Does Japan really matter anymore? The challenges of recent Japanese history have led some pundits and scholars to publicly wonder whether Japan's significance is starting to wane. The multidisciplinary essays that comprise Japan Since 1945 demonstrate its ongoing importance and relevance. Examining the historical context to the social, cultural, and political underpinnings of Japan's postwar development, the contributors re-engage earlier discourses and introduce new veins of research.
Japan Since 1945 provides a much needed update to existing scholarly work on the history of contemporary Japan. It moves beyond the 'lost decade' and 'terrible devastation' frameworks that have thus far defined too much of the discussion, offering a more nuanced picture of the nation's postwar development.

本书是以一个较为完整而系统的形式，将我从1958年到1969年发表的有关五胡北朝史的一系列论文加以编修而成的。在整个编修过程中，论文题目以及内容较之原文都作了一些修订，其中几篇还进行了大幅度缩减。此外，为了使各编各章之间的关系更加明确，又重新增加了一些章节。不过这些修改工作尽量限定在技术上，而不致使其影响全书的主旨。 通过一定的排列来看这十年间写成的文章，就会发现内容涉及五部北朝史的各个时期、各个阶段，关注的问题大都集中于政治史，书名或许叫五胡北朝政治史更为妥帖。但之所以没有这样做，是因为推动上述研究的我自己的学问志趣与隋唐帝国的形成问题密切相连接之故。

中国缺什么？其实每一个中国人心里都清楚，但从一个日本人口中说出来，总会觉得有些不自在。近藤大介先生的这本书写得很有分寸：他来北京工作数年，但从不扎堆在“日本老乡”之中，而是愿意天天乘地铁、搭公交，与周边的中国人搭讪、交往，时时刻刻感受“中国特色”，还娶了一位中国太太。所以，这位“中国女婿”对中国的批评，实在留着客气。
我在中国居住多年。如果说日本是我心中‘最温柔的部分’，那么中国也是我不可或缺的一部分。
我有一个中国妻子，更多时候，我享受着她对我的‘中国式管理’，至今，我们仍然彼此爱慕如初恋，我们知道彼此拥有什么；我们也时常如两面镜子，通过对方照出自身所缺。”
——近藤大介
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中日虽互不信任，但也要彼此摸底。
这是隔海相望的一次“国民谈心”，通过对方，照出自身所缺！
是国家性的缺失，还是国民性的痼疾？
哪怕一个伟大的国家，也常常通过它的缺点和所处的时代联系在一起！
这是一个日本学者对中日国民性进行观察的反思之作！
作者真正探究到了中日文化的精髓，并实现了有趣的跨文化比较！
中国缺少优质的服务、缺少细腻的技术，中国人仍然很不团结；日本缺少责任心、缺少广阔的视野，日本的后继力量堪忧……。
近藤大介在中国居住多年，他将我们司空见惯的现象娓娓道来，既非尖锐批评，又非一味吹捧，幽默与自嘲中多带诚恳，此种“诚实的尴尬”难能珍贵。

第一本总结、实践和分享企业如何模仿的商业读物
来自日本企业研究专家的最有效、最实用的经营提升法
不知优秀商业模式能否移植？
不知精彩案例如何借鉴？
不知内部成功经验如何应用？
不知模仿圈套如何避免？
原来模仿也需要学习。
日本专家精细研究星巴克、7-11、丰田、强生因模仿而优秀的关键，
提炼模仿要素，规划模仿工序，
四个模式、五个步骤， 手把手教你企业模仿的技术。
不会模仿，何以创新。
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“山寨”伴随着中国制造而闻名世界，却也困扰着很多企业家，如何才能从“山寨”走向创新就成了目前最紧迫的难题。日本也曾面临“小偷”、“拷贝猫”的国际恶名，但最终形成了“日本风格”，“日本设计”也在国际上占有一席之 地。他们是如何做到的呢？
实际上，很多日本企业的创新 都源自模仿，比如日本7-11、丰田、佳能、黑猫宅急便。即使是星巴克、强生、施乐这些欧美企业也不例外。那么他们的模仿秘诀是什么呢？井上达彦的这本书就是来回答这样一个问题的。他认为只有彻底地学习对方，研究对方，模仿对方，才能提高能力，产生独创性。为此，他还提供了能够迅速应用的模型和方法，让读者了解模仿的核心，掌握模仿的技术。
▌内容简介
初创或成熟，企业均面临革新困境，本书倡导由模仿进而革新，介绍了两种类型的模仿，一是能带来短期利润增长的产品模仿；二是为企业带来长期竞争优势的结构模仿。
本书还提出了独特的金字塔形分析架构，从企业资源、活动、价值、定位四个要素揭示模仿的要点，分五步骤提供由模仿到革新的路径，结合星巴克、丰田、7-11、强生等16家知名企业的案例，帮助经营者掌握模仿的方法，以应对竞争，创造革新。

