Natsuko, raised in Osaka, begins to consider pregnancy and childbirth without a partner. Through her encounter with Jun Aizawa, who was born through sperm donation and does not know his father, the asymmetry between giving birth, being born, and bodily self-determination emerges as an urgent dialogue.

A novel that asks, with humor and pain, about the distance between choosing to give life and being born without having chosen.

Biblical scholar Seizo Sekine traces Kanzo Uchimura's reading of the Bible and his responses to reality in this biographical study. It examines how Uchimura read scripture during crises such as the Sino-Japanese War and the Great Kanto Earthquake, and how his views on war and disaster changed.

A study asking how a modern Japanese Christian read the Bible in times of crisis.

Koichiro Kokubun rethinks the concepts of will and responsibility through the old grammatical category of the middle voice, neither active nor passive. Moving through Benveniste, ancient Greek, and Arendt, the book explores how the modern opposition between activity and passivity shapes thought.

A philosophical attempt to step outside the active-passive binary and rethink will and responsibility.

This nonfiction work follows the author's son at a British state secondary school and his punk-minded mother as they face everyday questions of class, race, gender, and identity. Through small incidents at school and at home, it shows children moving beyond the fixed assumptions of adults.

In a school that feels like a miniature version of the world, children learn diversity not as a slogan but as a lived daily reality.

Astrophysicist Satoru Ikeuchi examines the relationship between scientists and military research from historical, institutional, and ethical angles. Moving from scientists' wartime cooperation since World War I to Japan's security technology programs and dual-use arguments, the book reconsiders the social responsibilities of scientists.

A warning book that unpacks the convenient excuses surrounding military research and reexamines professional ethics for scientists.