Japanese Culture

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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 70 ratings
    • Listeners of this book will gain a clear understanding of what makes the Japanese, and their society, tick....

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    • The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life
    • By: Héctor García, Francesc Miralles
    • Narrated by: Walter Dixon
    • Length: 3 hrs and 18 mins
    • Release date: 08-21-17
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 3,736 ratings
    • Bring meaning and joy to all your days with this internationally best-selling guide to the Japanese concept of ikigai....

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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 35 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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    • Deciphering Differences in American, Chinese, and Japanese Thinking
    • By: Richard Conrad
    • Narrated by: Brian Nishii
    • Length: 10 hrs and 40 mins
    • Release date: 05-22-19
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 127 ratings
    • International business requires a deep level of industry insight but also a keen understanding of the cultural differences that impact how business is done....

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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 297 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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    • A 4-Week Course Filled with Tips, Tricks and Techniques for Language Mastery
    • By: Young Linguists
    • Narrated by: Joe Maluso, Omnia Bassiouny
    • Length: 14 hrs and 15 mins
    • Release date: 10-05-21
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 1 rating
    • Young Linguists teaches kids essential language skills fast. That means 20-24 minute daily lessons to help kids stay engaged, and frequent repetition, which is scientifically proven to reinforce learning....

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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 274 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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    • The Art of Making the Most of Every Moment, the Japanese Way
    • By: Héctor García, Francesc Miralles
    • Narrated by: Louis Ozawa Changchien
    • Length: 3 hrs and 20 mins
    • Release date: 12-31-19
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 196 ratings
    • Find happiness by living fully in the present with this definitive guide to ichigo ichie - the Japanese art of making the most of every moment - from the best-selling authors of Ikigai....

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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 2,977 ratings
    • This Pulitzer Prize-winning history of World War II chronicles the dramatic rise and fall of the Japanese empire....

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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 11 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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    • How the Japanese Wake Up to Joy and Purpose Every Day
    • By: Ken Mogi
    • Narrated by: Matt Addis
    • Length: 3 hrs and 41 mins
    • Release date: 02-13-18
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 248 ratings
    • Ikigai is a Japanese phenomenon commonly understood as "your reason to get up in the morning". Ikigai can be small moments: the morning air, a cup of coffee, a compliment. It can also be deep convictions....

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    • The New Japanese Minimalism
    • By: Fumio Sasaki, Eriko Sugita - translator
    • Narrated by: Keith Szarabajka
    • Length: 4 hrs and 32 mins
    • Release date: 04-11-17
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 11,637 ratings
    • Fumio Sasaki is not a minimalism expert or organizing guru like Marie Kondo - he's just a regular guy who was stressed out and constantly comparing himself to others....

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    • The Japanese Strategy to Achieve Personal Happiness and Professional Success (How to set goals, stop procrastinating, be more productive, build good habits, focus, & thrive)
    • By: Anthony Raymond
    • Narrated by: KC Wayman
    • Length: 5 hrs
    • Release date: 02-18-19
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 294 ratings
    • Discover the Japanese secret to unlocking your purpose, productivity, and passion in life....

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    • By: Diana Wynne Jones
    • Narrated by: Jenny Sterlin
    • Series: Howl's Castle, Book 1
    • Length: 8 hrs and 34 mins
    • Release date: 11-14-08
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 13,117 ratings
    • On a rare venture out from her step-mother's hat shop, Sophie attracts the attention of a witch, who casts a terrible spell transforming the young girl into an old crone....

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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 266 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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    • Deep Travels Through Japan's Food Culture (Roads & Kingdoms Presents, Book 1)
    • By: Matt Goulding
    • Narrated by: Will Damron
    • Series: Roads & Kingdoms Presents, Book 1
    • Length: 7 hrs and 49 mins
    • Release date: 10-20-20
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 61 ratings
    • An innovative new take on the travel guide, Rice, Noodle, Fish decodes Japan's extraordinary food culture through a mix of in-depth narrative and insider advice....

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    • Facing History
    • By: Ezra F. Vogel
    • Narrated by: Eric Jason Martin
    • Length: 22 hrs and 51 mins
    • Release date: 01-14-20
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 89 ratings
    • China and Japan have cultural and political connections that stretch back 1,500 years. But today, their relationship is strained. Ezra Vogel's China and Japan examines key turning points in Sino-Japanese history....

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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 91 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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