A cherry tree growing from the top of the wicked landlord's head is the beginning of his misfortunes and a better life for the poor villagers.

After a war destroys their Japanese village and kills their father, Taichi and Yumiko find hope by nursing a cherry tree through a harsh winter a

After growing up near San Francisco, a young Japanese woman returns with her parents to their native Japan, but she feels foreign and out of plac

His family and village swept away by a tidal wave, Jiya learns to live with the ever-present dangers from the sea and volcano.

An emperor gives his twin sons, one a warrior and one a wise man, a quest to see which will rule his kingdom.

This is the story of a little cat who came to the home of a poor Japanese artist and, by humility and devotion, brought him good fortune.

The people in a small village in ancient Japan manage to drive off the forces of a powerful warlord using only their ingenuity and the many diffe

An American sailor courts a Japanese girl and each tries, in secret, to learn the other's way of eating.

The magic tree house takes Jack and Annie back in time to feudal Japan where the siblings learn about the ways of the Ninja.

Staying with her grandparents after the atomic bomb has been dropped on Nagasaki, ten-year-old Mieko feels that the happiness in her heart has de

Amy and Dan Cahill have been located once again, this time in the company of the notoriously unreliable Alistair. Spies report that Amy and Dan s

When Merlin is weighed down by sorrows, Jack and Annie travel back to feudal Japan to learn one of the four secrets of happiness.