japan

Recounts the events surrounding the 1853 attempt by America's East Asia Squadron to reopen Japan after its two-and-a-half centuries of isolation, focusing on Commodore Matthew Perry's role in the campaign.

The author relates her visit to Japan where she interviewed adults and children and recorded their feelings about life in a country experiencing drastic changes in lifestyle.

Provides profiles of the people making today's headlines in business, education, technology, law, politics, religion, entertainment, labor, sports, medicine, and other fields.

An illustrated travelogue of Japan as seen by Burton Holmes, a man who traveled the world between 1898 and the 1950s, and returned to America where he reported on his journeys through a series of lectures.

Tells about the travels of seventeenth-century Japanese poet, Basho, and features selections of his haiku poems, and examples of the characters of the Japanese language.