List of books in the Cultural Centre

 

ARCHITECTURE AND DECOR

  1. Akasaka Palace
  2. Architectural Beauty in Japan
  3. Castles
  4. Decorations of Japan
  5. Japan in Colour
  6. Japanese Architecture
  7. Shoji, The Screens of Japan
  8. The Japan Architect
  9. The Japanese House

ART

  1. Art Annual 2002
  2. Art Treasures of Japan (Supplement)
  3. Art Treasures of Japan 1
  4. Art Treasures of Japan 2
  5. Biographical Dictionary of Japanese Art
  6. Floral Art of Japan: Tourist Library Volume 1
  7. Hiroshige and Japanese Landscapes: Tourist Library Volume 2
  8. Ikuo Hirayama
  9. Japan: Art and Culture
  10. Japanese Wood Block Prints
  11. Netsuke – A Miniature Art of Japan: Tourist Library Volume 14
  12. Pageant of Japanese Art
  13. Porcellane Giapponesi del Periodo Edo
  14. Sharaku Interpreted by Japan’s Contemporary Artists
  15. Textile Designs of Japan
  16. The Folk Arts of Japan
  17. The Muro-Ji
  18. The World Heritage: Paintings by Ikuo Hirayama
  19. Treasures of the Shoson

CRAFT

  1. A Japanese Touch for your Home
  2. A Life of Painting
  3. Brush Painting
  4. Cordes de feu: Mille and de ceramique Japonaise a Bizen
  5. Dolls of Japan
  6. Gift Wrapping
  7. Japanese Costume
  8. Japanese Decorative Designs
  9. Japanese Dolls
  10. Japanese Handcrafts
  11. Japanese Postage Stamps
  12. Japanese Postage Stamps 1993
  13. Japanese Postage Stamps 2002
  14. Japanese Toys
  15. Make your own Japanese Clothes
  16. Pictures for the Sky
  17. Sky Landscape
  18. Sumi-E
  19. The Book of Kimono
  20. The Genius of Japanese Design

CULINARY AND CUISINE

  1. 100 Recipes from Japanese Cooking
  2. A First Book of Japanese Cooking
  3. Aichi Voice 2004 No.17
  4. Japanese Home Style Cooking
  5. Kaiseki: Zen Tastes in Japan
  6. Practical Japanese Cooking
  7. Zen Vegetarian Cooking

CULTURE AND SOCIETY

  1. Capturing the Intangible – Perspectives on the Living Heritage
  2. Human Relations in Japan
  3. Individualism and the Japanese
  4. Intercultural Encounters with Japan
  5. Japan and the Japanese
  6. Japan as I see it
  7. Japan for Starters
  8. Japan in Transition
  9. Japan: Profile of a Nation
  10. Japanese Nuance in Plain English!
  11. Japanese Society Today
  12. Keys to Okinawan Culture
  13. Keys to the Japanese Heart and Soul
  14. Nippon: The Land and Its People
  15. Pictorial Encyclopaedia of Japanese Culture
  16. Pictorial Encyclopaedia of Modern Japan
  17. Rice Culture in Japan
  18. The Japan of Today
  19. The Japanese
  20. Understanding Japan No. 65
  21. Understanding Japan No. 68
  22. Understanding Japan No. 79

DEFENCE

  1. Defence of Japan 1990
  2. Defence of Japan 1994
  3. Defence of Japan 1997
  4. Defence of Japan 2001

ECONOMICS

  1. A Bilingual Guide to the Japanese Economy
  2. A Nagging Sense of Job Insecurity
  3. Annual Evaluation Report on Japans Economic Cooperation
  4. Balance of Payments Quarterly (July – September 2007)
  5. Balance of Payments Quarterly (October – December 2007)
  6. East Asian Economic Perspectives
  7. Japan as Number 1
  8. Japan An International Comparison (2003)
  9. Japan An International Comparison (2004)
  10. Japans Contribution to the World
  11. Japans Official Development Assistant (ODA) White Paper 2004
  12. Japans Official Development Assistant (ODA) White Paper 2005
  13. Japans Official Development Assistant (ODA) White Paper 2006
  14. Japans Official Development Assistant (ODA) White Paper 2007
  15. Monthly Economic Report (June 2005)
  16. Monthly Economic Report (January 2008)
  17. Trading Places