This book covers Gaussian scale-space theory from its applications to its mathematical foundation. The reader not so familiar with scale-space will find it instructive to first consider some potential applications described in Part I. The next two parts both address fundamental aspects of scale-space. Whereas scale is treated as an essentially arbitrary constant in Part II, Part III emphasises the deep structure, i.e. the structure that is revealed by varying scale. Finally Part IV is devoted to non-linear extensions, notably non-linear diffusion techniques and morphological scale-spaces, and their relation to the linear case. Audience: This volume is addressed to researchers in the field of image analysis seeking mathematical foundation of algorithms.

Readers should be thankful that the most thorough history of Sony yet written comes from a writer steeped in Japanese culture rather than in business. Nathan, a professor of Japanese cultural studies at UC-Santa Barbara, gives a human dimension to the Japanese electronics giant, especially to its cofounders, Masaru Ibuka (the dreamer) and Akio Morita (the pragmatist), who, according to Ibuka's son, were linked by a bond of friendship and collegiality that made them "closer than lovers." Nathan had the full cooperation of Sony, including access to top officials and archives. Yet this is no puff-piece, but rather a fascinating account of how Sony succeeded despite such setbacks as the failure of Betamax and the disastrous $4.7 billion purchase of Columbia Pictures. At the center of the story are Ibuka and Morita, who strove to make Sony accepted and respected beyond Japan, especially in the U.S. Some of the most absorbing--and even poignant--sections concern the cultural divide between Japan and America. Nathan focuses on the interpersonal relationships among the company's leaders to examine what made the company tick. In addition to the interplay between Ibuka and Morita, Nathan documents the rise of Norio Ohga as the successor to the cofounders and also devotes a considerable amount of time to the relationship between Ohga and Mickey Schulhof, the highest-ranking American Sony officer before he was fired by the current Sony president Nobuyuki Idei. By mixing interviews with Sony executives with his own insights, Nathan provides readers with a thorough and entertaining history of the company that rose out of the ashes of WWII to embody Japan's postwar resurrection.

A deeply personal, intimate conversation about music and writing between the internationally acclaimed, best-selling author and his close friend, the former conductor of the Boston Symphony Orchestra.
Haruki Murakami’s passion for music runs deep. Before turning his hand to writing, he ran a jazz club in Tokyo, and from The Beatles’ “Norwegian Wood” to Franz Liszt’s “Years of Pilgrimage,” the aesthetic and emotional power of music permeates every one of his much-loved books. Now, in Absolutely on Music, Murakami fulfills a personal dream, sitting down with his friend, acclaimed conductor Seiji Ozawa, to talk, over a period of two years, about their shared interest. Transcribed from lengthy conversations about the nature of music and writing, here they discuss everything from Brahms to Beethoven, from Leonard Bernstein to Glenn Gould, from record collecting to pop-up orchestras, and much more. Ultimately this book gives readers an unprecedented glimpse into the minds of the two maestros.
It is essential reading for book and music lovers everywhere.

「尖閣諸島は中国領」の歴史的文書は多い。「日本領」は皆無。国際法上の「無主地先占」はまったく根拠がない。だから、尖閣諸島は中国領である! 尖閣諸島の歴史の真実を問い直す。現代評論社·72年刊の第1部のみを再刊。

本书对近代以来日本“亚洲主义”的源流、兴起、发展、演变的早期历史，做了深入细致的研究，以“东亚史”的宏阔视角，描摹出一幅日本早期亚洲主义萌芽、发生和展开的“地图”。
附录《善邻协会、善邻译书馆相关资料》系日本德岛县立图书馆所藏冈本韦庵文书的一部分，直观而细致地展现了日本早期亚洲主义思想与实践的变迁轨迹。

本书从汽车的内部结构开始讲起，精选了大量手绘图与各知名汽车公司提供的照片，以图配文的形式详细讲解了汽油动力车、电动汽车和混合动力车的工作原理，同时开辟了“汽车辟谣”专栏，通过生动有趣的人物对话，澄清对汽车的种种误解。
本书适合汽车爱好者、车主及汽车从业人员阅读。

Bestselling author Simon Winchester offers an enthralling biography of the Pacific Ocean and its role in the modern world, exploring our relationship with this imposing force of nature.

