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The Orientation of Science and Technology

A Japanese View

By: Shigeru Nakayama

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The Orientation of Science and Technology

A Japanese View

By: Shigeru Nakayama

One of the most distinguished science historians of the twentieth century, Shigeru Nakayama has been at the forefront of redirecting or ‘reorientating’ conventional East Asian science and technology, arguing, like Joseph Needham, that the ‘orientation of science’ refers not only to the direction of science but also implies a turning to Eastern science. In recent times, he has been arguing for implementation of a ‘Service Science’,which is linked to the rights and needs of mankind. A survivor of the Hiroshima atomic bomb, he majored in astrophysics at the University of Tokyo and wrote on the history of astronomy for his PhD and later on the history of science for his Harvard PhD.

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Global Oriental

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9004213074

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9789004213074

A History of Japanese Astronomy

Chinese Background and Western Impact

By: Shigeru Nakayama

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A History of Japanese Astronomy

Chinese Background and Western Impact

By: Shigeru Nakayama

This first comprehensive history in a Western language of the development of Japanese astronomy has interest beyond its immediate subject area, for astronomy has often been the focus of the transmission of a wide range of scientific ideas from one culture to another. Mr. Nakayama explains the historical background, with particular emphasis on the accessibility of foreign ideas at different times. The author thoroughly examines the superimposition of Western cosmology on the radically different Chinese modes of thought prevalent in Japan.

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Cambridge, Mass : Harvard University Press

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0674182855

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The Orientation of Science and Technology

A Japanese View

By: Shigeru Nakayama

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A Japanese View

By: Shigeru Nakayama

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Science, Technology and Society in Postwar Japan

By: Shigeru Nakayama

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Science, Technology and Society in Postwar Japan

By: Shigeru Nakayama

First published in 1991. The study of Japanese science and technology (especially technology) is a fashionable subject at the present time, and numerous English language works appear month by month claiming to explain the 'miracle' of the recent rise of Japanese technology. Most of these works are, however, seem to be superficial treatments of Japan's recent technological performance, lacking in historical insight. This book is an attempt to introduce a critical examination of the mechanisms by which Japan has promoted science and technology by looking at its post-war historical development.

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Routledge

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1136154752

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9781136154751

Science, Technology and Society in Contemporary Japan

By: Morris Low,Shigeru Nakayama,Hitoshi Yoshioka

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Science, Technology and Society in Contemporary Japan

By: Morris Low,Shigeru Nakayama,Hitoshi Yoshioka

This book explores the dynamic relationship between science, technology and Japanese society, examining how it has contributed to economic growth and national well-being. It presents a synthesis of recent debates by juxtaposing competing views about the role and direction of science, technology and medical care in Japan. Topics discussed include government policy, the private sector and community responses; computers and communication; the automobile industry, the aerospace industry and quality control; the environment; consumer electronics; medical care; and the role of gender. This is an ideal introductory text for students in the sociology of science and technology, the history and philosophy of science, and Japanese studies. Up-to-date research and case studies make this an invaluable resource for readers interested in the nature of science and technology in the twenty-first century.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521654254

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9780521654258

Case, Argument Structure, and Word Order

By: Shigeru Miyagawa

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Case, Argument Structure, and Word Order

By: Shigeru Miyagawa

Over the years, a major strand of Miyagawa's research has been to study how syntax, case marking, and argument structure interact. In particular, Miyagawa's work addresses the nature of the relationship between syntax and argument structure, and how case marking and other phenomena help to elucidate this relationship. In this collection of new and revised pieces, Miyagawa expands and develops new analyses for numeral quantifier stranding, ditransitive constructions, nominative/genitive alternation, "syntactic" analysis of lexical and syntactic causatives, and historical change in the accusative case marking from Old Japanese to Modern Japanese. All of these analyses demonstrate an intimate relation among case marking, argument structure, and word order.

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Taylor & Francis

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1136458727

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9781136458729

War, Nationalism, and Peasants

Java Under the Japanese Occupation, 1942-1945

By: Shigeru Satō

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War, Nationalism, and Peasants

Java Under the Japanese Occupation, 1942-1945

By: Shigeru Satō

A comprehensive analysis of the Japanese occupation of Java. The book explores the human drama that cannot be simply explained in terms of nationalism and fascism. The totality of Indonesian society is addressed, including the politics and daily lives of peasants. The proper role of government in the US economy has long been the subject of ideological dispute. This study of industrial policy as practised by administration after administration, explores the variations from a hands-off approach to protectionist policies and aggressive support for businesses.