ENCYCLOPEADIA

  1. 1999 Japan Statistical Yearbook
  2. 2001 Japan Statistical Yearbook
  3. 2002 Japan Statistical Yearbook
  4. Atlas of Japan
  5. Imidas 2001
  6. Imidas 2002
  7. Japan: An Illustrated Encyclopaedia Volume 1 (A-L)
  8. Japan: An Illustrated Encyclopaedia Volume 2 (M-Z)
  9. Japan Photo Encyclopaedia 1997 Volume 1
  10. Japan Photo Encyclopaedia 1997 Volume 2
  11. Japan Photo Encyclopaedia 1997 Volume 3
  12. Japan Photo Encyclopaedia 1997 Volume 4
  13. Japan Photo Encyclopaedia 1997 Volume 5
  14. Kodansha Encyclopaedia of Japan Volume 1
  15. Kodansha Encyclopaedia of Japan Volume 2
  16. Kodansha Encyclopaedia of Japan Volume 3
  17. Kodansha Encyclopaedia of Japan Volume 4
  18. Kodansha Encyclopaedia of Japan Volume 5
  19. Kodansha Encyclopaedia of Japan Volume 6
  20. Kodansha Encyclopaedia of Japan Volume 7
  21. Kodansha Encyclopaedia of Japan Volume 8
  22. Kodansha Encyclopaedia of Japan Volume 9
  23. Nichibunken: Japan Review Volume 2
  24. Nichibunken: Japan Review Volume 4
  25. Nichibunken: Japan Review Volume 5
  26. Nichibunken: Japan Review Volume 6
  27. Nichibunken: Japan Review Volume 7
  28. Nichibunken: Japan Review Volume 8
  29. Nichibunken: Japan Review Volume 9
  30. Nichibunken: Japan Review Volume 10
  31. Nichibunken: Japan Review Volume 11
  32. Nichibunken: Japan Review Volume 12
  33. Nichibunken: Japan Review Volume 14
  34. Visual Human Life: The Japan

ENVIRONMENT

  1. Japan’s Action for Combating Climate Change
  2. Japanese Birds
  3. Keeping Lights on in Japan
  4. Quality of the Environment in Japan (1993)
  5. The Safe City – Proceeding of the Italian-Japanese Symposium on Earthquakes, Eruptions and Civil Defence

FICTION

  1. 100 Sacks of Rice
  2. A Lost Paradise
  3. A wife in Musashino
  4. All she was worth
  5. Almost Transparent
  6. Bedtime Eyes
  7. Beyond the Blossoming Fields
  8. Black Rain
  9. Botchan
  10. Botchan
  11. Chihiro’s Album
  12. Coin Locker Babies
  13. Crossing the Snow
  14. Embracing Family
  15. Floating Clouds
  16. Gem Fire
  17. Grandfather Cherry Blossom
  18. Hell
  19. I am a Cat
  20. Japan Sinks
  21. Japan, The Ambiguous and Myself
  22. Judge Wildcat and the Acorns
  23. Kinshu: Autumn Brocade
  24. Memories of Silk and Straw
  25. Mistress Oriku
  26. Monkey Brain Sushi
  27. Musashi
  28. No Reason for Murder
  29. Okei
  30. On Familiar Terms
  31. Once upon a time in Ghostly Japan
  32. Points and Lines
  33. Pokemon Story
  34. Rashomon and the other 17 Stories
  35. Realm of the Dead
  36. Rivalry
  37. Run, Melos!
  38. San Shiro
  39. School of Freedom
  40. Shame in the Blood
  41. Silence
  42. Strangers
  43. Strong in the rain
  44. The 100-year singer
  45. The Bamboo Sword
  46. The Bears of Mount Nametoko
  47. The Budding Tree
  48. The Cage
  49. The Crane Returns a Favour
  50. The Curious Casebook of Inspector Hanshichi
  51. The Emerging Japanese Superstate
  52. The Doctor’s Wife
  53. The Girl with the White Flag
  54. The Glass Slipper and other stories
  55. The House of Nine
  56. The Kenji Park Grove
  57. The Magic Badgerkettle and a Spouse for a Mouse
  58. The Night Hawk Star
  59. The Restaurant of many orders
  60. The Spider’s Thread
  61. The Telegraph Poles on a Moonlight Night
  62. The Temple of the Wild Geese and the Bamboo Dolls of Echizen
  63. The Tokyo Zodiac Murders
  64. Tokyo Tango
  65. Undercurrents
  66. White-Haired Melody
  67. Woman on the other shore

