tokyo (japan)

Explores the story of Jerry Yellin, a captain of the U.S. Air Force who flew on the last official mission of World War II, over Iwo Jima after the atom bombs were dropped on Japan.

"When the Great Kanto Earthquake strikes Tokyo on September 1, 1923, twelve-year-old Fumiko must navigate the ensuing chaos and confusion in her fight for survival. Includes information about the Great Kanto Earthquake, a glossary, discussion questions, and writing prompts"--OCLC.

"In a small back alley in Tokyo, there is a caf? which has been serving carefully brewed coffee for more than one hundred years. But this coffee shop offers its customers a unique experience: the chance to travel back in time . . . we meet four visitors, each of whom is hoping to make use of the caf?'s time-travelling offer, in order to confront the lover who left them, receive a letter from their husband whose memory has begun to fade, see their sister one last time, and meet the daughter they never got the chance to know. But the journey into the past does not come without risks: customers must sit in a particular seat, they cannot leave the caf?, and finally, they must return to the present before the coffee gets cold"--Provided by publisher.

"A vivid, deeply researched work of history that explores the life of an unconventional woman during the first half of the 19th century in Edo--the city that would become Tokyo--and a portrait of a great city on the brink of a momentous encounter with the West"--Provided by publisher.

American Tim Anderson relates his experiences learning about the social life and customs of Japan while teaching English in Tokyo.

Richard Lloyd Parry, an award-winning foreign correspondent, chronicles the 2000 disappearance, massive search, long investigation, and the even longer murder trial behind the gruesome murder case of Lucie Blackman in Japan.

Tokyo nightclub owner Harry Niles, an American raised in Japan by missionary parents, comes up with a plan to trick the Imperial Navy into not attacking the United States in 1941, but has a seat reserved on the last flight out of Hong Kong just in case things go wrong--as they usually do.

Text and illustrations describe how to draw Harajuku style Japanese street fashions.

Washington Post reporter Elisabeth Bumiller tells the story of an ordinary woman in a typical Japanese family who let the reporter into her life for more than a year.