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Nationalism and Gender
UENO Chizuko

This is written by a sociologist and Japan's "most famous feminist", Chizuko Ueno. A discursive...

Hegemony of Homogeneity
BEFU Harumi
Much of the misunderstanding by foreigners about Japan arises out of their acceptance of certain...
A Genealogy of 'Japanese' Self-images
OGUMA Eiji
This book presents a counter-argument to the Japanese belief that they are a homogeneous nation...
Boundaries of 'the Japanese' Vol.1
OGUMA Eiji

The dynamics of inclusion and exclusion have operated for centuries in the island chain that...

A History of Modern Chemistry
HIROTA Noboru

Noboru Hirota has produced a major historical analysis of how the field of chemistry has...

Living on the Streets in Japan
FILLER Stephen, MARUYAMA Satomi

Homelessness has been recognized as a serious problem in Japan since the 1990s, but the...

Cultural Politics around East Asian Cinema 1939-2018
SUDO Noriko, TANIKAWA Takeshi
This book examines the interdependent relationships between the film industry and the state in East...
U.S. Occupation of Okinawa
YOSHIMOTO Hideko

Throughout twenty-seven years of military occupation, US public affairs activities aimed to persuade the local...

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  • Governance and Democracy in Asia Governance and Democracy in Asia
    $34.95
    Governance and Democracy in Asia

    INOGUCHI Takashi

    This book examines what citizens think about go...
    This book examines what citizens think about governance and democracy and the actual practices of governments in Asia, one of the most dynamic and divergent regions of the world. Using public opini...
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    Grassroots Globalization Grassroots Globalization
    $47.95
    Grassroots Globalization

    SHIMIZU Hiromu

    Rapidly advancing globalization impacts indigen...
    Rapidly advancing globalization impacts indigenous people worldwide. In this long-term study of a remote village famous for its World Heritage-listed rice terraces, where the people actively confro...
  • Groups
    $109.95
    Groups

    KAWAI Kaori

    Groups: The Evolution of Human Sociality is the...
    Groups: The Evolution of Human Sociality is the product of a collaborative project based at the Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa at the Tokyo University of Foreign S...
  • Growth, Cycles and Distribution
    $59.95
    Growth, Cycles and Distribution

    SASAKI Hiroaki

    This book is a collection of Hiroaki Sasaki's c...
    This book is a collection of Hiroaki Sasaki's contributions to further developing the Kaleckian model of analyzing economic growth cycles and distribution. The Kaleckian model is a post-Keynesian t...
  • Health and Social Disparity Health and Social Disparity
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    Health and Social Disparity

    KAWAKAMI Norito

    Do the rich live longer than the poor? To what ...
    Do the rich live longer than the poor? To what extent do class and occupational positions affect one's health? How does social capital relate to illness? In what ways does social structure influenc...
  • Health Inequalities in Japan Health Inequalities in Japan
    $84.95
    Health Inequalities in Japan

    KONDO Katsunori

    The life expectancy of the Japanese is among th...
    The life expectancy of the Japanese is among the highest in the world, and their preventive system to avoid nursing care is attracting international attention. Based on a large sample of senior cit...
  • Hegemony of Homogeneity Hegemony of Homogeneity
    $29.95
    Hegemony of Homogeneity

    BEFU 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...
  • How the Pandemic Changed Work in Japan
    $34.95
    How the Pandemic Changed Work in Japan

    GENDA Yuji, HAGIHARA Makiko

    The COVID-19 pandemic swept the globe from 2019...
    The COVID-19 pandemic swept the globe from 2019 had a major impact on the way people lived and worked. People refrained from going out and, inevitably, the way people worked underwent drastic chang...
  • Human Survivability Studies Human Survivability Studies
    $89.95
    Human Survivability Studies

    KAWAI Shuichi, FUJITA Masakatsu, KAWAI Eriko

    The challenges we face today are growing conspi...
    The challenges we face today are growing conspicuously broad in scale and complex in nature. Human Survivability Studies is a new transdisciplinary field born from the growing awareness of the urge...
  • Hypothesis - Experiment class (Kasetsu) Hypothesis - Experiment class (Kasetsu)
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    Hypothesis - Experiment class (Kasetsu)

    FUNAHASHI Haruhiko, ITAKURA Kiyonobu

    Hypothesis–Experiment (Kasetsu) Class is, in it...
    Hypothesis–Experiment (Kasetsu) Class is, in its simplest terms, a class designed so that students can learn ‘basic, universal scientific rules and concepts’ in an enjoyable way. This method was ma...
  • In Pursuit of Composite Beauty
    $84.95
    In Pursuit of Composite Beauty

    NAKAMI Mari

    In Pursuit of Composite Beauty is a study of th...
    In Pursuit of Composite Beauty is a study of the life and thought of Yanagi Soetsu (1889-1961), known primarily as the founder of Japan's mingei (folk crafts) movement. Mr. Yanagi was a thinker who...
  • In Pursuit of the Seikatsusha In Pursuit of the Seikatsusha
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    In Pursuit of the Seikatsusha

    AMANO Masako

    This is a study of Japan's home-grown concept o...
    This is a study of Japan's home-grown concept of seikatsusha that resembles 'citizen,' 'people,' 'consumer,' 'common man,' and 'the public,' though not exactly identical with any of them. The idea ...