Japanese Science

Sakuta is doomed. His girlfriend, Mai, has just discovered that while she was away, he’s been living under one roof with his first love, the now-college-aged Shouko. While the three of them try to navigate this complicated love triangle, the mystery surrounding Shouko only deepens when the younger version of herself checks into the hospital. What will become of this middle schooler whose only dream is to grow up? Why did Sakuta’s old flame come barging into his life again after all this time? And exactly how does Sakuta fit in?

ぼくの飼い猫のピートは、冬になると「夏への扉」を探し始める。家にあるドアのどれか一つが、夏に通じていると固く信じているのだ。そして、ぼくもまた「夏への扉」を探していた。

Una interesantísima recopilación de las leyendas que conforman la mitología fundacional japonesa: sus criaturas, sus historias y sus cimientos. Elaborada por uno de los mayores expertos en folclor oriental, este conjunto de mitos nos habla del carácter sintoísta de la cultura japonesa, de sus tradiciones, de su modo de ver el mundo y, en última instancia, de su identidad.

この一冊でニュースの読み方が変わる！正々堂々と生きる「価値基準」を持つことができる！社会学者・宮台真司が、旬のニュースや事件にフォーカスし、この社会の〝問題の本質〟を解き明かした名著が新書版で誕生。

舞台となるのは、異界と人の世界が交錯する世界 ── 。腕ききの女用心棒・バルサはある日、川におちた新ヨゴ皇国の第二皇子・チャグムを助ける。

発売たちまち重版！2刷1万5千部突破！ぶっ飛んでいるのに、なぜか論理的。生きづらさがマシになる（かもしれない）それが、東洋哲学。

When her cozy hometown is visited by death, Emma's investigative skills are enlisted by a secretive ghost. But with the uncooperative spirit holding so much back, and with the handsome local doctor pressing Emma for answers, will she ever get to the bottom of the case? Or will the Hollow be forever haunted by the secrets of the past?

「最悪だな。ミカエル陣営に、ヴェルザードさんまで加わったのか……」ミカエル率いるセラフィム軍団の侵攻計画が進む中、
その対策のために開かれたワルプルギスに集結する八星魔王たち。

In northern Japan, overlooking the spectacular view Hakodate Port has to offer, Cafe Donna Donna has been serving carefully brewed coffee for more than 100 years. But this coffee shop offers its customers a unique experience: the chance to travel back in time. Translated from Japanese by Geoffrey Trousselot and featuring signature heart-warming characters and wistful storytelling, in Before Your Memory Fades, Kawaguchi once again invites the listener to ask themselves: what would you change if you could travel back in time?

古代中国の書『老子（老子道徳経）』は，熾烈な戦国時代を生き抜く処世の知恵であり一種の統治理論であるが，同時に，世の中と人間についての深い洞察力によって，人類の教科書ともいうべき普遍性を持っている．

As Alex and J return to Wyvern Academy, all hell breaks loose. Gone are the days of taking notes in class and pretending to be normal students. Even training has become a luxury that cannot be afforded. The war against the demons has finally arrived. Wielding powerful Ki weapons and unlocking the final stages of their ascension, J, Alex, and the girls are as ready as they will ever be. Old rivalries must be sacrificed completely, for all of humanity is at stake.

「すべてがゆがんで見えている」子どもたちの驚くべき実像。児童精神科医である筆者は、多くの非行少年たちと出会う中で、「反省以前の子ども」が沢山いるという事実に気づく。

★話題沸騰！ たちまち5万部突破！★「自分とは何か」から「宇宙の終わり」まで一気読み！難題ばかりなのにするする読める前代未聞の哲学書！

In the wake of a devastating earthquake and tsunami, Yui, fleeing her violent husband, and Hiyori, a young orphan, are taken in by a strange but kind old lady named Kiwa in the small town of Kitsunezaki​​. The newly formed family finds refuge in a mayoiga, a lost house, perched atop a beautiful cape overlooking the sea. While helping to rebuild Kitsunezaki, the three adapt to their new lives and supernatural new home, slowly healing from their troubled pasts.

It is 1942, and World War II is raging. In the months since Pearl Harbor, the US has plunged into the war overseas—and on the home front, it has locked up tens of thousands of innocent Japanese Americans in concentration camps, tearing them from their homes on the West Coast with the ostensible goal of neutralizing a supposed internal threat. At each of these camps the government places a white lawyer with contradictory instructions: provide legal counsel to the prisoners, and keep the place running.

人類の希望は、遥か11・9光年の彼方――。たったひとりの冴えた相棒と、謎の解明に挑む!未知の地球外生命体アストロファージ――

舞台となるのは、異界と人の世界が交錯する世界 ── 。数十年ぶりに生まれ故郷のカンバル王国にもどったバルサは、幼い自分を救い、育てた義父のジグロが、卑劣な反逆者にされていたことを知る。

There’s a catfish under Japan, and when it rolls the land rises and falls. At least that’s what Sora was told after she lost her mother to an earthquake so powerful that it cracked time itself. Sora and her father are some of the few who still live near one of these “zones”—the places where time has been irrevocably sped up or slowed down. Sora’s father leads a research team studying the zones, and even as his colleagues begin to fall ill, he refuses to stop entering the zones himself. Sora finds herself stuck and increasingly alone as her father starts behaving strangely.

クィディッチのワールドカップで、空に不吉な印が上がった。ヴォルデモートの復活か？　巧妙に仕組まれた罠が、ハリーを三大魔法学校対抗試合の選手に選ぶ。

「知らない」ではすまされない、世界が注視する“この国”を正しく知るための入門書イスラエル。こんなテーマがほかにあるだろうか?人口1000万に満たない小さな国が世界のトップニュースになるのはなぜか?