All Japanese Studies: Reference Sources and Web Sites

A Companion to Japanese History provides an authoritative overview of current debates and approaches within the study of Japan's history.

This Handbook brings together major aspects of Japaneselinguistics, presenting overviews, current concerns and futuredirections of each topic. The areas included are phonology, syntax,semantics, morphology, language acquisition, sentence processing,pragmatics, and sociolinguistics.

Presents more than 2,600 entries covering such subjects as countries, cities, regions, natural features, religions, social issues, languages, people, events, customs, politics, and economics.

This nine-volume reference contains over 10,000 articles exploring every aspect of Japanese society, history, politics, economy, thought and culture. The 50,000-item index is cross-referenced for easy location of facts.

Offering extensive coverage, this Encyclopedia is a new reference that reflects the vibrant, diverse and evolving culture of modern Japan, spanning from the end of the Japanese Imperialist period in 1945 to the present day.