“yukio nishiyama”

Rin Amami is a good-looking, 15-year-old kid who enjoys being a street dancer. When a chance encounter with the newest boyband, The Beatmen, allows Rin to go on stage, the band's manager is convinced that Rin possesses the legendary "Dragon Voice," which is fabled to be filed with "demonic charm and... More

The battle of the boy bands hits a high note when The Beat Men invade the scene and start snatching up fans from Privee, the newest and hottest boy band.... More

In Doing Business with Japan, the author draws on his extensive bilingual and bicultural experience to provide readers with an insightful look at many key aspects of doing business with Japan, ranging from initiating and maintaining business contacts, effective interpersonal communication, decision-... More

The story of one mans obsessive pursuit of a beautiful woman and his equally passionate search for enlightenment, THE TEMPLE OF DAWN powerfully dramatises the Japanese experience form the eve of World War II through the postwar era. Honda, a brilliant lawyer and man of reason, is called to Bangkok o... More

Runaway Horses is the chronicle of a conspiracy, a novel about the roots and nature of Japanese fanaticism in the years that led to war -- an era marked by depression, the upheaval of radical social change, political violence and assassination. Isao, the driven hero, is a young, engaging patriot-fan... More

Spring Snow is set in Tokyo in 1912, when the hermetic world of the ancient aristocracy is being breached for the first time by outsiders -- rich provincial families unburdened by tradition, whose money and vitality makes them formidable contenders for social and political power. Among this rising n... More

As the dramatic climax of The Sea of Fertility, The Decay of the Angel brings together the dominant themes of the three previous novels: the meaning and decay of Japan's courtly tradition and samurai ideal; the essence and value of Buddhist philosophy and aesthetics; and, underlying all, Mishima's a... More

In a powerful story of dedication, obsession and sacrifice, THE TEMPLE OF THE GOLDEN PAVILION brings together Mishima's preoccupations with violence, desire, religion and national history to dazzling effect. Based on an actual incident, the burning of a celebrated temple, the novel is both a grippin... More