※この商品はタブレットなど大きいディスプレイを備えた端末で読むことに適しています。また、文字だけを拡大することや、文字列のハイライト、検索、辞書の参照、引用などの機能が使用できません。 One year after World War II ended, in 1946, two young Japanese children, a sister and her brother, somehow defied the odds and survived a month long dangerous journey from the former Japanese colony of Manchuria in northeast China to their hometown in Japan. Iku was only 10 years old. She and her 6-yr. old brother traveled 340 miles on land, mostly on foot, day and night, with little food, clothing, or money while holding each other’s hands. What kept them going every day? It was the promise that they made to their mother? “Never let go of each other’s hand and safely return to Japan to be reunited with everyone.” They simply wanted to see Mommy again. This is a true story of war, not of who’s on the right side and who’s on the wrong side, or who was crueler than the other, but how war impacts people everywhere, including innocent children, like Iku and her siblings. Most importantly, this book demonstrates how love, courage and determination can see us through the most difficult times. 70 years after the end of World War II, Iku finally decided to let her daughter, Izumi, tell her story to the whole world, hoping her ordeal will play a small part in contributing to world peace. All the illustrations in this book are done by Iku herself. Originally published in Japanese in 2016, this English version is now available to spread Iku’s inspiring story across the world.

Cancer is a genetic disease. Many abnormalities in genes, epigenetics and gene products are involved in the formation and growth of cancer. Cancer is diverse, one cancer may differ genetically from other cancers though they may look same. Dr. Burzynski discovered Antineoplaston in the human body. It trans substantiate anticancer effect by a unique multi-molecular targeted mode which is quite different from conventional cancer drugs. This raised doubt and confusion in the medical field in USA. Cancer is a social problem and anybody can have it. The number of cancer patients increases as society ages. Over 600,000 people died from advanced cancer in the USA while in Japan it was 370,000 in 2018. Advanced cancer patients eagerly anticipate the arrival of an effective treatment. An advanced treatment technology is effective but expensive. It is an excessive financial burden for both the individual and the state. This book describes how the Kurume University, School of Medicine, Japan became involved in the Antineoplaston research and what it learned about the potential role of Antineoplaston in cancer treatment and It further learned the social aspect of cancer during the basic and clinical research.

※この商品はタブレットなど大きいディスプレイを備えた端末で読むことに適しています。また、文字だけを拡大することや、文字列のハイライト、検索、辞書の参照、引用などの機能が使用できません。 This book is about a way to build one’s global-local(g-local) mindset for the 21st century. I have based the book on information about Japan and the Japanese way of life, particularly information related to technology, economics, politics, environment, and society. And I talk about our relations with China and ASEAN countries to show how they influence us to nurture our g-local mindset for the future. 　“Civilization may evolve into a merger of technology and humanity. Since Japanese culture seems a good harmony between mystic attitudes and technocratic knowledge more than others, it could be a positive influence on our future Conscious-Technology Age. Which Way Are the Japanese People Heading? Creating a Pan Pacific Culture by Professor Mizuta Kazuo on sustainable development and global consciousness gives great detail on this transition to the required future mindset.” 　Jerome C. Glenn, the Millennium Project ［Author］ Kazuo Mizuta Kyoto Sangyo University 　　　Professor Emeritus 　　　Comparative Culture Studies 　　　Futurist 　I am a practicing sociologist in the field of comparative culture, long-time futurist, and professor emeritus at Kyoto Sangyo University in Kyoto, one of the leading private universities in the country. I have spent years assessing and comparing traditional Japanese values and institutions with those of other countries both in Asia and the West. My research fields are comparative culture and future studies. I’ve worked all my life thinking and learning about American and Japanese ways of living. 　I received a Fulbright scholarship to study at English Department, Western Michigan University as a graduate student. After finishing the M.A. program there, I moved to Department of East Asian Languages and Literature at the University of Wisconsin, Madison as I received a teaching assistantship there. While I studied modern American novels and taught basic Japanese in late 1960s at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin. I learned how important it was to know the ways that students live, work, engage in sport activities, and socialize in everyday life. 　I taught at Kyoto Sangyo University, Department of Cultural Studies. I have also worked for the University Affiliated Research Institute of World Affairs. 　I wrote An Introduction to Comparative Culture Studies (1996).and translated The State of the Future2016 of the Millennium Project. 　The paper, Human and Robots Interaction: When Will Robots Come of Age? (World Future Review September 2014 vol.6, issue 3: 251-260) shows my future point of view.

