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Book by James Boyle

James Boyle

ジェームズ・ボイル

Intellectual property law scholar

James Boyle is a legal scholar whose research examines intellectual property, the law of the information society, and the public domain. He earned an LL.M. at Harvard in 1981 and an S.J.D. in 1986. After teaching at institutions including American University, he joined Duke University in 2000 and…

Book by James David Vance

James David Vance

ジェームズ・デビッド・ヴァンス

Writer, politician

James David Vance (born 1984), commonly known as JD Vance, is an author and politician whose memoirs examine family, social class and religion through his own experiences. Born in Middletown, Ohio, he grew up with support from his grandparents amid family instability and his mother’s addiction. He…

Book by James Dyson

James Dyson

ジェームズ・ダイソン

Inventor, product designer, entrepreneur

James Dyson (born 1947) is an inventor, industrial designer, and entrepreneur whose work has reconsidered the functions and structures of everyday products. Born in Norfolk, England, he studied design at the Royal College of Art. Working with inventor Jeremy Fry, whom he met as a student, he helped…

Book by James Madison

James Madison

ジェームズ・マディソン

Political thinker, politician

James Madison (1751–1836) was an American political thinker and statesman who helped shape the Constitution and the institutions of republican government. Born into a Virginia plantation family, he studied at the College of New Jersey, now Princeton University. He entered Virginia politics during…

Book by James Rickards

James Rickards

ジェームズ・リカーズ

International finance and risk…

James Rickards, also known as Jim Rickards, is a specialist in international finance and risk management and a lawyer. He graduated from Johns Hopkins University, earned an MA in international economics at its School of Advanced International Studies, a JD at the University of Pennsylvania, and an…

Book by Jamil Zaki

Jamil Zaki

ジャミール・ザキ

Psychologist

Jamil Zaki is a psychologist studying social connection, including empathy, cooperation, and trust. He studied cognitive neuroscience at Boston University and earned his Ph.D. in psychology at Columbia University in 2010. After postdoctoral research at Harvard University, he joined Stanford…

Book by Jan Lucassen

Jan Lucassen

ヤン・ルカセン

Historian

Jan Lucassen (born 1947) is a Dutch historian and Emeritus Research Fellow at the International Institute of Social History. Specializing in social history, labor history, and global history, his research compares the development of work, migration, and economic change across societies over the…

Book by Jan Matti Dollbaum

Jan Matti Dollbaum

ヤン・マッティ・ドルバウム

Researcher, Social Policy Research…

Jan Matti Dollbaum (1989–) A German political scientist and assistant professor of comparative politics at the University of Fribourg. He studied in Heidelberg, Mainz, St. Petersburg, and London and received his Ph.D. from the University of Bremen. His research focuses on protest movements, social…

Book by Jan Plamper

Jan Plamper

ヤン・プランパー

Historian, Professor, Goldsmiths…

Jan Plamper (1970–2023) was a German historian whose research focused on Russian history, the history of emotions, and migration. A leading figure in the development of the history of emotions, he brought together insights from history, anthropology, psychology, and the neurosciences to examine how…

Book by Jan-Emmanuel De Neve

Jan-Emmanuel De Neve

ヤン-エマニュエル・ドゥ・ヌーヴ

Behavioral economist

Jan-Emmanuel De Neve is an economist specializing in behavioural economics, public policy, and human wellbeing. He earned his PhD at the London School of Economics and was a Fulbright Scholar at Harvard University. After teaching and conducting research at University College London and INSEAD, he…

Book by Jared Diamond

Jared Diamond

ジャレド・ダイアモンド

Evolutionary biologist, physiologist,…

Jared Diamond (born 1937) is an evolutionary biologist, physiologist, biogeographer, and nonfiction writer studying biological evolution, the distribution of species, and human societies. Born in Boston, he graduated from Harvard University and received a doctorate in physiology from the University…

Book by Javier Blas

Javier Blas

ハビアー・ブラス

Journalist, Bloomberg News Reporter

Javier Blas (born 1980) is a Spanish journalist and author. He is an energy and commodities columnist at Bloomberg News, where he has spent many years covering global markets for oil, natural gas, metals, agriculture, and the geopolitics of natural resources. He is the author of The World for Sale…

Book by Jean Marmoreo

Jean Marmoreo

ジーン・マーモレオ

Physician, Writer

Jean Marmoreo is a Canadian physician and writer whose work has focused on women’s midlife health and end-of-life care. She studied nursing at McMaster University and became head nurse at Toronto’s Clarke Institute of Psychiatry before pursuing medicine, graduating from the University of Toronto’s…

Book by Jean-Baptiste Fressoz

Jean-Baptiste Fressoz

ジャン＝バティスト・フレソズ

Science historian, technology…

Jean-Baptiste Fressoz (born 1977) is a French historian specializing in science, technology and the environment. He prepared his doctoral research in history at the École des hautes études en sciences sociales and the European University Institute in Florence under Dominique Pestre. After teaching…

