Explore Japanese history books covering samurai, religion, war, pop culture and modern society, from ancient Japan to today.

Executive Order 9066, signed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt 75 years ago on Feb. 19, 1942, resulted in more than 120,000 men, women and children of Japanese ancestry being evicted from their homes ...

Ienaga, Saburō. The Pacific War, 1931-1945: A Critical Perspective on Japan’s Role in World War II, 1931-1945 (New York: Pantheon Books, 1978). Iriye, Akira. The Origins of the Second World War in ...

Naomi Hirahara didn’t shy away from “airing the dirty laundry” of 1940s Japanese internment camps and the migration to Chicago in her book, “Clark and Division,” and she attracted hundreds of area ...

When you purchase an independently reviewed book through our site, we earn an affiliate commission. By Gary J. Bass LAST MISSION TO TOKYO The Extraordinary Story of the Doolittle Raiders and Their ...

Japanese American actor George Takei, of “Star Trek” fame, has long used his stardom to champion worthy causes such as human rights and LGBTQ+ issues. The 88-year-old actor and activist draws on ...

With both Russia and Japan increasingly wary of Chinese power in the Asia-Pacific, four sparsely populated outposts at the edge of the Sea of Okhotsk remain in many ways the biggest impediment to a ...

On December 7, 1941, Japanese forces attacked Pearl Harbor. Maps, both historic and newly created by National Geographic, yield new insights into the full scope of Japan's battle plans for the day ...