※この商品はタブレットなど大きいディスプレイを備えた端末で読むことに適しています。また、文字だけを拡大することや、文字列のハイライト、検索、辞書の参照、引用などの機能が使用できません。 This is a story about an old couple who had a lot of faith in each other. One day, to exchange his horse for something useful, the old man went to the town. （KiiroitoriBooks,Vol 84）

Foo lives together with his grandmother, but doesn't have any friends. One day, Foo gets lost in the mountains trying to find herbs for medicine. He meets Smoochy, a demon, who helps him. Smoochy doesn't have any friends either! They get along well and become each other's first-ever friends, and play together all the time. But Foo suddenly stops coming to the mountain...

■Introductuon ●Lanchester’s laws were originally presented as laws of combat, but in Japan they have been adapted into "laws of competition." If one applies Lanchester’s laws to business strategy, previously vague aspects of running a business become clearer, so it becomes easy to apply them to actual business situations. When these laws are applied to business, the following things become clarified. ●First is the relationship between market share and profitability. Second, distinctions can be made between the "strategy of the strong" that can be implemented by the company fulfilling the conditions necessary to become top-ranked, and the "strategy of the weak" that must be implemented by those, including the second-ranked company, that have failed to meet those conditions. ●Third, specific weightings can be assigned to products, their marketing strategies and tactics, and other such important factors and attendant procedures comprising a business. I believe that these ideas, which until now seem to have escaped the attention of guru consultants in the United Kingdom and the United States, constitute a novel approach.

※この商品はタブレットなど大きいディスプレイを備えた端末で読むことに適しています。また、文字だけを拡大することや、文字列のハイライト、検索、辞書の参照、引用などの機能が使用できません。 ジャマイカはカリブ海に浮かぶ小さな島国です。その国土面積は秋田県と同じくらいしかありませんが、カリブ海の美しい海に囲まれ、ブルーマウンテンの山脈が連なり、美しい緑や色彩豊かな花で溢れ、ハチドリを始めとした様々な鳥のさえずりが聞こえてくる緑豊かな国です。たまにメディアで放送されるジャマイカ特集は、レゲエや陸上、ブルーマウンテンコーヒー、また一部のリゾート地に限られており、ジャマイカの大自然の魅力は伝えきれていない気がします。そこで、この作品では、実際ジャマイカで生活をしながら感じた魅力を収めた写真を、キャプションと共に紹介して行きたいと思います。これらの写真を通じて、日本ではあまり見られないような景色や動植物に触れながら、ジャマイカの魅力を少しでも感じて頂けると幸いです。 amaica is an island country located in the Caribbean Sea. The land itself is not so big, but together with the beautiful Caribbean Sea surrounding the country, you can also enjoy the fascinating view from the range of Blue Mountain and the varieties of birds including humming birds singing even in the central Kingston, the capital city of Jamaica. Some media has introduced Jamaica one way or the other, however, the reports seem to have limited with reggae music, track and field athletes like Usain Bolt, blue mountain coffee or northern resorts, and the charms of the great nature of Jamaica haven't been introduced enough. In this piece of work, I would like to introduce the fascinating Jamaican nature with some captions. I will be grateful if you feel attracted by the island of Jamaica through the photos of sceneries, animals and plants, which can rarely be seen in your own country.