GENERAL

  1. Facts and Figures of Japan (2001)
  2. Facts and Figures of Japan (2005)
  3. Facts and Figures of Japan (2006)
  4. Facts and Figures of Japan (2008)
  5. Japan Almanac 2002
  6. Japan Brief Quarterly (April – June 2005)
  7. Japan Brief Quarterly (July – September 2005)
  8. Japan Eyes on the Country – Views of the 47 Prefectures
  9. Japan in Figures 2005
  10. Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Annual Report 2006
  11. Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Annual Report 2007
  12. Japanese View Points
  13. Statistical Handbook of Japan (2002)
  14. Their Majesties the Emperor & Empress of Japan

GOVERNMENT BLUE AND WHITE PAPER

  1. 1999 Diplomatic Bluebook
  2. 2000 Diplomatic Bluebook
  3. Central Government Reform of Japan – January 2001
  4. Japanese Local Government International Affiliation Directory 2006
  5. Japanese Local Government International Affiliation Directory 2002
  6. Organisation of the Government of Japan 1994
  7. White Paper on Crime 2003

HISTORY

  1. A place called Hiroshima
  2. Beyond the “Judgement of Civilization”
  3. Biographical Dictionary of Japanese History
  4. Chronology of Japanese History
  5. Emperors of the Rising Sun
  6. Great Historical Figures of Japan
  7. Hirohito
  8. Imperial Japan 1800 - 1945
  9. Introduction to Japanese History – Before the Meiji Restoration
  10. Japan in Modern History – Primary School
  11. Japan in Modern History – Junior High School
  12. Japan in Modern History – High School (Volume 1)
  13. Japan in Modern History – High School (Volume 2)
  14. Japan’s Longest Day
  15. The Day Man Lost – Hiroshima, 6 August 1945
  16. The Last Shogun – The Life of Tokugawa Yoshinobu
  17. The Twelve men who made Japan
  18. The World of the Shining Prince
  19. War Without Mercy

IKEBANA AND BONSAI

  1. Bonsai Styles of the World
  2. Classic Bonsai of Japan
  3. Flowers and Dreams
  4. Friendship through Flowers
  5. Garden Plants in Japan
  6. Ikebana International Volume 44 Issue 1 (1999 – 2000)
  7. Ikebana International Volume 44 Issue 2 (1999 – 2000)
  8. Ikebana International Volume 49 Issue 2 (2004 – 2005)
  9. Ikebana International Volume 49 Issue 3 (2004 – 2005)
  10. Ikebana International Volume 51 Issue 1 (2006 – 2007)
  11. Ikebana International Volume 51 Issue 2 (2006 – 2007)
  12. Ikebana International Volume 51 Issue 3 (2006 – 2007)
  13. Ikebana International Volume 52 Issue 2 (2007 – 2008)
  14. Ikebana International Volume 52 Issue 3 (2007 – 2008)
  15. Ikebana International Volume 53 Issue 1 (2008 – 2009)
  16. Ikebana International Volume 53 Issue 2 (2008 – 2009)
  17. Ikebana International Volume 53 Issue 3 (2008 – 2009)
  18. Ikebana International Volume 54 Issue 1 (2009 – 2010)
  19. Ikebana International Volume 54 Issue 2 (2009 – 2010)
  20. Sogetsu School
  21. Tradition of Japanese Gardens

JAPAN FOUNDATION

  1. Japan Foundation 2002 Annual Report
  2. Japan Foundation 2004 Annual Report
  3. Japan Foundation 2006 Annual Report

JAPANESE EXCHANGE TEACHING PROGRAMME (JET)

