Twenty-something-year-old Satou, a college dropout and aficionado of anime porn, knows a little secret--or at least he thinks he does! Believe it or not, he has stumbled upon an incredible conspiracy created by the Japanese Broadcasting Company NHK. But despite fighting the good fight, Satou has become an unemployed Hikikomori--a shut-in who as withdrawn from the world...One day, he meets Misaki, a mysterious young girl who invites him to join her special "project". Slowly Satou co...

The class popularity contest was supposed to be for fun...but now the unpopular ones are dying grisly deaths. The classroom has become a horrific struggle for survival. Someone is keeping the game going, but who? Can anyone survive the game and expose the truth?

Sustainable practices—they're how you survive in the corporate world. But what sustainability means for your business remains unclear for many corporate leaders today. To some, corporate survival is doing the right thing, no matter the cost. Others think it's idealistic to always prioritize people and protect the environment. No matter where you stand, one thing is clear: Sustainability is born from market-driven solutions that make the world a better place. In Too Big to Care, Glen Wood e...

Kiri Haimura, a boy whose hobby is cutting girls' hair, is just passing by an old mansion on his way home from school when he meets Iwai Mushinokoji, a girl with beautiful long hair. When Kiri's scissors cut Iwai's "uncuttable" hair, the tale of the Killing Goods is set in motion! A tale of boys and girls descended from cutthroat killers, drawn by the incomparable Tatsuhiko Hikagi!

Surrounded by turmoil and tragedy, Satou and Misaki are drawn closer to each other, and the timing couldn't be better. Satou's mother pays him a visit as Misaki comes over to pose as his "girlfriend." But will the facade hold up under her scrutiny? Later, Satou is upset by the fact that most of his problems involve women, and he and Yamazaki share their frustration. Misaki is worried that Satou is heading down a path of destruction. Can she save him before it is too late--or is it already ...

After going to a bath house under the influence of some shady drugs from Yamazaki, Satou spirals out of control and completely loses his mind! With conspiracy theories and paranoia getting the best of him, he's quickly admitted to a hospital and then sent to live with his parents. Will moving back home set Satou on the path to normalcy, or will the lack of privacy cause some unexpected...problems?

Winner of the Yomiuri Prize.Winner of the 2024-2025 Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission Prize for the Translation of Japanese Literature.Recipient of the 2022-23 William F. Sibley Memorial Subvention Award for Japanese Translation.Introducing Tatsuhiko Shibusawa—Japan’s Italo Calvino—in this fantastical tale of a Japanese prince who encounters both beauty and danger on a pilgrimage to India.

This book provides an updated overview of the recent progress in the theoretical study of third-degree price discrimination. It is a marketing tactic and is said to be present if the unit price is different across different groups of buyers. Its welfare evaluation is often difficult because it entails two countervailing effects: on one hand, it exploits surplus from consumers who have high willingness-to-pay, but on the other hand, it generates gains from trade from consumers who otherwise...

Whoever gets the least votes in the class popularity poll winds up dead last, literally. Who will live, and what can Shuusuke and Wakaba do stop this dangerous game from continuing? The school survivor horror series enters its second volume.

Satou may have survived his mom and the urge to put an end to it all, but now he's taking his battle online! When Satou gets caught up in the MMORPG craze, will hours of play help him escape his shell...or send him deeper into desperation? Misaki is there to lend a hand but there are some forces out there that even she can't beat--like the scamming company that's determined to bring Satou down...and Misaki with him!

No one can stop the deadly voting game! Emotions run raw as the members of the dwindling Class 2-A challenge their humanity with each vote they make. Before they know it, the final round is upon them, and the end is in sight for those hanging on by a thread.But will the votekeeper really just let the game end...? Don't miss the final volume of the intense Tohyo Game!!

Since the adoption of the 1947 Constitution of Japan, the document has become a contested symbol of contrasting visions of Japan. Japanese Constitutional Revisionism and Civic Activism is a volume which examines the history of Japan’s constitutional debates, key legal decisions and interpretations, the history and variety of activism, and activists’ ties to party politics and to fellow activists overseas.