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M.E. Sharpe

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1563245442

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9781563245442

An Introduction to Invariants and Moduli

By: Shigeru Mukai

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An Introduction to Invariants and Moduli

By: Shigeru Mukai

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Cambridge University Press

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0521809061

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9780521809061

Showa 1953-1989:

A History of Japan Vol. 4

By: Shigeru Mizuki

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Showa 1953-1989:

A History of Japan Vol. 4

By: Shigeru Mizuki

The final volume in the Eisner-Nominated history of Japan Showa 1953–1989: A History of Japan concludes Shigeru Mizuki’s dazzling autobiographical and historical account of Showa period Japan, a portrait both intimate and ranging of a defining epoch. The final volume picks up in the wake of Japan’s utter defeat in World War II, as a country reduced to rubble struggles to rise again. The Korean War brings new opportunities to the nation searching for an identity. A former enemy becomes Japan’s greatest ally as the US funnels money, jobs, and opportunity into the country, hoping to establish it as a bulwark against Soviet communist expansion. Japan reinvents itself, emerging as an economic powerhouse. Events like the Tokyo Olympiad and the World’s Fair introduce a new, friendly Japan to the world, but this period of peace and plenty conceals a populace still struggling to come to terms with the devastation of World War II. The original Japanese edition of the series Showa: A History of Japan won Mizuki the prestigious Kodansha Manga Award; the English translation has been nominated for an Eisner Award. Translated from the Japanese by Zack Davisson.

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Drawn & Quarterly

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1770464735

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Yoshida Shigeru

Last Meiji Man

By: Shigeru Yoshida

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Yoshida Shigeru

Last Meiji Man

By: Shigeru Yoshida

The most complete autobiography of Yoshida Shigeru available in English, this expanded translation of his memoirs traces the remarkable life and times of one of Japan's most powerful and influential figures. Yoshida (1878-1967), who served in China and Europe as a career diplomat, closely linked with the key political leaders who shaped the world in Japan's most tumultuous years in the first half of the twentieth century. He returned to politics to rebuild Japan as a five-time prime minister after the devastation of World War II. Yoshida retired from the Japanese Foreign Ministry in 1939 with the intention of leading a quiet life. Yet he knew the winds of war were stirring and presciently began behind-the-scenes maneuvering to avoid the calamitous Pacific War. Soon after Japan's defeat, Yoshida amassed the political power to form his own cabinet. Sandwiched between Japan's interests and major reforms advanced by MacArthur's occupation forces, Yoshida boldly pushed through many essential reforms, laying the foundation for his country's reentry into the global community. Richly laced with historical detail, this book will be essential reading for anyone interested in twentieth-century Japan. Exploring Yoshida's and Japan's linked histories, the book traces Yoshida's lengthy tenure in China, his travel abroad as a member of Japan's mission to conclude World War I, the interwar years spent as a high-ranking diplomat in Europe, his role in the days leading up to the Pearl Harbor attack, his view on the loss of war, his insights into MacArthur's character, Japan's postwar economic woes, the new constitution, the threat of communism, the imperial system, and the San Francisco Peace Conference in 1958 that guaranteed Japan's sovereignty.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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0742539334

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9780742539334

Syntax in the Treetops

By: Shigeru Miyagawa

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Syntax in the Treetops

By: Shigeru Miyagawa

A proposal that syntax extends to the domain of discourse in making core syntax link to the conversational context. In Syntax in the Treetops, Shigeru Miyagawa proposes that syntax extends into the domain of discourse by making linkages between core syntax and the conversational participants. Miyagawa draws on evidence for this extended syntactic structure from a wide variety of languages, including Basque, Japanese, Italian, Magahi, Newari, Romanian, and Spanish, as well as the language of children with autism. His proposal for what happens at the highest level of the tree structure used by linguists to represent the hierarchical relationships within sentences—“in the treetops”—offers a unique contribution to the new area of study sometimes known as “syntacticization of discourse.” Miyagawa’s main point is that syntax provides the basic framework that makes possible the performance of a speech act and the conveyance of meaning; although the role that syntax plays for speech acts is modest, it is critical. He proposes that the speaker-addressee layer and the Commitment Phrase (the speaker’s commitment to the addressee of the truthfulness of the proposition) occur together in the syntactic treetops. In each succeeding chapter, Miyagawa examines the working of each layer of the tree and how they interact.

