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"The year is 1799, the place Dejima in Nagasaki Harbor, the 'high-walled, fan-shaped artificial island' that is the Japanese Empire’s single port and sole window onto the world, designed to keep the West at bay; the farthest outpost of the war-ravaged Dutch East Indies Company; and a de facto prison for the dozen foreigners permitted to live and work there. To this place of devious merchants, deceitful interpreters, costly courtesans, earthquakes,...
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Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Cain Lemaire is an ex-Secret Service agent from New Orleans. With help from his sister who's working in Japan, Cain takes a job in Tokyo as head of security detail for a very successful and important CEO. Cain ends up tangling with the yakuza (Japanese mafia) and unraveling a sex slavery ring.
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English
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Yasuko Hanaoka thought she had escaped her abusive ex-husband Togashi. When he shows up one day, the situation quickly escalates and Togashi ends up dead. Yasuko's next-door-neighbor Ishigami offers his help, not only disposing of the body, but plotting the cover-up as well.
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Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First American edition.
Language
English
Description
A look at the wonders of Japan and what makes this country and their culture so interesting and unique. Find out all about Japan with this nonfiction reading book for children. Packed with facts, DK's Welcome to Japan will make learning to read fun and engaging for kids. Children will discover all about Japanese calligraphy, the cherry blossom festival, and Mount Fuji. These amazing facts are paired with incredible images of the Japanese landscape,...
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Publisher
Poppy/Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
Seventeen-year-old Sophia has seven days left in Tokyo before she moves back to the United States, and she unexpectedly finds herself drawn to Jamie, a boy with whom she shares a heartbreaking history. Can their one short week of Tokyo adventures end in anything but good-bye?
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English
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When Amaterasu Takahashi opens the door of her Philadelphia home to a badly scarred man claiming to be her grandson, she doesn't believe him. Her grandson and her daughter, Yuko, perished nearly forty years ago during the bombing of Nagasaki. But the man carries with him a collection of sealed private letters that open a Pandora's Box of family secrets Ama had sworn to leave behind when she fled Japan. She is forced to confront her memories of the...
9) Erika-san
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Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Books for Children
Pub. Date
2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
After falling in love with Japan as a little girl, Erika becomes a teacher and fulfills her childhood dream by moving to a remote Japanese island.
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English
Description
"'What are you looking for?' So asks Tokyo's most enigmatic librarian. For Sayuri Komachi is able to sense exactly what each visitor to her library is searching for and provide just the book recommendation to help them find it. ... In Komachi's unique book recommendations they will find just what they need to achieve their dreams. [This book] is about the magic of libraries and the discovery of connection"--
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Jasmine Toguchi volume 6
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English
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Eight-year-old Jasmine travels to Hiroshima to visit her grandmother and cousin. Includes author's note and instructions on how to make an origami dove.
13) My annihilation
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English
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Japanese literary sensation Fuminori Nakamura's latest novel is as a dark look into human psyche--what turns someone into a killer? Can it be something as small as a suggestion? Turn this page, and you may forfeit your entire life. A confessional diary implicates its reader in a heinous crime, and reveals with disturbing honesty the psychological motives of a killer. With My Annihilation, Fuminori Nakamura, master of literary noir, has constructed...
14) Tokyo year zero
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Publisher
Vintage Books
Pub. Date
2008, c2007
Edition
1st Vintage Crime/Black Lizard ed.
Language
English
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Series
Publisher
Search Press Limited
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"Kumihimo is the ancient art of Japanese braidmaking; admired for its dual qualities of usefulness and beauty, and associated with both fashion and the samurai. In this instructional book, Jacqui Carey teaches the use of a marudai (round stand) to produce a variety of different types of braids, which can then be used to create countless combinations of colour, texture and material. Clear step-by-step photographs guide the beginner through each of...
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Publisher
Encantos Media Studios, PBC
Pub. Date
[2020].
Language
English
Description
"In Tiny Travelers Japan Treasure Quest, readers journey from the bustling capital city of Tokyo to the beautiful festival of the cherry blossoms (or Sakura) and to the summit of Mount Fuji. Tiny travelers will enjoy getting closer to Japanese culture in all its splendor. Each illustrated spread invites children to discover hidden "treasures" - icons, animals, statues, instruments and more - that make up majestic Japan." -- Amazon
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English
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These first major works of fiction by Haruki Murakami center on two young men--an unnamed narrator and his friend and former roommate, the Rat. Powerful, at times surreal, stories of loneliness, obsession, and eroticism, these novellas bear all the hallmarks of Murakami's later books, giving us a fascinating insight into a great writer's beginnings, and are remarkable works of fiction in their own right.
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Series
Publisher
Penguin Workshop
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"By August 1945, World War II was over in Europe, but the fighting continued between American forces and the Japanese, who were losing but determined to fight till the bitter end. And so it fell to a new president--Harry S. Truman--to make the fateful decision to drop two atomic bombs--one on Hiroshima and one on Nagasaki--and bring the war to rapid close. Now, even seventy years later, can anyone know if this was the right choice? In a thoughtful...
20) Japan in colors
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Series
Publisher
Capstone Press
Pub. Date
c2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Simple text and striking photographs present Japan, its culture, and its geography"--Provided by publisher.
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