  1. 2006 JET Programme Questionnaire Report
  2. CLAIR – Council of Local Authorities for International Relations 2002
  3. CLAIR – Council of Local Authorities for International Relations 2003
  4. Japan 2007 CLAIR – Council of Local Authorities for International Relations
  5. JET General Handbook (2006)
  6. JET General Handbook (2007)
  7. JET Journal 2002
  8. JET Journal 2003
  9. JET Journal 2005
  10. JET Journal 2006
  11. JET Journal 2007
  12. JET Journal 2008
  13. JET Journal 2009
  14. JET Programme (2005 – 2006)
  15. JET Programme (2007 – 2008)
  16. JET Programme General Description
  17. JET Programme: 20 Years After & Beyond
  18. JET Programme: Looking Towards the Future After 15 Years
  19. JET Streams: JET Programme Alumni Association Newsletter (2007, Vol.17)
  20. JET Streams: JET Programme Alumni Association Newsletter (July 2006, Vol.16)

JAPANESE LANGUAGE

  1. 2000 – 2001 Scholarships for Foreign Students in Japan
  2. 2002 – 2003 Scholarships for Foreign Students in Japan
  3. 2004 – 2005 Scholarships for Foreign Students in Japan
  4. 2001 – 2002 Japanese Universities: Graduate Programs for Foreign Students
  5. 2002 Japanese Language Institutes in Japan
  6. An introduction to advanced spoken Japanese
  7. Contemporary Business Japanese 2
  8. Contemporary Business Japanese 3
  9. Contemporary Business Japanese 4
  10. Contemporary Business Japanese 5
  11. English – Japan Learner’s Pocket Dictionary
  12. Erin ga Chosen: 1
  13. Erin ga Chosen:  2
  14. Erin ga Chosen: 3
  15. Furigana Japanese Dictionary
  16. Japan Review Volume 13
  17. Japan Review Volume 16
  18. Japanese for Busy People I - English: Teachers Manual:
  19. Japanese for Busy People II
  20. Japanese for Busy People II Kana Version
  21. Japanese for Busy People II Teachers Manual
  22. Japanese for Busy People III Workbook
  23. Japanese for Busy People III Teachers Manual
  24. Japanese for Busy People III Workbook
  25. Japanese for Busy People III CD’s
  26. Japanese for Busy People III
  27. Japanese for College Students: Basic Volume 2
  28. Japanese for College Students: Basic Volume 3
  29. Japanese for College Students: Teachers Manual
  30. Japanese for International College/ Graduate Students
  31. Japanese Phrase Book
  32. Japanese Studies around the World 2004
  33. Kanji
  34. Kanji isn’t that hard
  35. Kanji from the Start
  36. Kenkyusha’s English-Japanese Dictionary of Commercial & Technical Terms
  37. Kenkyusha’s New Pocket English-Japanese Dictionary
  38. Lets Learn Kanji
  39. Little Prince
  40. Many Cultures – One Nation: Presidential Inauguration
  41. Nihongo 1
  42. Nihongo 2
  43. Nihongo 3
  44. Nihongo de Business Kaiwa Volume1
  45. Nihongo de Business Kaiwa Volume 2
  46. Nihongo from the Star
  47. Shin Nihongo no Kiso I: English Translation
  48. Shin Nihongo no Kiso I: Kanji
  49. Situational Functional Japanese:
    • Volume 1 Drills
    • Volume 3 Drills
  50. The Journal pf Japanese Studies Volume 21 No.2

LAW

  1. Court System of Japan
  2. EHS Law Bulletin Series Japan
  3. Law and Justice in Tokugawa Japan: Part 1
  4. Kokusaiho Gaiko Zassi – The Journal of International Law and Diplomacy:
    • Volume 100 No1 – April 2001
    • Volume 100 No. 2 – June 2001
    • Volume 100 No. 3 – August 2001
    • Volume 100 No. 4 – October 2001
    • Volume 100 No. 5 – December 2001
    • Volume 100 No.6 – February 2002
  5. The Japanese Annual of International Law (No.44 2001)
  6. The Japanese Annual of International Law (No.48 2005)

