A research book that traces how war casualties have been counted, from both historical and methodological angles. It carefully describes the roles of statistics, forensic science, and international humanitarian networks.

Read the history of war and humanitarian action behind the numbers.

A history of international politics that follows German reunification through the diplomacy of West German Foreign Minister Genscher, amid the conflicting interests of various countries after the fall of the Berlin Wall. Drawing on historical sources, it vividly depicts the instability of the post-Cold War order.

It reads the diplomatic tug-of-war over reunification through Genscher's perspective.

A historical study that demonstrates how the imaginations and actions of ordinary people helped shape the reality of the Cold War. It rebuilds the image of the Cold War from the ground up, rather than centering it only on superpower rivalry.

It rereads the Cold War through the imaginations of ordinary people.

A sociological study that reads the gender structure of a rightward-shifting Japanese society through women who join conservative movements. It follows the complexity created where family, gender difference, and political consciousness intersect.

It reads the complicated realities of the women who sustain conservative politics.

Based on work in a psychiatric day-care center in Okinawa, this nonfiction book explores care, therapy, and the difficulty of simply being present. It moves lightly between scholarship and narrative.

The pain of simply being there becomes a way to think about care.

This work is introduced as: 福島県いわき市を拠点に、震災と原発事故後の地域、食、文化、物語を考える評論。増補版では震災後十年の思考が加えられた。

A work centered on 復興を制度ではなく、自分と土地の関係から問い直す。

分裂と統合の日本政治－統治機構改革と政党システムの変容 is an award-winning work by 砂原庸介. It is presented here as the work associated with the 大佛次郎論壇賞.

An award-winning work by 砂原庸介: 分裂と統合の日本政治－統治機構改革と政党システムの変容.

排除と抵抗の郊外 フランス<移民>集住地域の形成と変容 is an award-recognized work by Chikako Mori. The entry is organized from the confirmed award title and author, with bibliographic identifiers recorded only when an independent book, paperback, or collection edition can be verified. Magazine or venue identifiers have not been reused.

排除と抵抗の郊外 フランス<移民>集住地域の形成と変容 is a work whose award record and publication status should be checked separately.

経済の時代の終焉 is an award-recognized work by 井手英策. Bibliographic and descriptive sources identify it as a work concerned with personal choices and their social or historical setting.

経済の時代の終焉, read through its award history and bibliographic record.

原子力損害賠償制度の研究 東京電力福島原発事故からの考察 is an award-winning work by 遠藤典子 recognized by the 大佛次郎論壇賞. The bibliographic identifiers were checked at the work level from the title and author information.

原子力損害賠償制度の研究 東京電力福島原発事故からの考察 by 遠藤典子 was recognized by the 大佛次郎論壇賞.

ブラック企業 日本を食いつぶす妖怪 is recorded as a 2013 award-winning work. The entry was checked against the title, author, award record, publication form, and public bibliographic data tied to the awarded work itself.

Bibliographic and work information for ブラック企業 日本を食いつぶす妖怪 is organized without substituting magazine identifiers.

The Cost of Nuclear Power is an Iwanami Shinsho volume that tests the assumption that nuclear power is inexpensive by examining siting costs, decommissioning, accident response, and spent fuel. It argues for energy transition from the standpoint of economic rationality.

By adding up hidden costs, the book reconsiders nuclear phaseout and renewable energy transition through cost analysis.

A modern-history study of the normalization of diplomatic relations between Japan and China, following Kakuei Tanaka, Masayoshi Ohira, and foreign ministry officials through records and testimony. It condenses issues that continued to shape East Asian diplomacy, including Taiwan, reparations, and the United States alliance.

日中国交正常化 is an award-recognized work that follows its subject through 服部龍二's distinct perspective.

What Is the House of Councillors? traces the role of Japan’s upper house from its creation in 1947 through 2010. Through its relationship with the House of Representatives and its influence on prime ministers and party politics, the book reexamines the meaning of bicameralism.

The book rereads turning points in postwar politics through the upper house and clarifies the dynamics of bicameralism.

“コミュニティを問いなおす－つながり・都市・日本社会の未来” is a 2009 award-winning work by 廣井良典. Bibliographic identifiers are limited to editions that can be confirmed as a standalone book, paperback, or collection, and identifiers for magazine issues are not used.

