I know Jeff - Slipdigit - mentioned he bought a few Japanese WW2 memoirs printed in English awhile back. I don't know of any. Who has read any ? Can you list them here. (Books you've actually read not just Googled ) cheers
A lot of slapping himself on the back, but with a degree of justification, I suppose... https://www.amazon.co.uk/Japans-Greatest-Victory-Britains-Defeat/dp/B00F44NSBU There are a few different editions of this one.
"Tales By Japanese Soldiers," as above, and these two come to mind. "Three Pagodas Pass" is written in the usual Japanese style which is everything truly well-done and striving forward with a touch of handkerchief dabbing, and never mind the consequences, and if I did tread on your foot well I never noticed, etc., Full of detail about the Japanese units who organised the work. More of a reference book. This one is quite different. Nothing grates about the style. A superb piece of scholarship which deserves to be better known. Not memories as such, but fascinating. Available at Kew library bookshelves.
The ones I have bought and read are: Zero Fighter, Syoko Wantanabe. the author was a pilot involved in the development of the Claude and Zero fighters, then flew as a naval combat pilot during the war. He described the collapse of the Naval Air Arm and throughout the war. Before and early in the war, completed aircraft were towed 20 miles or so by ox cart from the factory to the airfield, where they were departed after acceptance. The Last Zero Fighter Dan King. First hand accounts compiled by the author, showing different aspects of the air war in the PTO. Describes extensively the training program and issues. Japanese Destroyer Captain: Pearl Harbor, Guadalcanal, Midway - The Great Naval Battles As Seen Through Japanese Eyes. Tamichi Hara Excellent read. Describes the campaigns Hara participated in and give a glimpse of the inner workings of the lower levels of the IJN. Not a Japanese account -- Escape from Davao: The Forgotten Story of the Most Daring Prison Break of the Pacific War. John D Lukacs. Riveting. As the title indicates, the story of the escape by several US captives of the Japanese at Davao, Mindanao. I did not realize how tenuous the hold the Japanese had on the island through most of the war. One of the escapees was William Dyess, for whom Dyess AFB was named.
I read this one a while ago. I thought it was very good. Diary of a Japanese Veteran: "My Guadalcanal"
I forgot about this book: Midway, the Battle That Doomed Japan, Fuchida and Okumiya, US Naval Institute Press, 1955. The Battle of Midway from the Japanese point of view. It was quite interesting. The authors talked about the decision making that was going on and that how many of the Japanese admirals were greatly concerned about the plan.
Here are some I've come across: Prisoner of the British: A Japanese soldier's experiences in Burma https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0007ILLO...olid=1808VDUIJ55Z9&psc=0&ref_=lv_ov_lig_dp_it Wheat and Soldiers https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00085M2Z...olid=1808VDUIJ55Z9&psc=0&ref_=lv_ov_lig_dp_it I-Boat Captain https://www.amazon.com/I-Boat-Capta...bmarine+captain&qid=1575584406&s=books&sr=1-6 More to add later
Recent research has shown that Fuchida's book is riddled with inaccuracies and deliberate falsehoods. See Jonathan Parshall and Anthony Tully, Shattered Sword: the Untold Story of the Battle of Midway.