About the author

Jiang Jianqiang is an author about whom limited public information is available. His work spans foreign literature, Japanese society and culture, and management theory, with six titles represented in the library. His representative works include a translation of Haruki Murakami's Men Without Women, alongside observations of contemporary Japan such as the four-volume Seeing Japan: A Direct Look at the Current Situation and The Low-Desire Society, whose subtitle frames a new national wealth theory for an era that has lost its ambition, touching on economic and social attitudes. Works such as The Power of Chinese Characters and Ukiyo-e: Rediscovering Japanese Aesthetics further reflect his sustained interest in language and Japanese aesthetics. Writing for general readers, he combines translation with commentary, moving across literature, politics, culture, and management, and offering systematic observation and accessible explanation of Japanese society and culture.

Written (7)

Low-Desire Society: A New Wealth of Nations for the "Era of Lost Ambition" cover
Rating 3.4
Low-Desire Society: A New Wealth of Nations for the "Era of Lost Ambition" Kenichi Ohmae / 姜建强 Shanghai Translation Publishing House · 2026 A best-selling work of social observation published in 2018 by the renowned Japanese management thinker and "strategist" Kenichi Ohmae, The Low-Desire…
Men Without Women cover
Rating 4.2
Men Without Women Haruki Murakami / Lin Shaohua / 竺家荣 / 姜建强 Shanghai Translation Publishing House · 2023 This collection consists of seven stories. Six of them—Drive My Car, Yesterday, An Independent Organ, Scheherazade, Kino, and Men Without Women—come f…
Ukiyo-e: Rediscovering Japanese Aesthetics cover
Rating 3.5
Ukiyo-e: Rediscovering Japanese Aesthetics 姜建强 Shanghai Jiao Tong University Press · 2023 Through the interpretation of one hundred classic Japanese ukiyo-e prints, this book offers readers a new angle and lens for understanding Japanese ae…
Looking at Japan: A Direct Look at Japan's Current Situation (4-Volume Set) cover
Rating 4.0
Looking at Japan: A Direct Look at Japan's Current Situation (4-Volume Set) Ezra Feivel Vogel / 三浦展 / Kenichi Ohmae / 姜建强 / 周晓虹 / 周海燕 / 吕斌 Shanghai Translation Publishing House · 2019 Japan is a miracle and, more than that, a mirror: read a neighbor's experience to meet the pains of transition. This book offers an in-depth look at t…
The Power of Chinese Characters cover
Rating 4.0
The Power of Chinese Characters 姜建强 Shanghai Jiao Tong University Press · 2018 This book is one of the "Joy of Reading Japan" series and describes the varied, fascinating uses of Chinese characters in Japanese. Since Chinese char…
The Low-Desire Society cover
Rating 3.6
The Low-Desire Society Kenichi Ohmae / 姜建强 Shanghai Translation Publishing House · 2018 A bestselling work of social observation by the renowned Japanese management scholar and "strategist" Kenichi Ohmae, *The Low-Desire Society* examines…
An Alternative Cultural History of Japan cover
An Alternative Cultural History of Japan 姜建强 Shanghai Jiao Tong University Press · 2014 Many readers approach Japanese culture only through labels such as "cherry blossoms, kimono, tea ceremony, anime." The value of this book lies in rest…

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Shanghai Jiao Tong University PressShanghai Translation Publishing House