Masami Tsuda's Books

Cultures of Modernity and the U.S.-Japan Cold War Alliance reconsiders the origins of postwar U.S.-Japan relations by focusing on “modernization” ideologies that the Americans and the Japanese shared in the 1940s–early 1950s. Mobilizing a wealth of English and Japanese-language sources, the author identifies parallel groups of modernist thinkers in America and Japan – including politicians, bureaucrats, intellectuals, scholars, and journalists – and follows how different strands of thought played out within an evolving political environment, forming a “middle ground.” Despite their differences, both the Americans and the Japanese believed in the progressive view of history, considered Japan to be still underdeveloped, and therefore agreed on the advisability of democratizing Japan – which included constitutional reform. Whether proponents or opponents of the U.S.-Japan Cold War alliance system, they also shared the vision of Wilsonian internationalism and devised similar designs for a postwar Asian order where Japan would rejoin. Thus, by showing how the confluence of modernist cultures helped forge a postwar relationship between the two, this study contributes to the field of postwar U.S.-Japan relations by supplementing and reorienting the scope of scholarship, one that has been predominantly America-centered and framed along the line of diplomatic narratives informed by Cold War politics.

In the long-awaited conclusion to this series, Yukino and Soichiro announce the pregnancy to their friends while graduation slowly creeps up. Their friends also solidify plans for the future. Hopes, dreams, and ambitions lead them down separate paths. Only time will tell if their friendships grow or diminish. Young adult.

As graduation approaches, Yukino and Soichiro announce their happy news and their plans, and those of their close friends, for the coming years begin to solidify.

This study of the Japanese LGBTQ+ community sheds light on the intersectionality of lived experiences, including gender, sexuality, family, (mental) health, race and ethnicity, migration, and nationality, offering a picture of a community whose experience is deeply embedded in the dynamic society around. The Japanese LGBTQ+ Community in the World takes an innovative approach, viewing the community as an integral part of the world in flux, rather than an isolated monoracial and monolingual tight-knit entity. Like the US and many other countries in the world, when the pandemic struck Japan, its citizens were not all equally equipped to withstand it. Due particularly to lingering systemic injustices, including stigma, ostracism from family and society, as well as lack of legal protection of their basic human rights, the pandemic has disproportionately affected the lives of LGBTQ+ individuals and couples in Japan. They face unique challenges within various facets of their lives. Their experiences are an integral part of understanding how this pandemic is affecting a societal response to an already marginalized group of individuals. This important study looks at the issues from a range of perspectives including public health care services, the media and cross-cultural experience. This book is ideal for students and scholars of gender studies, LGBTQ studies, sociology, health, and Asian studies.

Soichiro and Yukino's relationship is put to the test when they are forced to spend their summer vacation apart.

Kazuma is the yin to his stepsister Tsubasa's yang--their relationship is like fire and ice.

This story depicts the romance between "perfect" student Yukino Miyazawa and her academic rival Soichiro Arima, and the relationships of several of their friends.

This book presents the frontier research of toxicology and health risk assessment of chemicals. First, it provides an overview of the current methods of evaluating safety amounts of chemicals and provides a new aspect of the principle of toxicology. Secondly, it shows recent research where the new method of health risk evaluation is adopted, followed by an integrated health risk assessment of chemicals. Finally, it describes the epigenetic inheritance of chemical impact on health throughout several generations. Estimating the safety amount of chemicals surrounding our lives is not sufficient for health risk evaluation, particularly for carcinogenic compounds, endocrine disruptors, and nano materials. The author’s group has found a family of chemicals linked to ADHD through animal screening and identified its chemical nature using chemoinformatics methods. Based on these new developments, this book proposes to utilize the biomarker common to those chemicals for health risk assessment, independent of exposure routes and physiological dimensions. The book appeals to researchers and students in the field of toxicology, health risk assessment, pharmacology, and public health.

Yukino and Soichiro's relationship is going well, but at the expense of their grades, which are falling rapidly.

This story depicts the romance between "perfect" student Yukino Miyazawa and her academic rival Soichiro Arima, and the relationships of several of their friends.

A comical love story of Yukino Miyazawa, the No. 1 student girl, and Soichiro Arima, the boy who steals her spot in school.

After his appearance on TV, Arima hears from his birth mother. As he ponders why she has contacted him, he learns how similar they are. Will Yukino be able to save him from following the same dark path that she has?

This story depicts the romance between "perfect" student Yukino Miyazawa and her academic rival Soichiro Arima, and the relationships of several of their friends.

Soichiro and Yukino's relationship is put to the test when they are forced to spend their summer vacation apart.

Tempers flare and competitive natures run wild while the students prepare for the culture festival and Yukino is reunited with an old rival.

After Soichiro threatens Yukino's status as most popular, Yukino tries to regain her idol-like popularity, struggling with her own inner problems while they develop a unique relationship.

Yukino is thrilled when Soichiro returns from a successful tournament, but family issues force Soichiro to pull away and question his true feelings.

Soichiro invites Yukino to his family vacation home. But things are not the same as it was before. Will this be good for the relationship.

When Kazuma drifts out of Tsubasa's life and focuses on his music, her heart is broken yet again.

Soichiro Arima's secret meetings with his birth mother pose a threat to his relationships with his adoptive parents and his girlfriend Yukino, forcing him to turn to his best friend Asaba for support.