Written by an experienced teacher and scholar, this book offers university students a handy "how to" guide for interpreting Japanese society and conducting thei

Reading Japan offers the student readings on geopolitics, education, language, Japanese-ness and ethnicity, gender and history, with the dual aims of broadening

This book offers the first cultural history of translation in Japan during the Tokugawa period, 1600-1868.

Japan is often regarded as a 'culture of translation'. Oral and written translation has played a vital role in Japan over the centuries and led to a formidable

This book is based on the very popular international publication (Crezee, 2013) and has been supplemented with Japanese glossaries. Just like the 2013 textbook,