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Introduced by David Mitchell In a coastal village in medieval
Japan, a young boy called Isaku battles to keep his family alive
against the odds. With his father gone, Isaku is forced to grow up
well before his time. He must learn how to catch fish, how to
distil salt, and about all the mysteries of the vast churning sea,
not least the legend of O-fune-sama, of ships wrecked offshore
providing the village with unexpected bounty. When a ship founders
on the rocks, Isaku and the villagers rejoice. Long have they
prayed for the sea's gifts. But the cargo is not at all the
blessing they had hoped for. At first mystifying, then terrifying,
something dark is coming ashore and it's about to change their
lives forever.
This book provides an answer to the mystery of why no peace treaty
has yet been signed between Japan and Russia after more than sixty
years since the end of World War Two. The author, a leading
authority on Japanese-Russian diplomatic history, was trained at
the Russian Institute of Columbia University. This volume
contributes to our understanding of not only the intricacies of
bilateral relations between Moscow and Tokyo, but, more generally,
of Russia's and Japan's modes of foreign policy formation. The
author also discusses the U.S. factor, which helped make Russia and
Japan distant neighbors, and the threat from China, which might
help these countries come closer in the near future. It would be
hardly possible to discuss the future prospects of Northeast Asia
without having first read this book.
Hiroshima and Nagasaki have been destroyed. Japan is in ruins and
occupied by the Americans. Takuya, an ex-officer in the Imperial
Army, has returned to his native village only to learn that the
Occupation authorities are intensifying their efforts to apprehend
suspected war criminals. And those who are found guilty are being
sentenced to death. Fearing that his role in the execution of a
number of American pilots, Takuya takes to the road and becomes a
fugitive in his own country. One Man's Justice is both a reflection
on the murky reality of war and a page-turning novel of pursuit and
escape.
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