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    • Samurai, Shogun and Zen: The Extraordinary Story of the Land of the Rising Sun
    • By: Jonathan Clements
    • Narrated by: Julian Elfer
    • Length: 8 hrs and 41 mins
    • Release date: 10-22-19
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 285 ratings
    • This fascinating history tells the story of the people of Japan, from ancient teenage priest-queens to teeming hordes of salarymen, a nation that once sought to conquer China, yet also shut itself away for two centuries in self-imposed seclusion....

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    • From Mythical Origins to Pop Culture Powerhouse: The Global Drama of an Ancient Island Nation
    • By: Lesley Downer
    • Narrated by: Lucy Rayner
    • Length: 6 hrs and 54 mins
    • Release date: 07-30-24
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 1 rating
    • Zen, haiku, martial arts, sushi, anime, manga, film, video games . . . Japanese culture has long enriched our Western way of life. Yet from a Western perspective, Japan remains a remote island country that has long had a complicated relationship with the outside world.

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    • From Stone Age to Superpower
    • By: Kenneth G. Henshall
    • Narrated by: Stephen Bungay
    • Length: 10 hrs and 51 mins
    • Release date: 07-27-21
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 8 ratings
    • In a rare combination of comprehensive coverage and sustained critical focus, this book examines Japan's progress through its entire history to its current status as an economic, technological, and cultural superpower....

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    • By: Mark E. Stille
    • Narrated by: Joe Barrett
    • Length: 11 hrs and 17 mins
    • Release date: 05-29-18
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 88 ratings
    • The Imperial Japanese Navy in the Pacific War details the Japanese ships which fought in the Pacific and examines the principles on which they were designed, how they were armed, when and where they were deployed, and how effective they were in battle....

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    • By: Brett L. Walker
    • Narrated by: Eric Michael Summerer
    • Length: 13 hrs and 21 mins
    • Release date: 02-23-21
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 30 ratings
    • In this engaging new history, Brett L. Walker tackles key themes regarding Japan's relationships with its minorities, state and economic development, and the uses of science and medicine....

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    • Understanding Contemporary Japanese Culture
    • By: Roger J. Davies, Osamu Ikeno
    • Narrated by: Eric Jason Martin
    • Length: 8 hrs and 48 mins
    • Release date: 09-24-19
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 66 ratings
    • Listeners of this book will gain a clear understanding of what makes the Japanese, and their society, tick....

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    • The Decline and Fall of the Japanese Empire, 1936-1945
    • By: John Toland
    • Narrated by: Tom Weiner
    • Length: 41 hrs and 9 mins
    • Release date: 06-27-14
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 2,958 ratings
    • This Pulitzer Prize-winning history of World War II chronicles the dramatic rise and fall of the Japanese empire....

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    • Revised Edition
    • By: R. H. P. Mason, J. G. Caiger
    • Narrated by: Derek Perkins
    • Length: 13 hrs and 7 mins
    • Release date: 11-27-18
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 264 ratings
    • A classic of Japanese history, this audiobook is the preeminent work on the history of Japan. Newly revised and updated, A History of Japan is a single-volume complete history of the nation of Japan....

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    • A Journey Through the Bitter History and Current Conflicts of China, Korea, and Japan
    • By: Michael Booth
    • Narrated by: Julian Elfer
    • Length: 10 hrs and 44 mins
    • Release date: 04-14-20
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 168 ratings
    • There is an ancient Chinese proverb that states, "Two tigers cannot share the same mountain." However, in East Asia, there are three tigers on that mountain: China, Japan, and Korea, and they have a long history of turmoil and tension with each other....

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    • How Japan's Pop Culture Conquered the World
    • By: Matt Alt
    • Narrated by: Matt Alt
    • Length: 11 hrs and 49 mins
    • Release date: 06-23-20
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 262 ratings
    • The untold story of how Japan became a cultural superpower through the fantastic inventions that captured - and transformed - the world’s imagination....

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    • The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture
    • By: Paul Norbury
    • Narrated by: Charles Armstrong
    • Length: 3 hrs and 12 mins
    • Release date: 03-04-21
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 9 ratings
    • The Japanese people have always seen themselves as a nation uniquely apart. Their exquisite art forms and elegant culture, military prowess and technological precision, have long been the envy of friend and foe alike....

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    • A History of the Hip-Hop Generation
    • By: Jeff Chang
    • Narrated by: Mirron Willis
    • Length: 19 hrs and 33 mins
    • Release date: 08-02-16
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 147 ratings
    • Can't Stop Won't Stop chronicles the events, the ideas, the music, and the art that marked the hip-hop generation's rise from the ashes of the '60s into the new millennium....

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    • By: Sun Tzu
    • Narrated by: Aidan Gillen
    • Length: 1 hr and 7 mins
    • Release date: 03-31-15
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 41,309 ratings
    • The 13 chapters of The Art of War, each devoted to one aspect of warfare, were compiled by the high-ranking Chinese military general, strategist, and philosopher Sun-Tzu....

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    • Patterns of Japanese Culture
    • By: Ruth Benedict
    • Narrated by: Cindy Kay
    • Length: 10 hrs
    • Release date: 02-08-22
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 34 ratings
    • Essential for anyone interested in Japanese culture, this unsurpassed masterwork opens an intriguing window on Japan. The World War II-era study by the cultural anthropologist Ruth Benedict paints an illuminating contrast between the people of Japan and those of the United States....

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    • Mysterious Creatures of Japanese Folklore
    • By: Michael Dylan Foster
    • Narrated by: Tim Campbell
    • Length: 8 hrs and 40 mins
    • Release date: 12-25-18
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 266 ratings
    • Drawing on years of research in Japan, Michael Dylan Foster unpacks the history and cultural context of yokai, tracing their roots, interpreting their meanings, and introducing people who have hunted them through the ages....

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    • A Captivating Guide to Japanese History, Including Events Such as the Genpei War, Mongol Invasions, Battle of Tsushima, and Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
    • By: Captivating History
    • Narrated by: James Peters
    • Length: 4 hrs and 29 mins
    • Release date: 03-13-20
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 37 ratings
    • These are people who never let go of their sacred history, and their story is told and retold across the entire world. Westerners also learn flower arranging, martial arts, meditation, and enjoy visual and digital art forms because of the unique culture of Japan.

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    • A Captivating Guide to the Ancient History of Japan, Their Ancient Civilization, and Japanese Culture, Including Stories of the Samurai, Shoguns, and Zen Masters
    • By: Captivating History
    • Narrated by: Richard L. Walton
    • Length: 3 hrs and 44 mins
    • Release date: 04-18-19
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 59 ratings
    • If you want to discover the captivating history of ancient Japan, then pay attention.... All in all, Japan seems to be a country of paradoxes and oppositions, of yin and yang....

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    • Life and Death in the Japanese Underworld
    • By: Jake Adelstein
    • Narrated by: Brian Nishii
    • Length: 12 hrs and 36 mins
    • Release date: 10-17-23
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 117 ratings
    • The Last Yakuza tells the history of the yakuza like it’s never been told before. Investigative journalist Jake Adelstein presents a sprawling biography of a yakuza, through post-war desperation, to bubble-era optimism, to the present....

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