LITERATURE AND THEATRE

  1. Aki no Kure: Herfsskemering
  2. An Inquiry into the Japanese Mind as Mirrored in Literature
  3. An Invitation to Japan’s Literature
  4. Biographical Dictionary of Japanese Literature
  5. Bunraku
  6. Complete Guide to the Traditional Japanese Performing Arts
  7. Haiku International 2005 No.59
  8. Haiku International 2005 No.60
  9. Haiku International 2005 No.61
  10. Haiku International 2006 No.62
  11. Haiku International 2006 No.63
  12. Haiku International 2006 No.65
  13. Haiku International 2006 No.67
  14. Haiku International 2007 No.68
  15. Haiku International 2007 No.70
  16. Haiku International 2007 No.71
  17. Haiku International 2007 No.72
  18. Haiku International 2008 No.74
  19. Haiku International 2008 No.76
  20. Haiku International 2008 No.77
  21. Haiku International 2008 No.78
  22. Haiku International 2009 No.80
  23. Haiku International 2009 No.82
  24. Haiku International 2009 No.83
  25. Haiku International 2010 No.88
  26. Introduction to Contemporary Japanese Literature
  27. Introduction to Contemporary Japanese Literature Part 1
  28. Introduction to Contemporary Japanese Literature Part 2
  29. Japanese Literature Today: 1994 No.19
  30. Japanese Fiction in the Meigi Era
  31. Japanese Literature Today No.26
  32. Japanese Literature Today: 1995 No.20
  33. Japanese Literature Today: 1996 No.21
  34. Japanese Literature Today: 1999 No.24
  35. Kabuki by Kawatake Toshio
  36. Kabuki by Masakatsu Gunji
  37. Kyogen
  38. Practical Guide to Publishing in Japan 2006
  39. Senryu
  40. The Haiku Handbook
  41. The Japanese Image
  42. Theatre Japan: Second Edition
  43. Theatre Year Book 2000 – Theatre in Japan
  44. Theatre Year Book 2001 – Theatre Abroad
  45. Theatre Year Book 2001 – Theatre in Japan
  46. Theatre Year Book 2010 – Theatre in Japan
  47. Zeami and His Theories on Noh

MARTIAL ARTS AND SPORTS

  1. An Introduction to Kodukan Judo
  2. Best Judo
  3. Budo – The Martial Ways of Japan
  4. Bushido: The Soul of Japan
  5. Dynamic Sumo
  6. Fighting Judo
  7. Hagakune: The Book of the Samurai
  8. Japanese Sword Fighting
  9. JFA Guide Book
  10. Kodokan Judo
  11. Kyudo
  12. Mastering the Samurai Sword
  13. Ryukyukobujutsu International Seminar 2007 South Africa
  14. Samurai Fighting Arts
  15. The 10th World Veterans Athletic Championships in Miyazaki: Album & Report
  16. The Book of 5 Rings
  17. The Father of Judo
  18. The Shiatsu Way to Health
  19. The Spectacle of Tokyo Olympics 1964

MEDIA

  1. 30 Films alla Scopertu del Giappore
  2. 50 Years of NHK Television
  3. Film Catalogue
  4. JAMCO Video Library
  5. New Cinema from Japan 2006
  6. NHK STRL Annual Report 2006/ 2005
  7. NHK TV Programs
  8. NHK TV Programs 2001 – 2002
  9. Program List of NHK World TV (February 2009)
  10. SHRL Bulletin: Broadcast Technology (Autumn 2006)
  11. SHRL Bulletin: Broadcast Technology (Spring 2007)
  12. SHRL Bulletin: Broadcast Technology (Winter 2007)
  13. SHRL Bulletin: Broadcast Technology (Combined Issue: Autumn 2008 – Winter 2009)
  14. The History of Broadcasting in Japan
  15. This is NHK World (April – September 2006)
  16. TV Commercials for Japanese Classrooms 2002
  17. TV Commercials for Japanese Classrooms 2005

