Modern Japan

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    • A Captivating Guide to Modern Japanese History, Starting from the Period of the Tokugawa ShogunateTthrough the Meiji Era and Imperial Japan to the Present (Asian Countries)
    • By: Captivating History
    • Narrated by: Jason Zenobia
    • Length: 5 hrs and 3 mins
    • Release date: 05-01-23
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 1 rating
    • With their two swords, top-knot haircut, and legendary code of honor, the samurai were the absolute, unquestioned rulers of the country. That all began to change rapidly when the “black ships” of US Commodore Matthew Perry arrived in Tokyo Bay in 1853....

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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 144 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....

    Regular price: $30.09

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

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    • World War II on Trial and the Making of Modern Asia
    • By: Gary J. Bass
    • Narrated by: Simon Vance
    • Length: 31 hrs and 23 mins
    • Release date: 10-17-23
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 120 ratings
    • Judgment at Tokyo is a landmark, magisterial history of the trial of Japan’s leaders as war criminals—the largely overlooked Asian counterpart to Nuremberg

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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 344 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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    • War in the Pacific Islands, 1942-1944
    • By: Ian W. Toll
    • Narrated by: P. J. Ochlan
    • Series: The Pacific War Trilogy, Book 2
    • Length: 27 hrs and 22 mins
    • Release date: 09-21-15
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 2,911 ratings
    • The devastation of Pearl Harbor and the American victory at Midway were prelude to a greater challenge: rolling back the vast Japanese Pacific empire island by island....

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    • A Modern Translation of the Bushido Shoshinshu of Taira Shigesuke
    • By: Thomas Cleary
    • Narrated by: Eric Michael Summerer
    • Length: 2 hrs and 26 mins
    • Release date: 10-13-20
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 94 ratings
    • With a bright, conversational narrative by Thomas Cleary, this book is indispensable to corporate executives, students of Asian culture, martial artists, or anyone sincerely interested in Japan and its people....

    Regular price: $9.45

    • A Modern-Day Exploration of Old Japan
    • By: William Scott Wilson
    • Narrated by: Brian Nishii
    • Length: 7 hrs and 58 mins
    • Release date: 03-11-16
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 48 ratings
    • Take a trip to old Japan with William Scott Wilson as he travels the ancient Kiso Road, a legendary route that remains much the same today as it was hundreds of years ago....

    Regular price: $19.95

    • From the Prehistoric Period to Modern Day (History in a Nutshell)
    • By: Willowby Huxley
    • Narrated by: Paul Richard Yarborough
    • Length: 1 hr and 8 mins
    • Release date: 07-14-21
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 31 ratings
    • In The History of Japan in a Nutshell, you’ll be guided through the most important timelines in Japan’s history - from 35,000 BC right through to the present day....

    Regular price: $6.95

    • The Epic Novel of the Birth of Modern Japan
    • By: James Clavell
    • Narrated by: John Lee
    • Series: The Asian Saga, Book 3
    • Length: 50 hrs and 17 mins
    • Release date: 05-15-15
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 1,743 ratings
    • The dynamic epic novel of political upheaval and societal change in late 1800s Japan....

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    • The Most Important People, Places and Events in Japanese History. From Japanese Art to Modern Manga. From Asian Wars to Modern Superpower.
    • By: Rui Kanda
    • Narrated by: William Bahl
    • Length: 2 hrs and 9 mins
    • Release date: 10-26-17
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 44 ratings
    • If you want to delve deeper into Japanese history, in chronological order, and see the main events that transformed Japan into what it is today, you've just hit the jackpot....

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    • The History of the Transition from World War II to Modern Japan
    • By: Charles River Editors
    • Narrated by: Tim Welch
    • Length: 1 hr and 44 mins
    • Release date: 04-23-15
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 27 ratings
    • The American occupation of Japan holds a singular and problematic place in the histories both of Japan and of American foreign policy....

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    • By: Will, Ariel Durant
    • Narrated by: Grover Gardner
    • Length: 5 hrs and 35 mins
    • Release date: 05-27-04
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 4,144 ratings
    • The authors devoted five decades to the study of world history and philosophy, culminating in the masterful 11-volume Story of Civilization....

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    • By: Leo Tolstoy
    • Narrated by: Frederick Davidson
    • Length: 61 hrs and 6 mins
    • Release date: 01-21-05
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 4,872 ratings
    • Often called the greatest novel ever written, War and Peace is at once an epic of the Napoleonic wars, a philosophical study, and a celebration of the Russian spirit....

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    • with a Modern Translation and Annotations
    • By: Edogawa Rampo
    • Narrated by: Virtual Voice
    • Length: 47 mins
    • Release date: 04-10-25
    • Language: English
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    • This short story by Edogawa Rampo, published in 1929, is about the life of a former heroic soldier who has lost his limbs, hearing, and speech ...

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    • By: Edogawa Rampo
    • Narrated by: Virtual Voice
    • Length: 35 mins
    • Release date: 04-05-25
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 1 rating
    • This book is a famous thriller by Edogawa Rampo, written in 1925. A letter arrives addressed to a female author. It describes the confession of a ...

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    • with a Modern Translation and Annotations
    • By: Osamu Dazai
    • Narrated by: Virtual Voice
    • Length: 1 hr and 23 mins
    • Release date: 04-12-25
    • Language: English
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    • This novel, written in 1949, was Osamu Dazai's last work and was unfinished upon his death. It is set in Tokyo just after the war's end. It tells ...

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