05 June, 2026
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Trans Pacific Press publishes books that explore a wide range of topics in the humanities and social sciences. Based on original research and authored primarily by scholars in Japan, these publications focus on Japan, East and Southeast Asia, Africa, and other regions of the world.
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AzmariKAWASE Itsushi
In Ethiopia, music is a way of life. This book ...In Ethiopia, music is a way of life. This book offers a close, immersive portrait of itinerant poet-musicians who earn their living through song and performance.Focusing on Azmari singer-instrument... -
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The Smell of RainIMAMURA Kaoru
“You cannot live with someone who does not shar...“You cannot live with someone who does not share” is the uncompromising social principle of the San hunter-gatherers of the Kalahari Desert, for whom “sharing” extends far beyond the distribution o... -
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The Village of BasketryUSHIKU Haruka
Bolga baskets—handwoven in a rural region of no...Bolga baskets—handwoven in a rural region of northern Ghana—are sold in markets across Europe, North America, and Japan. How did a locally made craft from an African village become a globally trade... -
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Tsuda UmekoFURUKAWA Yasu
Tsuda Umeko—featured on Japan’s newest banknote...Tsuda Umeko—featured on Japan’s newest banknote—is widely known in Japan as a pioneer of women’s English education. Yet a remarkable chapter of her life remains largely unknown: during her second s... -
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The Conundrum of the Female SoldiersSATŌ Fumika
The Conundrum of the Female Soldiers examines o...The Conundrum of the Female Soldiers examines one of the most contested issues in contemporary gender studies: women in the military. Drawing on two decades of research and the author’s formative e... -
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Dreams of Prevention and ControlONIMARU Takeshi
The European and Japanese empires that colonize...The European and Japanese empires that colonized much of Asia in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries faced numerous challenges in public health and social order. They sought to prevent dis... -
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China’s BRI in Southeast AsiaYos Santasombat, Kian Cheng LEE, Decha Tangseefa
China’s BRI in Southeast Asia presents empirica...China’s BRI in Southeast Asia presents empirical research that analyzes the dynamics and implications of the Belt and Roads Initiative (BRI) for the countries of Southeast Asia. While much has been... -
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"LGBT" PoliticsKUSAKA Wataru, IGA Tsukasa, AOYAMA Kaoru, TAMURA Tsuji Keiko
This is the comparative study of the politics s...This is the comparative study of the politics surrounding gender and sexual minorities in Asia, which sheds light on the diverse indigenous identities and sexualities of Asia, examining cases in In... -
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AffectusNISHII Ryoko, YANAI Tadashi
We are constantly being influenced and acted up...We are constantly being influenced and acted upon by various people, creatures and things, in other words, by beings outside our bodies. Taking Spinoza’s concept of ‘Affectus’ as a base, this book ... -
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TSUNAMITOBA Futoshi, MILLER Amya
In 2011, the Great East Japan Earthquake left m...In 2011, the Great East Japan Earthquake left more than 20,000 people dead or missing. On 11 March 2011, shortly after taking office as mayor, Futoshi Toba, mayor of Rikuzentakata in Iwate Prefectu... -
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The System of Japanese SocietyOGUMA Eiji
In developed countries, non-regular employment ...In developed countries, non-regular employment in the labor market is increasing and the gap between rich and poor is widening. Gender inequality in employment is also often an issue. Japan is no e... -
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Traditional Neighbors, Different ModernitiesKUMAGAI Seiji, Miguel Álvarez ORTEGA, Françoise POMMARET, Anna Balikci DENJONGPA
Lying in the south-eastern Himalayas, Bhutan, S...Lying in the south-eastern Himalayas, Bhutan, Sikkim, and the Mon region show a rich and complex development as a contact area, one of intricate multi-layered cultural tapestries, a fascinating cro...
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Bestselling books on Japanese studies from renowned authors like Chizuko Ueno, Oguma Eiji etc.
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Nationalism and GenderUENO Chizuko
This is written by a sociologist and Japan's "m...This is written by a sociologist and Japan's "most famous feminist", Chizuko Ueno. A discursive battle over how Japan's history should be remembered constitutes the most recent, and perhaps the mos... -
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Hegemony of HomogeneityBEFU Harumi
Much of the misunderstanding by foreigners abou...Much of the misunderstanding by foreigners about Japan arises out of their acceptance of certain stereotypes about the Japanese. Harumi Befu spearheaded the critique of the stereotypical and the es... -
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A Genealogy of 'Japanese' Self-imagesOGUMA Eiji
This book presents a counter-argument to the Ja...This book presents a counter-argument to the Japanese belief that they are a homogeneous nation since the Meiji period. Eiji Oguma demonstrates that the myth of ethnic homogeneity was not establish... -
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Boundaries of 'the Japanese' Vol.1OGUMA Eiji
The dynamics of inclusion and exclusion have op...The dynamics of inclusion and exclusion have operated for centuries in the island chain that constitutes Japan's southernmost prefecture, Okinawa - otherwise known as the Ryukyu Islands. Are the pe... -
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A History of Modern ChemistryHIROTA Noboru
Noboru Hirota has produced a major historical a...Noboru Hirota has produced a major historical analysis of how the field of chemistry has evolved over centuries. Spanning more than eight hundred pages, this book presents an exhaustive study of th... -
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Living on the Streets in JapanFILLER Stephen, MARUYAMA Satomi
Homelessness has been recognized as a serious p...Homelessness has been recognized as a serious problem in Japan since the 1990s, but the dominant model of a "homeless person" has been that of an unemployed male laborer - a model that has largely ... -
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Cultural Politics around East Asian Cinema 1939-2018SUDO Noriko, TANIKAWA Takeshi
This book examines the interdependent relations...This book examines the interdependent relationships between the film industry and the state in East Asia, treating films as political economic products, mixtures of government policy and industrial... -
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U.S. Occupation of OkinawaYOSHIMOTO Hideko
Throughout twenty-seven years of military occup...Throughout twenty-seven years of military occupation, US public affairs activities aimed to persuade the local Okinawan public that the US administration of Okinawa should be maintained. The US mai...
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