The issue of history textbooks in Japan has sparked debate within the country and in neighboring countries as well. However, the understanding of actual textbook content and how textbooks are ...

This new book by Hongō Kazuto covers all the major, classical developments you might expect to find in a conventional history of religion in Japan, from the age of myth in the ancient texts to ...

The second series of the History of Japan's Trade and Industry Policy* covers the history of trade and industry policy primarily covering the period 1980-2000, incorporating records of objective facts ...

Prof Ienaga started his battle in 1965 when the Education Ministry ordered him to revise numerous passages in his book New History of Japan because they showed some Japanese actions in World War ...

It had “proven useful” during Japan’s occupation of China, John Dower, an American historian, points out in his book about the history of the U.S.-led occupation of Japan, “Embracing ...