUM: 288.44 NARTHE THAMES AND I : A MEMOIR OF TWO YEARS ATOXFORD / BY PRINCE NARUHITO ; WITH A FOREWORDBY HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS, THE PRINCE OF WALES ANDA PREFACE TO THE ENGLISH EDITION BY HIS IMPERIALHIGHNESS, THE CROWN PRINCE ; ENGLISHTRANSLATION BY HUGH CORTAZZI.• PUBLISHER: Folkestone, Kent : Global Oriental, 2006.• <strong>ISBN</strong>: 1-905246-06-4• PHYSICAL DESC: xiv, 150 p. :ill. ;22 cm. Book• LANGUAGE: Text in English. Translated from the <strong>Japan</strong>ese.CALL NUM: 289.34 SIEPHILIPP FRANZ VON SIEBOLD AND THE OPENING OFJAPAN : A RE-EVALUATION / HERBERT PLUTSCHOW.• PUBLISHER: Kent, England : Global Oriental, 2007.• <strong>ISBN</strong>: 978-1-905246-20-5• PHYSICAL DESC: xii, 228 p. ;23 cm. Book• LANGUAGE: Text in English.2 1-Mar-13<strong>Japan</strong> <strong>Foundation</strong>, Sydney, Library.
Monthly new acquisitions list – during February 2013Sorted by subjectBringing<strong>Japan</strong>to youCALL NUM: 311.13 LEBTHE ART OF THE GUT : MANHOOD, POWER, AND ETHICSIN JAPANESE POLITICS / ROBIN M. LEBLANC.• PUBLISHER: Berkeley : University of California Press, 2010.• <strong>ISBN</strong>: 978-0-520-25917-1 (pbk. : alk. paper)• PHYSICAL DESC: xix, 229 p. ;23 cm. Book• LANGUAGE: Text in English.• SUMMARY: "This ethnography follows the lives of two verydifferent <strong>Japan</strong>ese men entering political life in two verydifferent communities. One is the rural leader of acitizens' referendum movement, while the other hopes tosucceed his father in a Tokyo ward assemCALL NUM: 311.15 MITPOLITICAL BRIBERY IN JAPAN / RICHARD H.MITCHELL.• PUBLISHER: Honolulu, Hawaii : University of Hawai'i Press,1996.• <strong>ISBN</strong>: 0-8248-1819-9 (pbk. : alk. paper)• PHYSICAL DESC: xvii, 206 p. ;23 cm. Book• LANGUAGE: Text in English.• SUMMARY: <strong>The</strong> term "structural corruption" is often usedwhen discussing modern <strong>Japan</strong>'s political system - asystem that forces politicians to exchange favors withbusinessmen in return for funds to finance their politicalcareers. Scholars argue that the origins oCALL NUM: 319.07 KOMRESSEI O GYAKUTENSURU KŌSHŌRYOKU = THE ART OFNEGOTIATION: HOW TO TURN THE TABLES IN YOURFAVOR / KOMATSU MASAYUKI.| 劣 勢 を 逆 転 する 交 涉力 = THE ART OF NEGOTIATION: HOW TO TURN THETABLES IN YOUR FAVOR 小 松 正 之 .|• PUBLISHER: Tōkyō : Chūkei shuppan, 2009.| 東 京 : 中 経 出 版 ,2009.|• <strong>ISBN</strong>: 978-4-8061-3385-8• PHYSICAL DESC: 224 p. :ill. ;19 cm. Book• LANGUAGE: Text in <strong>Japan</strong>ese.CALL NUM: 319.1 GETGETTING THE TRIANGLE STRAIGHT : MANAGINGCHINA-JAPAN-US RELATIONS / [EDITED BY GERALDCURTIS, RYOSEI KOKUBUN, AND WANG JISI].• PUBLISHER: Tokyo : <strong>Japan</strong> Center for InternationalExchange , 2010.• <strong>ISBN</strong>: 978-4-88907-080-4• PHYSICAL DESC: ix, 297 p. :ill. ;23 cm. Book• LANGUAGE: Text in English.• SUMMARY: As the balance of power in Asia shifts, relationsamong China, <strong>Japan</strong>, and the United States are becomingincreasingly important for the future of the region as wellas for the rest of the world. Trilateral relationships tendto be unstable, but the dynamiCALL NUM: 321.1 HALTHE SPIRIT OF JAPANESE LAW / JOHN OWEN HALEY.• PUBLISHER: Athens : University of Georgia Press, 1998.• <strong>ISBN</strong>: 0-8203-2022-6 (alk. paper)• PHYSICAL DESC: xx, 251 p. ;24 cm. Book• LANGUAGE: Text in English.• SUMMARY: <strong>The</strong> Spirit of <strong>Japan</strong>ese Law focuses on thecentury following the Meiji Constitution, <strong>Japan</strong>'s initialreception of continental European law. While mostwesterners may view judges as <strong>Japan</strong>ese law's leastsignificant actors, Haley argues that they have the laCALL NUM: 334.31 POLTHE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF JAPAN'S LOW FERTILITY/ EDITED BY FRANCES MCCALL ROSENBLUTH.• PUBLISHER: Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press,2007.• <strong>ISBN</strong>: 978-0-8047-5486-6• PHYSICAL DESC: xiii, 222 p. :ill. ;24 cm. Book• LANGUAGE: Text in English.CALL NUM: 336.4 SHI revBUSINESS PASSPORT TO JAPAN / SUE SHINOMIYA ANDBRIAN SZEPKOUSKI.• EDITION: Rev. and updated ed.• PUBLISHER: Berkeley, Calif. : Stone Bridge Press, 2008.• <strong>ISBN</strong>: 978-1-933330-47-1• PHYSICAL DESC: 261 p. ;21 cm. Book• LANGUAGE: Text in English.• SUMMARY: "Business Passport to <strong>Japan</strong> offers a fresh,interactive approach to doing business with <strong>Japan</strong>, aglobal leader in manufacturing and a strategic entrancepoint to other booming Asian markets. Fully updated,this guide offers practical tips and insight forCALL NUM: 342.1076 PARSPENDING WITHOUT TAXATION : FILP AND THEPOLITICS OF PUBLIC FINANCE IN JAPAN / GENE PARK.• PUBLISHER: Stanford, California : Stanford University Press,2011.• <strong>ISBN</strong>: 978-0-8047-7330-0• PHYSICAL DESC: 321 p. ;24 cm. Book• LANGUAGE: Text in English.• SUMMARY: Governments confront difficult political choiceswhen they must determine how to balance theirspending. But what would happen if a government founda means of spending without taxation? In this book, GenePark demonstrates how the <strong>Japan</strong>ese government estCALL NUM: 361.5 SILEROTIC GROTESQUE NONSENSE : THE MASS CULTUREOF JAPANESE MODERN TIMES / MIRIAM SILVERBERG.• PUBLISHER: Berkeley : University of California Press, 2006.• <strong>ISBN</strong>: 978-0-520-26008-5 (pbk.)• PHYSICAL DESC: xviii, 369, [32] p. of plates. :ill. ;24 cm. Book• LANGUAGE: Text in English.• SUMMARY: "This history of <strong>Japan</strong>ese mass culture duringthe decades before Pearl Harbor argues that the newgestures, relationship, and humor of ero guro nansensu3 1-Mar-13<strong>Japan</strong> <strong>Foundation</strong>, Sydney, Library.