MONBUKAGAKUSHO SCHOLARSHIPS AND EDUCATION

  1. 2005 Private University Information
  2. African Study Monographs: No. 31 2005
  3. African Study Monographs: Volume 26 No.1 2005
  4. African Study Monographs: Volume 26 No.2 2005
  5. African Study Monographs: Volume 26 No.3 2005
  6. Educating
  7. Faculty Profiles 2002 – 2003: School of Information Science
  8. Faculty Profiles 2002 – 2003: School of Knowledge Science
  9. Faculty Profiles 2002 – 2003: School of Material Science
  10. Graduate Schools, Universities, Professional Training Colleges and Japanese Language Schools in Japan Guide: 2007 – 2008
  11. Graduate Schools, Universities, Professional Training Colleges and Japanese Language Schools in Japan Guide: 2008 – 2009
  12. International Youth Village 2001 in Fukuoka Report
  13. Japanese Colleges and Universities 2006
  14. Understanding Japan No.70 Japanese Education
  15. University of Tokyo Catalogue for 2000 – 2001
  16. Vocational Colleges in Japan 2002

MUSIC

  1. 36,000 Days of Japanese Music
  2. Classical Dancing in Japan
  3. Gagaku
  4. Studies on East Asian Evergreen Pops in the 20th Century
  5. Traditional Japanese Music and Musical Instruments
  6. Za Ondekoza

POLITICS

  1. A Brief Diplomatic History of Modern Japan
  2. Asia Pacific Fusion – Japans Role in APEC
  3. Blueprint for a New Japan
  4. Brush Strokes – Moments of My Life: Masyoshi Ohira, Prime Minister of Japan
  5. Diplomatic Handbook – Sixth Edition
  6. Global Squeeze – The Coming Crisis for First-World Nations
  7. Japan 2003
  8. Japan and Africa – The Evolution and Nature of Political Economic and Human Bonds, 1543 –1993
  9. Japan: Candidate for Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage (3rd Session of the General Assembly of the States Parties)
  10. Japan Review of International Affairs Vol.14, No.1 (Spring 2000)
  11. Japan Review of International Affairs Vol.16, No.3 (Fall 2002)
  12. Journal of Social and Political Ideas in Japan Volume IV
  13. Journal of Social and Political Ideas in Japan Volume V
  14. Meet Today’s Japanese – Seikatsusha 2000
  15. National Diet of Japan – House of Representatives
  16. Politics in Modern Japan
  17. The 3M Way to Innovation
  18. The Japanese Way of Politics
  19. The Political Economy of Japan – The Changing International Contest
  20. Women and Men in Japan 2010 (Gender Equality Bureau)
  21. Years of Trial: Japan in the 1990’s

RELIGION

  1. Putting Buddhism to work
  2. Qi Healing
  3. Religion in Japanese Culture
  4. The Breath of Life

TRADITION

  1. A Hundred things Japanese
  2. Basic Techniques of Go
  3. Japan through a Cutter-Knife
  4. Luxury Masterpieces of Kyoto
  5. Matsuri: Festival and Rite in Japanese Life
  6. Nichiran Magazine April 2008
  7. Nichiran Magazine August 2008
  8. Nichiran Magazine March 2008
  9. Nichiran Magazine May 2008
  10. Nichiran Magazine November 2008
  11. Nichiran Magazine October 2008
  12. Nichiran Magazine April 2009
  13. Nichiran Magazine August 2009
  14. Nichiran Magazine February 2009
  15. Nichiran Magazine January 2009
  16. Nichiran Magazine June 2009  
  17. Nichiran Magazine March 2009
  18. The Book of Incense
  19. The Book of Kimono
  20. The Book of Tea
  21. The Haiku Handbook
  22. The Tea Ceremony
  23. Unfolding Japanese Traditions

TOURISM

  1. A Guide to Japanese Hot Springs
  2. Gateway to Japan
  3. Giants of Japan
  4. Hiking in Japan
  5. Index: Tokyo Colours
  6. Inside Out: A Miniature Encyclopaedia of Contemporary Japanese Culture
  7. Introducing Tokyo
  8. Lonely Planet: Japan
  9. National Treasures of Japan VI 1962
  10. Okinawa Today (1995)
  11. Rambles through Japan without a guide
  12. Rimpa Painting Volume 1
  13. Rimpa Painting Volume 2
  14. Rimpa Painting Volume 3
  15. Rimpa Painting Volume 4
  16. Rimpa Painting Volume 5
  17. Sapporo Japan
  18. The Hidden Order: Tokyo through the 20th Century
  19. Tokyo City Atlas
  20. Tokyo: A Bilingual Atlas