American Book Fest / 2026 International Book Awards Finalist (English Edition)

Walking along the ancient Tokaido Road — A Pilgrim's Path: Adventures and Transformations (The Complete Trilogy)

"Through thousands of years of accumulated history, humanity has never ceased to think. Why, then, does the world fail to move in the right direction?"

After about eight months in hospital, I set out along the ancient Tokaido Road with a cane in my hand. Apart from reaching the destination, the journey had no particular significance, but I came to realize that I was living surrounded by things I did not know. This memoir records my life, thoughts, and realizations over the sixteen years until I finally arrived in Kyoto.

* This award applies to the English edition.

Rehabilitation Dialogue Between a Patient and a Manual Therapy Evangelist: May Your Efforts Someday Be Rewarded

"Making the excuse that 'we cannot treat you because you lack motivation' is equivalent to confessing: 'my clinical approach is defective.'"

A year-long series of dialogues between Clinic Director Masaji Yuzuriya—former Chief Physical Therapist at the University of Tokyo Hospital and a "master of manual therapy" holding triple licenses across Western and Eastern medicine—and a patient with a central nervous system disorder for which no treatment exists.

Moving beyond passive hospital care, this book explores patient-centered initiatives to reclaim health within the natural flow of daily life, proposing a lifestyle that addresses root causes without being swept away by societal and medical systems.

AI Governance for User Organizations (English Edition)

For senior managers of user organizations, quality assurance staff, and auditors.

A book dedicated to leaders who refuse to be swept away by buzzwords like "DX" and "innovation," choosing instead to determine their own strategic direction. It elucidates the fundamentals of AI governance and project management while outlining the operational governance of AI Agents. Specifically regarding AI Agent governance and quality assurance procedures, the book offers practical methodologies aligned with Computerized System Validation (CSV) from the strictly regulated pharmaceutical industry, addressing identical accountability demands in autonomous AI systems.