In clear and vibrant prose, Paine leads the reader through a tumultuous century and a half of Japanese history, focusing on the way Japan’s leaders positioned their country in the world, from the ...

Even if Abe doesn’t visit, Xi will have to decide how much a summit will cost him at home.

In world history, the Meiji Restoration of 1868 ranks as a revolutionary watershed, on a par with the American and French Revolutions. In this volume, leading historians from North America, Europe, ...

In the 20th century, Japan emerged as a significant and often harsh colonial power, expanding its empire to include Korea, ...

They were largely farmers from southern Japan before U.S. laws limited their numbers. Japan's industrial and land reforms under the Meiji Restoration had disenfranchised many in this region, so they ...

"Fukuzawa Yukichi: The Philosophical Foundations of Meiji... Tradition and Modernization in Japanese Culture Edited by Donald H. Shively Essays on the Iwakura Embassy, the realistic painter Takahashi ...

and is considered the "father of Japanese capitalism." Following the Meiji Restoration, Shibusawa worked with the finance ministry before becoming a businessman. He helped establish and develop ...

This volume contains essays by leading scholars on Japan, including two important studies on the... The Meiji Restoration of mid-nineteenth-century Japan was the outgrowth of upheaval as vital as the ...

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol’s martial law blunder could derail President Joe Biden‘s move to bolster relations ...