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Plunkett's Food Industry Almanac 2009: The Only ...

Plunkett's Food Industry Almanac 2009: The Only ...

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Hiroshi Kimura, CEO Hiroshi Kimura, Pres. Munetaka Takeda, CFO/Exec. Deputy Pres. Mitsuomi Koizumi, Chief Mktg. & Sales Officer, Tobacco Bus. Satoshi Matsumoto, Chief Human Resources Officer/Sr. VP Hirotoshi Maejima, Chief R&D ...
Adaptive Motion of Animals and Machines

Adaptive Motion of Animals and Machines

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Hiroshi Kimura, Kazuo Tsuchiya, Akio Ishiguro, Hartmut Witt. Hiroshi Kimura, Kazuo Tsuchiya, Akio Ishiguro, Hartmut Witte (Editors) Adaptive Motion of Animals and Machines Hiroshi Kimura, Kazuo Tsuchiya, Akio Ishiguro, Hartmut Witte ...
The Kurillian Knot: A History of Japanese-Russian Border ...

The Kurillian Knot: A History of Japanese-Russian Border ...

Hiroshi Kimura

This book provides an answer to the mystery of why no peace treaty has yet been signed between Japan and Russia after more than sixty years since the end of World War Two.
Japanese-Russian Relations Under Gorbachev and Yeltsin

Japanese-Russian Relations Under Gorbachev and Yeltsin

Hiroshi Kimura

I am also indebted to the valuable discussions and comments made by Peter Juviler, Steven Solnick, Rajan Menon, Elizabeth Valkenier, and Gerald L. Curtis at Columbia. I appreciatively acknowledge the very generous grants from both the ...
Embracing Uncertainty: The Essence of Leadership

Embracing Uncertainty: The Essence of Leadership

Phillip G. Clampitt

For a discussion of "Atlanticism," "Eurasianism," their advocates, and the gradual shift of President Boris Yeltsin's diplomacy from the former to the latter, please see Hiroshi Kimura, "Changes in Russia's Foreign Policy Towards Japan," in ...
Japanese-Russian Relations Under Brezhnev and Andropov

Japanese-Russian Relations Under Brezhnev and Andropov

Hiroshi Kimura

This study by the leading Japanese specialist in the field offers a comprehensive analysis of the deterioration of Soviet-Japanese relations in the 1970s and 1980s -- a period when the two countries clashed over issues ranging from military ...
The Gorbachev Regime: Consolidation to Reform

The Gorbachev Regime: Consolidation to Reform

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Consolidation to Reform Peter H. Juviler, Hiroshi Kimura. 39. Donald S. Zagoria, " China and the Superpowers: Recent Trends in the Strategic Triangle and their implications for Southeast Asia," a paper read at the Second Quadrilateral Project  ...
The Japanese Business Leaders

The Japanese Business Leaders

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Hiroshi Mannari. would like to express his gratitude for this support and also his appreciation to Dr. Robert M. Spaulding, Jr., of the center's staff for his very competent editorial work. Hiroshi Mannari Kwansei Gakuin University INTRODUCTION ...
Culture, Control and Commitment: A Study of Work ...

Culture, Control and Commitment: A Study of Work ...

James R. Lincoln

Robert M. and Hiroshi Mannari. 1976. Modernization and the Japanese Factory. Princeton: Princeton University Press Marsh, Robert and Hiroshi Mannari. 1980. " Technological implicaton theory: a Japanese test." Organization Studies.
Japan's Invisible Race: Caste in Culture and Personality

Japan's Invisible Race: Caste in Culture and Personality

George A. De Vos

Caste in Culture and Personality George A. De Vos, Hiroshi Wagatsuma. GEORGE. DE. VOS. AND. HIROSHI. WAGATSUMA. Minority. Status. and. Attitudes. Toward. Authority. From the standpoint of socialization theory1 it is pertinent to ...
Modernization and the Japanese Factory

Modernization and the Japanese Factory

Robert Mortimer Marsh

Robert Mortimer Marsh, Hiroshi Mannari. Modernization and the Japanese Factory Princeton University Press, Princeton, New Jersey Copyright © 1976 by Princeton University Press Published by Princeton ROBERT M. MARSH and HIROSHI.
Butterfly in the Wind

Butterfly in the Wind

Rei Kimura

This is the true story of the tragic life of Okichi Saito who became the pawn to placate Townsend Harris, the first American Consul to Japan in the turbulent mid 1800's.
Japanese Orchid

Japanese Orchid

Rei Kimura

Powerful and yet poignant this thriller chases the characters through three cities, New York, Tokyo and finally Singapore. At the end of the day, someone had to be the loser and Tetsuyo Akinicho was determined it would not be him.
The Last Train

The Last Train

Michael Pronko

A thriller set in Tokyo, detective Hiroshi Shimizu tracks a murderous woman bent on vengeance.
Like A Willow Tree

Like A Willow Tree

Rei Kimura

This story is told against a gripping backdrop of war and the horrors and humiliations of the Japanese American war internment camps following Pearl Harbor.
Cinta Senget Benget:

Cinta Senget Benget:

Nina Rose

Natasya Ayumi tidak sanggup lagi dipermainkan oleh Hiroshi dan Minami.
Cinta Senget-Benget:

Cinta Senget-Benget:

Nina Rose

Natasya Ayumi tidak sanggup lagi dipermainkan oleh Hiroshi dan Minami.
Butterfly in the Wind

Butterfly in the Wind

Rei Kimura

"The life of "Tojin" Akichi, concubine against her will of the first American Consul in Japan"--Cover.
A Note from Ichiyo

A Note from Ichiyo

Rei Kimura

This is the story of Ichiyo Higuchi whose face is now immortalized in the 5,000 yen Japanese legal tender, it is truly a testimony of one woman's determination, courage and faith to defy all odds, even from beyond the grave.
Japanese Rose

Japanese Rose

Rei Kimura

The protagonist of this novel, Sayuri Miyamoto, frustrated at not being able to enroll her in the squad of the "Wings of God" because women were not admitted, she decided to risk her life in the attempt, she was thirsty for revenge after ...
Aum Shinrikyo - Japan’s Unholy Sect

Aum Shinrikyo - Japan’s Unholy Sect

Rei Kimura

This is the chilling story of how a young lawyer sacrificed his life and that of his poignantly young family to stem the reign of terror of the cult's guru, Shoko Asahara.

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