Book by Jim Collins

Jim Collins

ジム・コリンズ

Management researcher, author

Jim Collins (born 1958) is a management researcher and author whose work examines enduring organizations, leadership, and individual lives. He earned a bachelor’s degree in mathematical sciences and an MBA at Stanford University and began his research and teaching career at its Graduate School of…

Book by Jin Ashima

Jin Ashima

芦馬 仁

Novelist

Jin Ashima (born 1994) is a novelist whose fiction combines ancient Chinese history with puzzle-driven mystery. He is from Hirakata, Osaka Prefecture, and graduated from the Faculty of Agriculture at Kindai University. In 2026 his manuscript “Suirojo no Seigai” won the grand prize in the sixteenth…

Book by jiro asada

jiro asada

浅田 次郎

Novelist

Jiro Asada (born 1951) is a Japanese novelist. After serving in the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force and working in the apparel industry, he began his literary career with "Torarete Tamaruka!" in 1991. His work ranges from historical novels about the final years of the Tokugawa shogunate and modern…

Book by John Bolton

John Bolton

ジョン・ボルトン

Foreign and security policy expert,…

John Bolton (born 1948) is a foreign and national security policy specialist and lawyer. Born in Baltimore, he graduated from Yale College and earned a JD at Yale Law School. Alongside legal practice, he served in the US Agency for International Development and the Justice Department during the…

Book by John Carreyrou

John Carreyrou

ジョン・キャリールー

Investigative journalist, author

John Carreyrou is an investigative journalist and author covering corporate wrongdoing and healthcare. Born in New York and raised in Paris, he graduated from Duke University and joined The Wall Street Journal in 1999, reporting from Brussels, Paris, and New York. He shared the 2003 Pulitzer Prize…

Book by John Doerr

John Doerr

ジョン・ドーア

Venture Capitalist

John Doerr (born 1951) is a venture capitalist whose work combines investment in information technology and clean technologies with support for entrepreneurs building their companies. Born in St. Louis, Missouri, he earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees in electrical engineering at Rice University…

Book by John Fairfax

John Fairfax

ジョン・フェアファックス

Novelist

John Fairfax is the pen name used for courtroom fiction by British novelist William Brodrick (born 1960). Born in Bolton, Lancashire, Brodrick moved with his family to Australia and Canada during childhood. He studied philosophy, theology and law, experienced monastic life and worked with homeless…

Book by John Kotter

John Kotter

ジョン・P・コッター

Management scholar

John P. Kotter is an American management scholar specializing in organizational change and leadership. Educated at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University, he joined Harvard Business School in 1972 and later became its Konosuke Matsushita Professor of Leadership, Emeritus.…

Book by Jon Fosse

Jon Fosse

ヨン・フォッセ

Playwright, Writer

Jon Fosse (born 1959) is a Norwegian novelist, playwright, and poet renowned for his minimalist prose and deeply meditative exploration of silence, faith, solitude, and the mysteries of human existence. One of the most performed contemporary playwrights in the world, he has also earned…

Book by Jonas Hassen Khemiri

Jonas Hassen Khemiri

ヨナス・ハッセン・ケミリ

Novelist, Playwright

Jonas Hassen Khemiri (1978–) is a Swedish novelist and playwright. Born in Stockholm to a Tunisian father and a Swedish mother, he studied literature at Stockholm University and international economics at the Stockholm School of Economics. His debut novel, “One Eye Red,” became a bestseller in…

Book by Jonas Olofsson

Jonas Olofsson

ヨナス・オロフソン

Psychologist

Jonas Olofsson (born 1978) is a psychologist who studies how olfaction interacts with perception, memory and emotion. He received his doctorate in psychology at Umeå University in 2008 and became a docent at Stockholm University in 2009. He conducted research at the Scripps Research Institute, the…

Book by Jorge Carrion

Jorge Carrion

ホルヘ・カリオン

Writer, literary critic

Jorge Carrión (born 1976) is a Spanish writer, cultural critic, and nonfiction author. He holds a Ph.D. in Humanities from Pompeu Fabra University, where he serves as director of the Master's Program in Creative Writing. His work spans literature, book culture, travel, digital media, artificial…

Book by Jørn Lier Horst

Jørn Lier Horst

ヨルン・リーエル・ホルスト

Mystery writer

Jørn Lier Horst (born 1970) is a Norwegian crime novelist and former police investigator. Born in Vestfold, Norway, he served for many years in the Norwegian police, working as a senior investigating officer on major criminal cases before turning to writing. He made his literary debut in 2004 and…

