japanese

Mary, too young to fully understand war, promises her friend Mr. Hiroshi she will care for his garden when he is taken from his home during World War II, and she keeps her word faithfully until new people move into his house and she realizes Mr. Hiroshi is not coming back.

The American-born author describes her family's experience and impressions when they were forced to relocate in a camp for the Japanese in Owens Valley, California, during World War II.

Tells the Japanese folktale of Momotaro, a boy found at birth in a peach who fights a demon using the help of his animal companions.

In 1841, rescued by an American whaler after a terrible shipwreck leaves him and his four companions castaways on a remote island, fourteen-year-old Manjiro, who dreams of becoming a samurai, learns new laws and customs as he becomes the first Japanese person to set foot in the United States.

Presents a short biography of Ichiro Suzuki, the first Japanese position player to make it into the American major leagues and chronicles the popularity of baseball in Japan following World War Two, Suzki's passion for the game, and his rise to the top.

The story of Naomi and her Japanese-Canadian family during the 1940s, when Canada was at war with Japan.

Etsuko, a Japanese women living alone in England, contemplates the recent suicide of her eldest daughter, mingling the tragedy with memories of the devastation of Japan during World War II, and the calamities of her own life.