かつて神は人間たちの愚かさに怒り、彼らから魔法の力を奪ってしまった。ところが、人は魔法を弾丸に封じ込め銃器で操ることを思いつき、ふたたび「力」を手に入れることに成功する。世界は殺伐とした戦争の時代へ突入した。少年セドリックは、姉のエルウィング、テロリストの少女アンブローシアと共に世界の命運を分けると言われる銃「銃姫」を探して旅に出る。銃姫の引き金をひくものはいったい誰なのか。そして、銃姫の秘密とは。

A high school clique is goaded into joining the cheerleading club by their overenthusiastic leader. While their older classmates make it all look so easy and graceful, Rie and her team keep falling over each other! Exhausted from countless practice sessions and frustrated with what seems to be the fruitlessness of it all, Rie starts wondering…is this worth passing up my valuable high school years over? A chance encounter one night gives her the answer she was searching for…

This book traces the past 150 years of Japan’s diplomatic history, focusing on the thoughts and actions of the leaders of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs since the ministry’s establishment in 1869. It includes a discussion of the last fifteen years of the Edo period, beginning with the arrival of Commodore Perry in 1854. Since the Meiji era, Japan’s foreign policy has been informed by its response to that “confrontation from the West.” This foreign policy has been largely based on “accommodation diplomacy” (also called responsive diplomacy). Japan has designed its diplomatic response with an eye to its own foreign policy goals, applying the metric of what might be feasible more than what might be desirable. In “accommodation diplomacy,” the international issues, international order, and the rules of the game are not defined. In that sense, there has been no all-encompassing strategy behind Japan’s foreign policy. Instead, Japan has regarded the international situation simply, as a set of facts. It has sought to maximize the benefits to itself while minimizing risk. Its foreign policy has been an attempt to solve this conundrum through accommodation. Reflective of the times, this has required an abundance of creativity. Japan has needed to be both pragmatic and forward-thinking in its response to changes in the international environment. In the postwar period, as Japan aimed to elevate its standing in the competition-driven international environment, its foreign policy can be understood as an extension of the way it had comported itself since the Meiji era: emphasizing cooperation and coordination with other nations while responding to changes in the international environment.

The mind of a child is fundamentally different from that of adult. The child can express their knowledge by words, but child acts from its emotional mind. An adult can control its habitual mind and emotional mind with consciousness mind and can act from its consciousness mind. There are two kinds of children. One is heart-active-child and the other is heart-painful-child. Heart-active-child can act like adults to get prizes from its mother, but heat-painful-child can only act from its emotional mind.

One after another, the events in the story befall me! I’m the boss’s lackey. One day, he hands me an unfinished manuscript that he has written himself. As I read the story which is titled “Ambition”, strange things start to happen around me. What is reality? Why did the boss entrust the manuscript to me? Reality and delusion are intertwined. The book contains one other story. <About the Author> TAKAYA FUDESAWA Born in 1976 in Osaka Prefecture. After graduating from Tezukayama Gakuin Izumigaoka High School,obtained degree in Russian literature from Waseda University. Mainly studied Tolstoy and Hideo Kobayashi. Creative activity began at high school. On graduating from university, started business. Served as director at several companies while pursuing writingcareer. Currently heads software development firm TOROTAKU, Ltd. Also head of overseas game translation company, Nirvana Studio. Author of Hammer (2019, Gentosha Media Consulting) and Sayu (Hot Water) (2021, Gentosha Media Consulting).

In January 20 2009, the day of inauguration of the United States President Obama, 4 months later from Lehman Shock, one Japanese economic sultant sent him the important letter with specific proposal to solve the American economy. The copies were also sent to Benjamin Bernanke, governor of FRB and other top authorities of US government. The proposal indicated the necessity to solve serious gap of rich & poor and to introduce medical care for all people of the United States. Due to the controversial contents in part, there are no responses from US government authorities, and this proposal has been sealed in his hand since then. Now he decided to disclose the proposal for other problem nations in economy. The proposal shows how to solve the huge debt of government and stimulate the gloomy economy. We believe that the new concept of “Social Capitalism” in this proposal would help world economy in future.

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