Book by Joseph Schumpeter

Joseph Schumpeter

ヨーゼフ・シュンペーター

Economist, Harvard University Professor

Joseph Schumpeter (1883–1950) was an Austrian-born economist whose ideas profoundly shaped modern economics, innovation studies, and entrepreneurship. After studying at the University of Vienna, he held academic and public positions in Europe before joining the faculty of Harvard University, where…

Book by Jostein Gaarder

Jostein Gaarder

ヨースタイン・ゴルデル

Novelist, Children’s author

Jostein Gaarder (born 1952) is a Norwegian author best known for introducing philosophy to a broad readership through fiction. Drawing on his background as a philosophy teacher, he writes novels that explore questions of existence, religion, and human identity. His best-known book, "Sophie's…

Book by József Debreczeni

József Debreczeni

ヨージェフ・デブレチェニ

Writer, translator, Holocaust survivor

József Debreczeni (1905–1978) was a Hungarian-language journalist, poet, and writer born in what is now Serbia. During the Second World War, he was deported to Auschwitz and other Nazi concentration camps, experiences that became the basis of his most important work. Although his writings remained…

Book by Juan Gabriel Vásquez

Juan Gabriel Vásquez

フアン・ガブリエル・バスケス

Writer

Juan Gabriel Vásquez (born 1973) is a Colombian novelist and essayist from Bogotá. His fiction often explores Colombia’s political violence, the drug wars, and the ways history becomes intertwined with individual memory. His novel "The Sound of Things Falling" ("El ruido de las cosas al caer") won…

Book by Juan I-jong

Juan I-jong

阮義忠

Photographer

Juan I-jong (born 1950) is a Taiwanese photographer, publisher, and photography educator. Born in Toucheng, Yilan County, he entered photography after working in magazine editing and design. During the 1970s and 1980s, he traveled throughout Taiwan, using black-and-white photography to document…

Book by juichi yamagiwa

juichi yamagiwa

山極 寿一

Anthropologist/Primatologist President…

Juichi Yamagiwa (born 1952) is a Japanese primatologist and anthropologist. Born in Tokyo, he graduated from Kyoto University and pursued graduate studies in zoology there. After conducting research at the Japan Monkey Centre and Kyoto University's Primate Research Institute, he became Professor at…

Book by Julia Ebner

Julia Ebner

ユリア・エブナー

Extremism researcher, writer

Julia Ebner is a researcher and author specializing in online radicalization, terrorism, and conspiracy myths. She earned master’s degrees in international relations at Peking University and international history at the London School of Economics, followed by a DPhil in anthropology at the…

Book by Julián Delgado Lopera

Julián Delgado Lopera

フリアン・デルガド・ロペラ

Writer

Julián Delgado Lopera is a Colombian-born writer, performer, and oral historian from Bogotá. They moved to the United States with their family at age fifteen and write across English and Spanish about migration, family, religion, gender, and queer community. “¡Cuéntamelo!,” a bilingual illustrated…

Book by Juliet Schor

Juliet Schor

ジュリエット・B・ショア

Economist, Sociologist

Juliet B. Schor is an economist and sociologist whose research connects working hours, consumer culture and environmental sustainability. She graduated from Wesleyan University and earned her doctorate in economics at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. After appointments including Williams…

Book by Jung Chang

Jung Chang

ユン・チアン

Writer

Jung Chang (born 1952) is a Chinese-born nonfiction writer based in Britain. Born in Sichuan Province, she briefly became a Red Guard during the Cultural Revolution and subsequently worked as a peasant, a “barefoot doctor,” a steelworker, and an electrician before studying English at Sichuan…

Book by junichi nojo

junichi nojo

能條 純一

Manga artist

Junichi Nojo (born 1951) is a Japanese manga artist from Tokyo. He made his debut in 1971 with "Sakuran" and became known for his sharply drawn portrayals of characters confronting one another in highly competitive worlds. After gaining recognition with the mahjong manga "Naki no Ryu," he received…

Book by Junko Kumagai

Junko Kumagai

熊谷 淳子

Translator

Junko Kumagai is a Japanese translator whose work includes psychology, behavioral economics, science, business, and children’s books. She graduated from Osaka Kyoiku University and completed a master’s program at the University of Colorado. In Dan Ariely’s “Predictably Irrational,” she translated…

Book by Jurica Pavičić

Jurica Pavičić

ユリツァ・パヴィチッチ

Writer, journalist, film critic

Jurica Pavičić (born 1965) is a Croatian novelist, journalist, film critic, and screenwriter. Born in Split, he studied comparative literature and history at the University of Zagreb before beginning his career as a film critic and cultural commentator in the late 1980s. He is a longtime columnist…

Book by Juuji Asane

Juuji Asane

麻根 重次

Novelist

Juuji Asane (born 1986) is a Japanese novelist specializing in puzzle-centered detective fiction. Born in Nagano City, he graduated from Shinshu University’s Faculty of Science and completed a master’s degree in its Graduate School of Science and Technology in 2010. He studied evolutionary biology…