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MIT Press

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0262369087

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9780262369084

Memoirs of a Kamikaze

A World War II Pilot's Inspiring Story of Survival, Honor and Reconciliation

By: Kazuo Odachi,Shigeru Ohta

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Memoirs of a Kamikaze

A World War II Pilot's Inspiring Story of Survival, Honor and Reconciliation

By: Kazuo Odachi,Shigeru Ohta

**Independent Publisher Book Award (IPPY) Winner** An incredible, untold story of survival and acceptance that sheds light on one of the darkest chapters in Japanese history. This book tells the story of Kazuo Odachi who--in 1943, when he was just 16 years-old--joined the Imperial Japanese Navy to become a pilot. A year later, he was unknowingly assigned to the Kamikaze Special Attack Corps--a group of airmen whose mission was to sacrifice their lives by crashing planes into enemy ships. Their callsign was "ten dead, zero alive." By picking up Memoirs of a Kamikaze, readers will experience the hardships of fighter pilot training--dipping and diving and watching as other trainees crash into nearby mountainsides. They'll witness the psychological trauma of coming to terms with death before each mission, and breathe a sigh of relief with Odachi when his last mission is cut short by Japan's eventual surrender. They'll feel the anger at a government and society that swept so much of the sacrifice under the rug in its desperation to rebuild. Odachi's innate "samurai spirit" carried him through childhood, WWII and his eventual life as a kendo instructor, police officer and detective. His attention to detail, unwavering self-discipline and impenetrably strong mind were often the difference between life and death. Odachi, who is now well into his nineties, kept his Kamikaze past a secret for most of his life. Seven decades later, he agreed to sit for nearly seventy hours of interviews with the authors of this book--who know Odachi personally. He felt it was his responsibility to finally reveal the truth about the Kamikaze pilots: that they were unsuspecting teenagers and young men asked to do the bidding of superior officers who were never held to account. This book offers a new perspective on these infamous suicide pilots. It is not a chronicle of war, nor is it a collection of research papers compiled by scholars. It is a transcript of Odachi's words.

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Tuttle Publishing

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1462921493

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9781462921492

War, Nationalism and Peasants: Java Under the Japanese Occupation, 1942-45

Java Under the Japanese Occupation, 1942-45

By: Shigeru Sato

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Java Under the Japanese Occupation, 1942-45

By: Shigeru Sato

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Routledge

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1317452364

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9781317452362

Organic Sulfur Chemistry

By: Shigeru Oae

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Organic Sulfur Chemistry

By: Shigeru Oae

This volume contains fundamental knowledge regarding the structure and mechanisms of organic sulfur chemistry. Topics include sulfur bondings, effects of sulfur groups, stereochemistry around sulfur, substitution, ligand coupling within s-sulfurane, oxidation, reduction and rearrangement. References in this work total over 2,300. Anyone with an interest in organic sulfur chemistry will find this book to be fascinating reading.

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521

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CRC Press

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1351092170

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9781351092173

Japanese Outbound Acquisitions

Explaining What Works

By: Shigeru Matsumoto

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Japanese Outbound Acquisitions

Explaining What Works

By: Shigeru Matsumoto

This book reviews the past 116 Japanese outbound acquisitions in three decades and determines success and failure, with the goal of explaining what works. Dr. Matsumoto emphasizes that such acquisitions are part of a long-term strategy and should not be judged based short-term gains and losses, especially short-term changes in company stock prices. The book also highlights common pitfalls hidden within the expected benefits of these overseas acquisitions. Dr. Matsumoto provides valuable insights for executives, corporate managers working on strategy, finance and overseas development, practitioners, researchers and MBA students trying to succeed in cross border merger and acquisitions using 16 case studies and careful investigation.

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Springer

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9811313644

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9789811313646

Science, Technology and Society in Contemporary Japan

By: Morris Low,Shigeru Nakayama,Hitoshi Yoshioka

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Science, Technology and Society in Contemporary Japan

By: Morris Low,Shigeru Nakayama,Hitoshi Yoshioka

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The Orientation of Science and Technology

The Orientation of Science and Technology

A History of Japanese Astronomy

A History of Japanese Astronomy

The Orientation of Science and Technology

The Orientation of Science and Technology

Science, Technology and Society in Postwar Japan

Science, Technology and Society in Postwar Japan

Science, Technology and Society in Contemporary Japan

Science, Technology and Society in Contemporary Japan

Case, Argument Structure, and Word Order

Case, Argument Structure, and Word Order

War, Nationalism, and Peasants

War, Nationalism, and Peasants

An Introduction to Invariants and Moduli

An Introduction to Invariants and Moduli

Showa 1953-1989:

Showa 1953-1989:

Yoshida Shigeru

Yoshida Shigeru

Syntax in the Treetops

Syntax in the Treetops

Memoirs of a Kamikaze

Memoirs of a Kamikaze

War, Nationalism and Peasants: Java Under the Japanese Occupation, 1942-45

War, Nationalism and Peasants: Java Under the Japanese Occupation, 1942-45

Organic Sulfur Chemistry

Organic Sulfur Chemistry

Japanese Outbound Acquisitions

Japanese Outbound Acquisitions

Science, Technology and Society in Contemporary Japan

Science, Technology and Society in Contemporary Japan

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