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Japan Unmasked

  • July 15, 2021
  • Kiyoshi Matsumoto
Japan Unmasked is a guide to Japan's geography, history, culture and society – written for a Western market. This book examines the many diverse yet interrelated themes that make up this unique and ancient culture. It delves into the past and surmises why Today's Japan is NOT simply a mirror of the West, having managed to fiercely maintain its own peculiar identity in the face of homogenous Westernisation. This book looks at what's distinctively Japanese, how the Japanese see their world, what Japan has borrowed from abroad and how the assimilation of Western values and ideas is affecting the Japan of today. This is a must read for any traveller, on leisure or business, who wishes to not just scratch the surface but gain true insight into what they will experience in the Land of the Rising Sun.
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The History of China and Japan Conflict

  • July 29, 2020
  • Kiyoshi Matsumoto
In close proximity, with the narrow Strait of Korea and the East China Sea separating, relations between China and Japan have been like two siblings over several thousand years. The…
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Inscrutable Japanese
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The Inscrutable Japanese

  • May 21, 2020
  • Kiyoshi Matsumoto
For many the Japanese psyche has been an enigma. Descriptions of the inscrutable Japanese have been used ever since the West came in contact. Outwardly there is little sign of…
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10 Great Reasons to Tour Japan in 2019

  • March 18, 2019
  • Kiyoshi Matsumoto
Hi I’m Kiyoshi a Cross-Cultural Specialist Travel Consultant and your Japanese connection. For more than 30 years I have escorted Australians in groups and individually to Japan, either for business…
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Japan’s Hidden Moral Code

  • July 18, 2018
  • Kiyoshi Matsumoto
Bushido was an unwritten moral code of conduct for the samurai, and today it still strongly influences Japanese thought and society. The precise content of the Bushido code varied historically…
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The fight for the Japanese Mind

  • June 1, 2018
  • Kiyoshi Matsumoto
Isolation as a means of mind control Japan’s history is one of furious independence, in feudal times from its big brother China and then later from the West. Japan’s closed…
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Japan’s most heroic samurai

  • May 16, 2018
  • Kiyoshi Matsumoto
Changing history without needless bloodshed Today Sakamoto Ryoma (1835-1867) is regarded as the most heroic samurai in history and a founding father of Japan’s modern age. He devoted his life…
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Portrait of Saigo Takamori
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Who was the last Samurai

  • April 26, 2018
  • Kiyoshi Matsumoto
A story of self-sacrifice A leader of Japan’s 19th Century drive to modernize, and at the same time a defender of its ancient samurai values, Saigo Takamori’s dramatic last stand…
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Shimonoseki campaign
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Back to the Future

  • April 12, 2018
  • Kiyoshi Matsumoto
It took the re-establishment of ancient Imperial Power for Japan to modernise The Meiji Restoration was originally brought about by ancient clan loyalties to the Emperor Komei and a hatred…
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What does the Meiji Restoration reveal of today’s Japanese psyche

  • April 4, 2018
  • Kiyoshi Matsumoto
In 2018 Japan celebrates its 150th anniversary of the Meiji Restoration, the event that opened Japan to the modern world and created a new nation. During this time Japan transformed…
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