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Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
From 1955 to 1975, the Japanese economy grew more than 435%: an astonishing rate that economists refer to as "the Japanese Miracle." Take a closer look at the six factors that led to this unprecedented growth, including the country's cheap and motivated workforce, as well as the critical influence of the United States.
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English
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"The Bayou is a unique place to live and it provides a grit and passion to any who hail from it, including Cain Lemaire, an ex-Secret Service agent from New Orleans. Cain had the dream job he had always wanted, protecting the President, until a single night resulted in a scandal that lost him his post. Needing a new direction for his life and with help from his sister who works in Japan, Cain takes a job in Tokyo as head of security detail for a very...
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Series
My hero academia. Main series volume 22
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"What would the world be like if 80 percent of the population manifested superpowers called 'Quirks'? Heroes and villains would be battling it out everywhere! Being a hero would mean learning to use your power, but where would you go to study? The Hero Academy of course! But what would you do if you were one of the 20 percent who were born Quirkless?... In the third match of the joint battle training, the students of Class 1-A have their hands full...
4) Samurai
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Series
Time soldiers volume 6
Language
English
Description
With newest member Nami serving as translator, the Time Soldiers travel to Edo, Japan, in 1700 and learn of its history from a samurai teacher, then travel further into the past to retrieve a helmet that had been stolen from the teacher during a battle.
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Series
Fruits basket volume 22
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
Kyo finishes telling Tohru about his role in her mother's death and how the reason he disappeared for so long was that he felt so guilty about it. How will he react when Tohru says that she loves him anyway?
"Kyo finally makes the decision to stop running from his fears and confront his birth father. But how will he react to his father's pressure to accept an unwanted truth? Meanwhile, the curse continues to loosen its hold on the membrs of the Zodiac,...
9) Sam Samurai
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Series
Time warp trio series volume 10
Pub. Date
2001
Language
English
Description
Joe, Fred, and Sam are transported to seventeenth century Japan where they infuriate a Samurai warrior, encounter their great-grandaughters, and save their lives by reciting an ancient form of poetry.
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Series
Haikyu!! volume 22
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"Ever since he saw the legendary player known as "the Little Giant" compete at the national volleyball finals, Shoyo Hinata has been aiming to be the best volleyball player ever! Who says you need to be tall to play volleyball when you can jump higher than anyone else? The semifinals of the Tokyo Area Qualifiers for the Spring Tournament have begun! It's NEKOMA vs. FUKURODANI in a win-and-you're-in match! Fukurodani's ace, Bokuto, is in top form as...
11) Tokyo ever after
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Series
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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After learning that her father is the Crown Prince of Japan, Izumi travels to Tokyo, where she discovers that Japanese imperial life--complete with designer clothes, court intrigue, paparazzi scandals, and a forbidden romance with her handsome but stoic bodyguard--is a tough fit for the outspoken and irreverent eighteen-year-old from northern California.
It isn't easy being Japanese American in a small, mostly white, northern California town, being...
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Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
With plans to plant glowing phostyrias along the roads in order to help travelers find their way between wintry cities, Shirayuki, Obi, and Ryu seek permission from the Oriold checkpoint only to discover that they need to appeal to Lord Lugiria.
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Series
Samurai detective series volume 3
Pub. Date
c2004
Language
English
Description
In eighteenth-century Japan, young Seikei becomes involved with a ninja as he helps Judge Ooka, his foster father, investigate the murder of a samurai.
Author
Series
Magic tree house. Merlin missions volume 9
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
When Merlin is weighed down by sorrows, Jack and Annie travel back to feudal Japan to learn one of the four secrets of happiness.
16) Newcomer
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Series
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Newly transferred to a precinct in the Nihonbashi area of Tokyo, Detective Kyochiro Kaga, while investigating the puzzling murder of a woman, soon discovers that nearly all the people living and working in the business district of Nihonbashi are suspects.
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Series
Young samurai volume 3
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
In 1613 Japan, English orphan Jack Fletcher's determination to keep the rutter, his father's navigational logbook, safe at all costs places his friends, daimyo Takatomi, and others in great danger.
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Series
Pub. Date
2010, c2008
Language
English
Description
Orphaned by a ninja pirate attack off the coast of Japan in 1611, twelve-year-old English lad Jack Fletcher is determined to prove himself, despite the bullying of fellow students, when the legendary sword master who rescued him begins training him as a samurai warrior.
20) Grenade
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Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
On April 1, 1945 with the battle of Okinawa beginning, fourteen-year-old native Okinawan Hideki, drafted into the Blood and Iron Student Corps, is handed two grenades and told to go kill American soldiers; small for his age Hideki does not really want to kill anyone, he just wants to find his family, and his struggle across the island will finally bring him face-to-face with Ray, a marine in his very first battle--and the choice he makes then will...
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