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Things are settling down at the Kamiya dojo. Sanosuke has come to grips with his past, Yahiko is learning to relax, and Kenshin is enjoying Kaoru's cooking. But, Udo Jin-e, a crazy-eyed former assassin, is still chasing the scent of blood, felling the innocent and guilty alike. When hitokiri faces hitokiri, can Kensin withstand the hypnotic power of Jin-e?.

Kenshin, a one-time assassin turned wandering swordsman, reunites with Sano and Saito to consider what their next step should be in stopping Shishio Makoto from burning Kyoto--the opening move in his plot to conquer Japan.

Collects no. 1-3 of "Rurouni Kenshin" in which Kenshin tries to stop legendary warrior Hitokiri Battosai and a slayer who has targeted officials of the Meiji government; and agrees to protect Takami Megumi, the daughter in a famous family of doctors.

Dao, a red panda, guides Ethan and Emma, two school children, back in time to discover how ramen was created in Japan and how the noodle soup became popular worldwide.

Divided into four sections--Japan in perspective; Japan yesterday and today ; the Japanese economy ; and Japan and the world--the book discusses such questions as "How long is Japan to rely on the U.S. military umbrella? What will or should be Japan's political and economic role in Asia? What will be the course of its relations with mainland China and the Soviet Union?" Preface.

Presents the history of Japan from the arrival of the first Europeans in the sixteenth century to its mid-twentieth century development into a leading industrial nation.

Discusses modern Japan's evolution over three centuries and chronicles the country's history from 1912 to the 1990s.