In Japan, the study of nihonjinron became popular after the Second World War in an attempt to explain the uniqueness of the country s culture and character. Some of the essays in this volume deal with these issues and explore aspects of the Japanese quest for a national identity. Today Japan is one of the world s largest economies, but it is facing enormous challenges on a social, cultural, financial and political level.\u00a0 These challenges are highlighted and analysed in this book through themes and topics from Japanese history: identity, architecture, religion, manga, Christianity in Japan, the Samurais and many other subjects. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Japanese civilisation and its unique culture has often represented an enigma to the rest of the world. In this anthology a large number of experts explore Japan s history and aspects of the Japanese quest for a national identity and what it means to the rest of the world through topics like architecture, religion, manga, Christianity in Japan and the Samurais.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":37789,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[547,547],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-50468","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-history-and-archeology","9":"first","10":"outofstock","11":"taxable","12":"shipping-taxable","13":"purchasable","14":"product-type-simple"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n