Ian Reader 1996 This highly acclaimed study describes Aum Shinrikyo’s history, examines the various conflicts it was involved in, and discusses the contents of Asahara’s sermons and prophecies. The March 1995 gas attack on the Tokyo subway system killed 12
After the Great East Japan Earthquake: Political and Policy Change in Post-Fukushima Japan
*Dominic Al-Badri & Gijs Berends (eds)** 2013 The triple disaster that struck Japan in March 2011 began with the most powerful earthquake known to have hit Japan and led to tsunami up to 40 meters in height that devastated a
Asahi Shinbun (English)
The English website of the Japanese newspaper Asahi Shimbun. News are kept and can be searched for one year.
Asahi Shinbun Kikuzo II Visual
Online newspaper database in Japan containing archives for Asahi shinbun (1945-) plus two weekly news magazines: Weekly Asahi and Aera. Asahi shimbun is one of the most important newspapers in Japan. * Full Text Database from 1985 to the present
Asian newspapers – Japan
Via PressReader’s collection you can read a number of Asian newspapers and magazines on the day they are published. The archives only goes back three months. In the new version PressReader it is possible to set your own account and
Burma and Japan Since 1940: From ‘Co-Prosperity’ to ‘Quiet Dialogue’
Donald M. Seekins 2007 Modern Myanmar/Burma is very much a creation of World War II, when the British colony was occupied by the Japanese, and its immediate aftermath. These years saw the rise of Aung San and his assassination, as
CiNii – Scholarly and Academic Information Navigator, Japan
CiNii (Scholarly and Academic Information Navigator) is a service from Nii (National Institute of Informatics) in Japan with academic information on articles, books, journals & dissertations. It is available free of charge for anyone. CiNii Articles enables you to search information
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End of Empire: 100 Days in 1945 that Changed Asia and the World
David P. Chandler, Robert Cribb & Li Narangoa (eds) 2016 Aiming to balance the focus on European events in global public discussions and reminiscences of World War II, End of Empire focuses on a brief, 100-day period at the end