Japanese Management

The Complete Book of Five Rings is an authoritative version of Musashi's classic The Book of Five Rings, translated and annotated by a modern martial arts master, Kenji Tokitsu. Tokitsu has spent most of his life researching the legendary samurai swordsman and his works, and in this book he illuminates this seminal text, along with several other works by Musashi.

How have Japanese companies become world leaders in the automotive and electronics industries, among others? What is the secret of their success? Two leading Japanese business experts, Ikujiro Nonaka and Hirotaka Takeuchi, are the first to tie the success of Japanese companies to their ability to create new knowledge and use it to produce successful products and technologies.

「任せる上司」と「丸投げ上司」は何が違うのか？　あなたの組織は、なぜ成果が上がらないのか？　リーダーシップに関して蔓延している「危険な誤解」を解き、「文脈＝コンテキスト」という、リーダーシップについて考える新しい視点を提示。

２０１１年ビジネス書大賞受賞！　５００ページ超という本格経営書でありながら、異例の１２万部を突破したベストセラー！

Stuck in cycles of inaction and self-sabotage? Does procrastination keep you from reaching your potential? Every day, your ambitions clash with habits that leave you unfocused, overwhelmed, and searching for a way to move forward. What if proven methods could break those patterns and replace them with purpose, discipline, and steady progress? Discover Ikigai, Kaizen, and Hansei—three powerful Japanese principles to help you reclaim your time, reshape your habits, and align your life with what truly matters.

This user-friendly, carefully crafted, mind-body audio program for people with TMJ (Temporomandibular Joint Disorders) was written and recorded for Health Journeys by pre-eminent Harvard health psychologist and hypnosis expert, Carol Ginandes Ph.D.Dr. Ginandes created her powerful...

Kenjiro Tanaka did not want to save the world; he just wanted to eradicate pink mold. After thirty-two years of managing his family's traditional Tokyo bathhouse, Kenjiro meets a tragic, undignified end by slipping on a rogue sliver of soap, only to be reincarnated by the Goddess Aqua-Vitae into the fantasy realm of Aethelgard. However, instead of a holy sword or world-shattering magic, Kenjiro is granted the unprecedented Bathhouse Manager class and a unique arsenal of physics-defying custodial skills. Stranded in the monster-infested Dread Thicket, he discovers an SSS-Rank Spirit Spring ...

You're exhausted. You've optimized everything. And you're still burning out. What if the answer isn't doing more—but doing less, with more attention? When the author collapsed from burnout at twenty-three, his Japanese mother sent him to live with his grandparents in Yokohama. What he discovered there wasn't a wellness program or a productivity hack. It was a completely different way of structuring daily life—one that turns ordinary routines into restoration, transforms small habits into unshakeable resilience, and replaces the exhausting climb toward "more" with the satisfying depth of...

Kenjiro Tanaka's SSS-Rank bathhouse is finally open for business, but maintaining a pristine environment in a magical world is an absolute administrative nightmare. When the arrogant High Priestess Seraphina and Chancellor Aelion of the Verdant Court arrive to claim the Spirit Spring for their dying monarch, they expect the manager to bow to their infinite wealth and ancient authority. Instead, they are met with a strict entrance fee, mandatory scrubbing protocols, and the ego-shattering reality of a two-hundred-degree cedar sauna. Kenjiro refuses to sell his establishment, insisting that ...

In a world that constantly demands more—more speed, more noise, more achievement—Inner Peace: 10 Japanese Techniques for a Calmer Mind and a Balanced Life offers a gentle return to less. Less urgency. Less pressure. Less clutter. Drawing on centuries of Japanese wisdom and cultural practices, mindfulness teacher and cultural guide Kaori Aminoto invites you to rediscover the stillness that already lives within you.

