Japanese Parenting

Research reveals that American kids lag behind in academic achievement, happiness, and wellness. Christine Gross-Loh exposes culturally determined norms we have about "good parenting," and asks, Are there parenting strategies other countries are getting right that we are not? This book takes us across the globe and examines how parents successfully foster resilience, creativity, independence, and academic excellence in their children.

In Let the Samurai Be Your Guide, life coach and motivational speaker Lori Tsugawa Whaley traces the far-reaching legacy of the Samurai and their meaning in the modern world. The Bushido - the traditional code of the Samurai - has permeated all aspects of life and society in Japan, and its influences are still deeply felt today. In contemporary Japan, bushido concepts of bravery and skill in battle are now brought to bear on less martial realms, in the corporate and sports worlds, for example.

Fumio Sasaki is not an enlightened minimalism expert or organizing guru like Marie Kondo - he's just a regular guy who was stressed out and constantly comparing himself to others, until one day he decided to change his life by saying goodbye to everything he didn't absolutely need. The effects were remarkable: Sasaki gained true freedom, new focus, and a real sense of gratitude for everything around him.

When it comes to parenting, more isn't always better - but it is always more tiring. Over the course of nearly 50 years, Robert and Sarah LeVine have conducted a groundbreaking, worldwide study of how families work. They have consistently found that children can be happy and healthy in a wide variety of conditions, not just the effort-intensive, cautious environment so many American parents drive themselves crazy trying to create. Do Parents Matter? is an eye-opening look at the world of human nurture, one with profound lessons for the way we think about our families.

Join author Beth Kempton on a life-changing pilgrimage through rural Japan in search of answers to some of life's biggest questions: How do we find calm in the chaos and beauty in the darkness? How do we let go of the past and stop worrying about the future? What can an awareness of impermanence teach us about living well?

Japanese cleaning consultant Marie Kondo takes tidying to a whole new level, promising that if you properly simplify and organize your home once, you’ll never have to do it again. Most methods advocate a room-by-room or little-by-little approach, which doom you to pick away at your piles of stuff forever. The KonMari Method, with its revolutionary category-by-category system, leads to lasting results. In fact, none of Kondo’s clients have lapsed (and she still has a three-month waiting list).

Random House presents the audiobook edition of Ikigai by Héctor García and Francesc Miralles, read by Noako Mori. Bring meaning and joy to your every day with the internationally best-selling guide to ikigai. The people of Japan believe that everyone has an ikigai - a reason for being; the thing that gets you out of bed each morning. And according to the residents of the Japanese island of Okinawa - the world's longest-living people - finding it is the key to a longer and more fulfilled life.

Lifestyle changes can be overwhelming: It’s hard to take on major goals without falling prey to self-doubt. But with kaizen, big goals become small, approachable steps. This Japanese method first made waves in the business world by launching Toyota to success; it also adds magic to Marie Kondo’s life-changing method of tidying up. As Kondo puts it: “You can take the first small step toward your dream today, and keep taking small steps to grow your passions.” Now, Sarah Harvey unlocks kaizen’s amazing potential to enhance our everyday lives.

Dear Diary Boy is an intensely personal, heartwarming, and heartbreaking chronicle of one mother and child's experience in a prestigious private Tokyo school. It's a tale that will resonate with all parents as we try to answer the age-old questions of how best to educate our children and what, truly, is in their best interests versus what is in our own.

ニューヨークタイムズのNo.1ベストセラー。 全世界発行部数2000万部突破!、 日々の小さな変更が、驚異の結果をもたらす 。

「あの人」の期待を満たすために生きてはいけない―― 【対人関係の悩み、人生の悩みを１００％消し去る〝勇気〟の対話篇】

Discover the Japanese secret to unlocking your purpose, productivity, and passion in life!

「神様が味方をする73の習慣」とは？享年62歳でお亡くなりになられた小林正観さんが、40年間の研究で、いちばん伝えたかった「ベスト・メッセージ集」！

◆大ベストセラーとして空前のアドラーブームを巻き起こした『嫌われる勇気』の完結編！◆

「お金の話なのに泣けた」「この本を読んだ日から人生が変わった」……アメリカ人の老富豪と日本人青年の出会いと成長の物語は、これからの人生を豊かに生きていくヒントに満ちあふれ、大きな反響を呼んでいる！

「人に好かれ、応援してもらえ、可愛がってもらえるコミュニケーション」の秘訣を初公開!
読むだけで「自己肯定感」が上がり、最後はホロリと泣ける会話本の決定版!

Look around you - what do you see? You may discover to your surprise that the people who are most at peace with money are the ones who walk nimbly between having too little and having too much. They have found a balance between indulgence and austerity; between success and happiness; between motivation and inspiration; and between any number of other poles we tend to think of as either/or choices, but which in reality are simply posts on either side of a doorway through which we must pass.

Explore transformative wisdom in The Katana Mindset, a unique guide that links the ancient art of Japanese sword-making to personal growth and resilience. Based on years of experience in Japan's hospitals, dojos, and monasteries, this book illustrates how forging a katana mirrors our journey toward strength and purpose.

Life is ephemeral and ever-changing; in Japan, it's called ukiyo—"floating world." How can we adapt to its fluctuations without being overcome? The answer is nagomi: a philosophy of balance—and the secret to a harmonious life. Neuroscientist Ken Mogi shares wisdom from Japanese history and culture to explain how nagomi can help you bring that balance into your health, work, relationships, and sense of self.

訳者序文より - 本書が世に出たいきさつは謎につつまれています。1929年にカリフォルニアプレスという版元から出版されたのですが、その版元はすでに存在せず、作者についてもジョン・マクドナルドという名前以外は分かっていません。こんな謎につつまれた本書ですが、出版から80年近くたった今でも再版され読まれ続けているという一事をもってしても、その内容の素晴らしさがうかがえます。本書の主張はとてもシンプルで力強いものです。乱暴に要約すれば、「心のありようがその人の人生を決める」とでもなるでしょうか。「心のありよう」というのはどうあるべきなのか、具体的にどうすればいいのかは本書をお読みいただくとして、本書のよい点は、理論を説くだけではなく、それをどう応用すればいいのかを、具体的な手法を交えて、誰もが取り組めるような形で提示していることです。科学的裏づけがあるとまでは言えないにしても、理論の背景にはきちんとした理屈があって、それが本書の信頼性を増しています。 - 目次 - 訳者序文/読者のみなさんへ【第1部 マスターを探せ】第1章 地獄から帰ってきた男/第2章 救世主との出会い/第3章 船の上のレクチャー/第4章 誰にも話してはならない/第5章 必死の探索/第6章 マスターの家にて 【第2部 マスターの教え】第1章 素直な気持ちで受け止めてください/第2章...