Part of it deals with the 1904-1905 Russo-Japanese War from the perspective of Russia.
Fought May 27–28, 1905 in the Tsushima Strait; Admiral Heihachiro Togo destroyed two-thirds of Russian fleet under Admiral Zinovy Rozhestvensky
Love story (with reincarnation) spanning two centuries starting in the early 19th century
Triumph of fascism over liberalism in Japan and a Japanese father wants his Americanized son to be part of the Sino-Japanese War
A Chinese man becomes a master of the game of Go in Japan despite the rise of fascism in Japan
1st part of the trilogy The Human Condition about a pacifist socialist trying to survive in Fascist Japan
2nd part of the trilogy The Human Condition about a pacifist socialist trying to survive in Fascist Japan
3rd part of the trilogy The Human Condition about a pacifist socialist trying to survive in Fascist Japan