This nine-volume reference work contains over 10,000 articles exploring every aspect of Japanese society, history, politics, economy, thought and culture. Longer articles include a bibliography.
Provides brief entries on major political, social, cultural, and economic forces in modern Japan. Entries include short bibliographies. A subject list groups the entries into broad categories.
An annotated English-language bibliography covering all major fields of knowledge relating to Japan. Includes extensive list of references including primary sources.
Contains bibliographies in seven different topic areas, including "Japan and the Crisis in Asia, 1931-1945: Primary Materials in English" and "Occupied Japan and the Cold War in Asia".
Basic intelligence on the history, people, government, economy, energy, geography, environment, communications, transportation, military, terrorism, and transnational issues for 266 world entities.
Kodansha Encyclopedia of Japan
Modern Japan: An Encyclopedia of History, Culture, and Nationalism
Japan (World Bibliographical Series, v. 103)
Encyclopedia of Contemporary Japanese Culture
Japanese History and Culture from Ancient to Modern Times