As the Mediterranean shaped the classical world, and the Atlantic connected Europe to the New World, the Pacific Ocean defines our tomorrow. With China on the rise, so, too, are the American cities of the West coast, including Seattle, San Francisco, and the long cluster of towns down the Silicon Valley.

Today, the Pacific is ascendant. Its geological history has long transformed us—tremendous earthquakes, volcanoes, and tsunamis—but its human history, from a Western perspective, is quite young, beginning with Magellan’s sixteenth-century circumnavigation. It is a natural wonder whose most fascinating history is currently being made.

In telling the story of the Pacific, Simon Winchester takes us from the Bering Strait to Cape Horn, the Yangtze River to the Panama Canal, and to the many small islands and archipelagos that lie in between. He observes the fall of a dictator in Manila, visits aboriginals in northern Queensland, and is jailed in Tierra del Fuego, the land at the end of the world. His journey encompasses a trip down the Alaska Highway, a stop at the isolated Pitcairn Islands, a trek across South Korea and a glimpse of its mysterious northern neighbor.

Winchester’s personal experience is vast and his storytelling second to none. And his historical understanding of the region is formidable, making Pacific a paean to this magnificent sea of beauty, myth, and imagination that is transforming our lives.

深度模仿即是深度学习
发掘人工智能时代的创新基因
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☆一部让日本实现从”Copycat”（山寨鼻祖）到创新大国超越的应时之作
- 深度解构丰田、7-11、强生、任天堂、施乐等公司从优秀到卓越的模仿之道。
- 20世纪90年代之 前，日本经济奇迹的根本经验就是践行深度模仿！
- 优秀的中国制造商正从简单模仿到深度模仿战略转型！
☆世上只有两种创新：一种是模仿式创新，一种是赌博式创新
- 模仿式创新从卓越样本中提取成功基因，引导组织向阻力最小处突进！
- 赌博式创新的试错成本高昂，成为先烈的可能远大于成为先驱！
- 阿里巴巴、腾讯、百度、京东创立之初全部都有国际对标公司，国内没有对标公司的伟大企业，没人见过！
☆深度模仿的方法论全集：4个模式，5个步骤，手把手教你高效创新的技术
- “日本第一”时代的集体经验汇集；日式精细化管理经验合盘托出！
- 模仿第三重境界：走别人的路，让别人无路可走。
☆失去30年后，日本偶像级管理大师沉痛反思：欲创新，先模仿
- 日本衰落的根源在于丢掉了深度模仿的武器！
- 日本复兴制造业的权威教材，中国制造全面崛起的绝佳战术手册！
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※内容简介※
只有极少数的天才能通过原创成功，绝大多数企业通过模仿致胜。模仿有两种方式，一种是能带来短期利润增长的产品模仿；一种是能为企业带来长期竞争优势的结构模仿。本书重点介绍的是第二种。
模仿是高效的经营策略，成功者的基因必然暗合时代发展的趋势，找到了可资模仿的范例，也便拿到了通往未来的“车票”。模仿谁？怎样模仿？本书提供了独特的金字塔形分析结构，从企业资源、活动、价值、定位四个方面助你选准模仿对象，并通过总结星巴克、丰田、7-11、强生等16家卓越企业经验，首次提出了从模仿到创新的五个步骤，可操作性极强。
模仿是创造之母，是创新的灵感之源。模仿的范例无处不在，发现成功者的基因，并将其植入自己的组织之内，这本身就是一种创新。而持续的模仿过程中又孕育着超越范例的机会，直至自身的商业模式无人可以模仿为止。
真正有创新力的组织，不是不模仿，而是无法被人模仿。