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    • The Journal of a Japanese Physician, August 6-September 30, 1945
    • By: Michihiko Hachiya MD
    • Narrated by: Robertson Dean
    • Length: 8 hrs and 53 mins
    • Release date: 11-26-14
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 134 ratings
    • The late Dr. Michihiko Hachiya was director of the Hiroshima Communications Hospital when the world's first atomic bomb was dropped on the city....

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    • A Japanese-American Family's Quest for the American Dream: A Memoir
    • By: Kiyo Sato
    • Narrated by: Cindy Kay
    • Length: 12 hrs and 24 mins
    • Release date: 08-18-20
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 17 ratings
    • Kiyo's father arrived in California determined to plant roots in the land of opportunity after leaving Japan. He, his wife, and their nine American-born children labored to build a successful farm. Yet at the outbreak of World War II, Kiyo's family was ordered to Poston Internment Camp....

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    • By: Mineko Iwasaki, Rande Brown
    • Narrated by: Cindy Kay
    • Length: 9 hrs and 49 mins
    • Release date: 03-03-20
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 308 ratings
    • Geisha, a Life is the first of its kind, as it delicately unfolds the fabric of a geisha's development. Told with great wisdom and sensitivity, it is a true story of beauty and heroism, and of a time and culture rarely revealed to the Western world....

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    • By: Herbert P. Bix
    • Narrated by: Jonathan Yen
    • Length: 29 hrs and 55 mins
    • Release date: 12-04-18
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 132 ratings
    • In this groundbreaking biography of the Japanese emperor Hirohito, Herbert P. Bix offers the first complete, unvarnished look at the enigmatic leader whose 63-year reign ushered Japan into the modern world....

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    • One American’s Unforgettable Firsthand Account of the Pacific War’s Greatest Battle
    • By: Art Shaw, Robert L. Wise
    • Narrated by: Jim Seybert
    • Length: 8 hrs and 49 mins
    • Release date: 03-03-20
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 52 ratings
    • In celebration of the 75th anniversary, a riveting first-hand account of the Battle of Okinawa from the first officer ashore, who served at the front for the battle’s entire 82-day duration, heroism that earned him a Bronze Star....

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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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    • A Japanese Spy, a Japanese American Spy Hunter, and the Untold Story of Pearl Harbor
    • By: Mark Harmon
    • Narrated by: Mark Harmon, Leon Carroll
    • Length: 7 hrs and 55 mins
    • Release date: 11-14-23
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 238 ratings
    • Hawaii, 1941. War clouds with Japan are gathering and the islands of Hawaii have become battlegrounds of spies, intelligence agents, and military officials - with the island's residents caught between them....

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    • One Family's Story of America's Japanese Internment
    • By: Kimi Cunningham Grant
    • Narrated by: Emily Woo Zeller
    • Length: 7 hrs and 36 mins
    • Release date: 12-30-11
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 401 ratings
    • Kimi’s Obaachan, her grandmother, had always been a silent presence throughout her youth.....

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    • The Daring Escape of American POWs from a Japanese Death Camp
    • By: Stephen L. Moore
    • Narrated by: Tim Campbell
    • Length: 9 hrs and 5 mins
    • Release date: 11-22-16
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 88 ratings
    • As Good as Dead is one of the greatest escape stories of World War II. Endurance, determination, and courage in the face of death make this a gripping and inspiring saga of survival....

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    • A Memoir
    • By: Michelle Zauner
    • Narrated by: Michelle Zauner
    • Length: 7 hrs and 23 mins
    • Release date: 04-20-21
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 11,802 ratings
    • From the indie rock star of Japanese Breakfast fame, and author of the viral 2018 New Yorker essay that shares the title of this book, comes an unflinching, powerful memoir about growing up Korean American, losing her mother, and forging her own identity....

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    • Pearl Harbor, Guadalcanal, Midway - The Great Naval Battles Seen Through Japanese Eyes
    • By: Captain Tameichi Hara
    • Narrated by: Brian Nishii
    • Length: 15 hrs and 20 mins
    • Release date: 11-13-13
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 804 ratings
    • This highly regarded war memoir was a best seller in both Japan and the United States during the 1960s and has long been treasured by historians for its military insights....

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    • By: 大倉 喜八郎, 菊地 暁汀
    • Narrated by: 大橋 俊夫
    • Length: 6 hrs and 42 mins
    • Release date: 03-14-16
    • Language: Japanese
    • 5 out of 5 stars 1 rating
    • 帝国ホテル・大成建設を設立した「大冒険的商人」に学ぶ 混迷の時代を見通す洞察力と覚悟 時代を先見した事業展開により一代で財を築き、勇猛果敢に時代を生き抜いた大倉喜八郎。持ち前の起業家精神で、乾物屋での丁稚を振り出しに、近代産業の礎となる数々の事業を立ち上げる。創立・経営に携わった企業には、大成建設、現在のサッポロビール、帝国ホテル、日清オイリオ、ニッピ、リーガルコーポレーション、東京製綱など

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    • (小学館)
    • By: 白川 優子
    • Narrated by: 漆間 朝子
    • Length: 7 hrs and 2 mins
    • Release date: 11-24-23
    • Language: Japanese
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    • 2010年「国境なき医師団」に参加以来、20回近い海外派遣を経験した著者による生と死のドキュメント。

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    • A History in Twenty Lives
    • By: Christopher Harding
    • Narrated by: Christopher Harding
    • Length: 16 hrs and 44 mins
    • Release date: 11-05-20
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 3 ratings
    • Chris Harding's enormously enjoyable new book distils Japan's long, complex and fascinating history into the stories of 20 remarkable individuals....

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    • By: Sei Shōnagon
    • Narrated by: Georgina Sutton
    • Length: 11 hrs and 9 mins
    • Release date: 03-19-22
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 34 ratings
    • The Pillow Book of Sei Shōnagon is a fascinating, detailed account of Japanese court life in the closing years of the 10th century....

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    • A Hidden Inheritance
    • By: Edmund de Waal
    • Narrated by: Michael Maloney
    • Length: 10 hrs and 39 mins
    • Release date: 06-14-11
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 1,222 ratings
    • The Ephrussis were a grand banking family, as rich and respected as the Rothschilds, who “burned like a comet” in 19th-century Paris and Vienna society....

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    • A Life in Art
    • By: Susan Napier
    • Narrated by: Susan Napier
    • Length: 10 hrs and 8 mins
    • Release date: 03-26-19
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 423 ratings
    • Japanese culture and animation scholar Susan Napier explores the life and art of extraordinary Japanese filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki, including his significant impact on Japan and the world, to provide a definitive account of his oeuvre....

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    • By: 渋沢 栄一
    • Narrated by: 大橋 俊夫
    • Length: 5 hrs and 50 mins
    • Release date: 06-17-15
    • Language: Japanese
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    • 髷を結い刀を差した渋沢には、日本の進むべき未来が見えていた―倒幕の際、フランスを訪れていた渋沢は、格段に進歩した西欧の国情を目の当たりにして、

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