“コミュニティを問いなおす－つながり・都市・日本社会の未来” is an important work in the record of 廣井良典’s award recognition.

反貧困 is a 2008 award-winning work by Makoto Yuasa. Centered on the subject suggested by its title, it can be introduced as a literary work that follows shifts in character and scene.

反貧困 is a work by Makoto Yuasa recognized by the 大佛次郎論壇賞.

和解のために is an award-winning work by 朴裕河. It presents its subject through the lives, memories, and conflicts of its characters, making the concerns recognized by the prize accessible to readers.

和解のために is an award-winning work in which 朴裕河 depicts human choices and the weight of time.

A shinsho that considers the Northern Territories dispute beyond the binary of all-four-island or two-island return. Referring to the Sino-Soviet border settlement, it explores realistic paths for Japan-Russia compromise.

It proposes a way of thinking about territorial negotiation that is neither four, zero, nor simply two.

A sociological study of a society that prizes abilities no longer measured only by schooling or standardized effort, analyzed as “hyper-meritocracy.” It discusses changing ideas of ability across education, work, and gender in Japan.

It asks how people are evaluated and sorted in a society where ability has become pluralized.

A biographical study of Rash Behari Bose after his exile in Japan, examining the merits and dangers of modern Japanese Asianism and nationalism. Set around Shinjuku Nakamuraya, it depicts the entanglement of ideas and politics.

Through the life of an Indian independence activist sheltered at Nakamuraya, the book reexamines modern Japan’s Asianism.

A study of the relationship between postwar democracy and the Japanese monarchy, tracing political culture from the occupation era into the early Heisei period.

国民の天皇 戦後日本の民主主義と天皇制 follows its characters through choices and change, guided by the central idea suggested by the award title.

A historical study of the Meiji Constitution, presenting its formation through Western encounters and visions of the state, with institutional history linked to lived experience.

文明史のなかの明治憲法 この国のかたちと西洋体験 follows its characters through choices and change, guided by the central idea suggested by the award title.

Peacebuilding and the Rule of Law is Hideaki Shinoda's theoretical study of international peace operations. Drawing on United Nations documents and intellectual history, it analyzes the institutions and functions of peacebuilding through the concept of the rule of law.

A study in international politics that reads peacebuilding through the rule of law.

Democracy and Patriotism is Eiji Oguma's large-scale intellectual and social history of nationalism and publicness in postwar Japan. It crosses topics such as the Constitution, the left, conservatives, education, and intellectual debates to trace how postwar political language was formed.

A re-reading of postwar Japan's ideas of democracy and patriotism through the words of intellectuals and society.

A compact study of contemporary Arab social thought through apocalyptic ideas and Islamism. It crosses religious thought, political movements, and popular culture to show how a sense of crisis spreads through society.

A reading of the contemporary Arab world through the overlap of thought and society.

途上国のグローバリゼーション is a economics book by 大野 健一. It focuses on 途上国が世界経済に組み込まれる過程を、自立的発展の可能性という視点から検討する。

途上国のグローバリゼーション uses the world suggested by its title to bring people and their times into quiet focus.

階層化日本と教育危機 is a educational sociology by 苅谷 剛彦. It focuses on 学力と意欲の格差を社会階層の再生産として捉え、日本の教育が抱える危機を論じる。

階層化日本と教育危機 uses the world suggested by its title to bring people and their times into quiet focus.

日本経済の罠 is a economics book by 小林 慶一郎. It focuses on バブル崩壊後の長期低迷を、不良債権処理や政策判断の遅れから分析する。

日本経済の罠 uses the world suggested by its title to bring people and their times into quiet focus.

日本経済の罠 is a economics book by 加藤創太. It focuses on バブル崩壊後の長期低迷を、不良債権処理や政策判断の遅れから分析する。

日本経済の罠 uses the world suggested by its title to bring people and their times into quiet focus.

敗北を抱きしめて is a history book by ジョン・ダワー. It focuses on 占領期日本を敗戦の体験から捉え直し、社会変化と人びとの心理を多層的に描く。

敗北を抱きしめて uses the world suggested by its title to bring people and their times into quiet focus.