Kenjiro Tanaka’s pristine SSS-Rank Spirit Spring has transformed the deadly Dread Thicket into a booming settlement, but rapid economic growth breeds an entirely new kind of filth. Enter Lady Isabella, the ruthless heir to the Imperial Trade Consortium, who arrives in Springwater with a singular mission: buy out the Plum Blossom Bathhouse or crush it completely. When Kenjiro stubbornly refuses to compromise his strict hygiene protocols or exploit his loyal customers with exorbitant prices, Isabella constructs the Golden Oasis—a garish, sprawling mega-resort designed to run him out of ...

The two words I am are the name of God. As Dr. Wayne W. Dyer explains, "I discovered while reading James Twyman's book The Moses Code that the sounds you will be hearing in this audio download were the result of some intense research to reproduce the exact sounds associated with the name of God...

“An empowering read.” --Susan David, Ph.D., author of Emotional Agility “A great book.” --Bruce D. Perry, M.D., Ph.D., co-author of What Happened to You? As featured on The Mel Robbins Show—discover the surprising science of helping anyone change Whether as a parent, a boss, a romantic...

Unlocking the 72 Micro-Seasons: Japan’s Ancient Secret to Metabolic Longevity Most diet books treat the human body like a linear machine: calories in, calories out. But traditional Japanese wellness knows a deeper truth: We are circadian creatures. EAT LIKE JAPANESE: THE CIRCADIAN RHYTHM is the definitive metabolic almanac for aligning your biology with the natural world. It moves beyond generic nutrition, synthesizing the wisdom of traditional Japanese Macrobiotics with the precision of modern chrono-biology. This book decodes Japan’s unique 72 micro-seasons (Kō)—a calendar divided ...

Manager Kenjiro Tanaka has successfully transformed the Plum Blossom Bathhouse into the beating heart of a booming frontier town, but his pristine establishment is about to face its greatest threat yet: the Imperial Revenue Service. When a corrupt High Auditor arrives with an army of heavily armored Sentinels and a fraudulent four-million-gold tax assessment designed to force a hostile takeover, Kenjiro must use an S-Rank rubber eraser and his absolute sanitation skills to literally scrub the magical extortion from the ledgers. The administrative nightmare quickly escalates into a full-...

The brutal transition from winter to spring brings the ultimate enemy to the Plum Blossom Bathhouse: a town-wide plague of highly adhesive, unsanitary mud. To combat this infrastructural nightmare and enforce a strict dress code of clean cotton yukatas, Manager Kenjiro Tanaka and his mercantile partner Isabella organize a massive Hot Springs Festival. However, their logistical masterpiece is interrupted when the Demon Lord dispatches the terrifying Second Legion, led by the ruthless Orc Warlord Gorefang, to burn Springwater to the ground. Fortunately, military discipline is no match for the...

A bathhouse lives and dies by its water pressure, so when the SSS-Rank Spirit Spring slows to a pathetic trickle, Manager Kenjiro Tanaka is forced to take extreme action. Diagnostic scans reveal a massive biological blockage located one thousand feet below the Plum Blossom Bathhouse, deep within a flooded, ten-thousand-year-old S-Rank dungeon known as the Sunken Labyrinth. Refusing to pay exorbitant contractor fees or allow destructive adventurers to ruin the ancient plumbing, Kenjiro deputizes his Head of Security, Elara, the rogue Vane, and the dwarven engineer Thorek for a subterranean ...

Being a general in the Demon Lord's army sounds glamorous in the epic sagas, but the bards never sing about the soul-crushing weight of supply chain management and triplicate requisition forms. Malice, the Succubus General of the Third Legion, is suffering from severe administrative burnout, a catastrophic budget deficit, and agonizing back pain. When her scouts report that a human bathhouse effortlessly power-washed her fifty-thousand-gold-piece Slime Lord into oblivion, Malice doesn't plan an invasion; she plans a desperate, highly classified sabbatical to soak her aching wings. Disguised...

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.

＼60万部突破／『お金の超基本』の著者が贈る 損しない＆納得できる、実家じまいの最適解！ 現役のFPである著者が、自身の実家じまいの経験をもとに解説。 何から手をつければいいか、どんな選択肢があるか、どこに気を付ければいいか完全網羅。