Japan
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Japan
Pacific Breeze: Japanese City Pop, AOR & Boogie 1976-1986
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Hiromi Mizuno • Science for the Empire: Scientific Nationalism in Modern Japan
There are only two ways of categorising belongings: by type of item and by person.
Marie Kondo • The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying: A simple, effective way to banish clutter forever
Yohji-san has developed a definition of what’s beautiful that’s his and his alone — that your clothes protect you, sure, but in doing so, they hint at the soul within and insist on your humanness.
Yohji Yamamoto is living on his own terms
The haiku poet, Issa, represents this profound experience in one of his most famous poems: The world of dew is the world of dew. And yet, and yet … He wrote this poem after the funeral of his baby daughter.
Gregg Krech • Tunneling for Sunlight: Twenty-One Maxims of Living Wisdom from Buddhism and Japanese Psychology to Cope with Difficult Times
Hirai began crying again, touched by Kei’s support.
Toshikazu Kawaguchi • Before the Coffee Gets Cold: A Novel (Before the Coffee Gets Cold Series Book 1)
“The role of top management is to give employees a sense of crisis as well as a lofty ideal” (Nonaka, 1985, p. 142). This intentional chaos, which is referred to as “creative chaos,” increases tension within the organization and focuses the attention of organizational members on defining the problem and resolving the crisis situation.
Hirotaka Takeuchi • The Knowledge-Creating Company: How Japanese Companies Create the Dynamics of Innovation
In Japan, by contrast, you see strangers in your neighborhood all the time — in the convenience store, in the noodle shop, or walking down the street from their own houses to those shops and restaurants. Even if you don’t like to meet strangers or say hi to your neighbors, it’s nice to see strangers and to see your neighbors. It creates a feeling... See more