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By the summer of 1945, Adm. Bull Halsey's US Third Fleet had fought its way far enough in the Pacific that its carrier-based fighters could launch attacks on Japan itself in preparation for the invasion of the home islands, planned for the fall of 1945. This mission US Navy fighters, fighter-bombers, dive-bombers, and torpedo-bombers - Hellcats, Avengers, Helldivers, and more - carried out with a vengeance, striking airfields, industrial targets, and coastal facilities while flying into the teeth of Japanese air defenses.

Where once new ideas and beliefs were accepted, now the country's military dictator, the Shogun, is shutting his country down to any outside influences. Father Joaquim Martinez, who left Portugal to make Hizen Province, Japan, his home, has been quietly tending to the lives of his villagers, but everything is about to be thrown into turmoil, as the Shogun has outlawed Martinez's beliefs. Those who won't recant or accept banishment, face a death sentence.

小学生のうちに知っておくと中学生以降の歴史がもっと楽しくなる！大人の学び直しにも最適！！

もっと歴史を楽しく知ろう！小学生のうちに知っておくと中学生以降の歴史がもっと楽しくなる！大人の学び直しにも最適！！

2025年の大河ドラマの主人公は、蔦屋重三郎！蔦屋重三郎の実像とは？田沼時代と現代の共通点とは？東洲斎写楽を世に送り出し、権力にも屈しなかった「江戸のメディア王」の魅力と、彼の生きた時代を読み解く一冊。

日本とはこんな国だったのか日本人の行動原理はここにあったのかあなたの知っている日本の歴史がひっくり返る！

As the Japanese swept across Asia in the early years of World War II, the retreating Allies looked for ways to keep up the fight. In Malaya and Burma, agents had been left behind to stir resistance behind enemy lines, building up anti-Japanese operations from the safety of the jungle. In China, the American Office of Strategic Services helped both Nationalists and Communists in resisting the Japanese.

1943. Deux ans après Pearl Harbor, le " Grand Japon " est aux abois. Ses armées se sont implantées au cœur de la Chine, contrôlent l’Asie du Sud-Est, campent aux portes de l’Inde, verrouillent les îles du Pacifique. Mais les Alliés entament une vaste contre offensive qui s’achèvera par l’horreur nucléaire d’Hiroshima et de Nagasaki, puis l’humiliante capitulation.

7 décembre 1941 : la flotte impériale japonaise bombarde la base américaine de Pearl Harbor, dans les îles Hawaii. Le Japon s’étend bientôt sur un vaste empire qui court de la Chine à l’Asie du Sud-Est, des portes de l’Inde aux îles du Pacifique. Mais les Alliés parviennent rapidement à briser son expansion.

三世紀から六世紀の日本列島で造られた，おびただしい数の古墳．人びとはなぜ，憑かれたようにそれらを造ったのだろうか．考古学研究の第一人者が，中国，朝鮮半島の葬制からの影響も視野に入れつつ，古墳の宗教的，社会的役割を考察．

★★神道のことをよくご存じでない方でも、神道・神社・祭などを正しく理解できることを目指した入門書です。★★神道についての面白いコラムも満載。

薄いけれども本格派。文響社が放つ、新教養シリーズ第1弾。戦国時代の花形ともいえる30人の武将に焦点をあて、１日につき１人の武将について読み進めることで、戦国時代（室町時代後期）から江戸時代初期についての理解が進む一冊です。

The aftershocks of the December 7, 1941, attack on Pearl Harbor were felt keenly all over America - the war in Europe had hit home. But nowhere was American life more immediately disrupted than on the West Coast, where people lived in certain fear of more Japanese attacks. From that day until the end of the war, a dizzying mix of battle preparedness and rampant paranoia swept the states. Japanese immigrants were herded into internment camps. There was panic on the Pacific coast: The Japanese were coming.

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El verano de 1945, William Shawn, director ejecutivo de The New Yorker, habló con el reportero John Hersey sobre la idea de publicar un relato que ilustrara la dimensión humana de los efectos de la bomba atómica en Hiroshima, pues le causaba estupor comprobar que, pese a la gran cantidad de información sobre la bomba que recibían, se estaba ignorando lo que realmente había ocurrido en Hiroshima. El reportero aceptó el encargo.

弟・義経との小さな行き違いを大騒動に発展させて権力を手にし、鎌倉幕府を確立した源頼朝。抜擢されたことで激務に追われ、上司・信長への不満を溜めていった明智光秀。

〈一人前〉としてふるまう．すなわち，話し合いを通して他者と対等にわたりあい，自らの価値と地位を向上させた人びとが，戦後社会を築いてきた．

ベストセラー「嘘だらけシリーズ」の最新作は、日本の神話から平安時代までの嘘を暴く！

Ajnowie. Ostatnia pozostałość po kulturze przedjapońskiej, żywy ślad pradawnej historii Japonii. Przez wieki spychani przez Japończyków na północ, dyskryminowani i naturalizowani, do dzisiejszych czasów przetrwali jedynie na Hokkaido. Ci, którzy kultywują resztki ludowych tradycji, robią to głównie na użytek turystów, co uzależnia zachowanie tej niezwykle ciekawej kultury od bardzo niestałych gustów Zachodu.

The samurai way of life is guided by three core values - loyalty, honor, and respect. These principles are more than just words; they are the basis of a strict code of conduct that governs every aspect of a samurai's life. Loyalty is the foundation of the samurai's relationship with their lord. It is not just blind obedience but an unwavering sense of duty and honor that compels them to protect their lord at all costs.