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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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  • 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...
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    The State Construction of 'Japaneseness' The State Construction of 'Japaneseness'
    $42.95
    The State Construction of 'Japaneseness'

    ENDO Masataka

    For more than 140 years, Japan's koseki registr...
    For more than 140 years, Japan's koseki registration system has functioned as the official means by which an individual qualifies as "Japanese". Information concerning each family is entered into o...
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    U.S. Occupation of Okinawa U.S. Occupation of Okinawa
    $42.95
    U.S. Occupation of Okinawa

    YOSHIMOTO 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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    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...
  • Cultural Politics around East Asian Cinema 1939-2018 Cultural Politics around East Asian Cinema 1939-2018
    $39.95
    Cultural Politics around East Asian Cinema 1939-2018

    SUDO 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...
  • Others
    $45.95
    Others

    KAWAI Kaori

    As the sequel to Groups (2013) and Institutions...
    As the sequel to Groups (2013) and Institutions (2017), Others is the third work produced by a collaborative research project involving primatologists and anthropologists on the evolutionary histor...
  • Living on the Streets in Japan Living on the Streets in Japan
    $35.95
    Living on the Streets in Japan

    FILLER 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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    Fighting Prejudice in Japan Fighting Prejudice in Japan
    $44.95
    Fighting Prejudice in Japan

    KUROSAKA Ai

    This collection of twelve life stories delves i...
    This collection of twelve life stories delves into the experiences of families of Hansen's Disease (Leprosy) patients who tell their own stories in their own words. In detailed interviews spanning ...
  • 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...
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    Others in Japanese Agriculture Others in Japanese Agriculture
    $84.85
    Others in Japanese Agriculture

    YASUOKA Kenichi

    Japan's national identity associates the 'Japan...
    Japan's national identity associates the 'Japanese people' with the Japanese land, making the farmer the backbone of the nation. Others in Japanese Agriculture challenges this mythology, revealing ...
  • Learning English in Japan Learning English in Japan
    $84.95
    Learning English in Japan

    TERASAWA Takunori

    Multiple discourses circulate Japanese society ...
    Multiple discourses circulate Japanese society surrounding the relationship between Japanese people and the English language. For example, 'Japanese people are the worst English speakers in Asia,' ...
  • An Anthropology of Things An Anthropology of Things
    $42.95
    An Anthropology of Things

    TOKORO Ikuya, KAWAI Kaori

    The aim of this book is to highlight the import...
    The aim of this book is to highlight the important roles that things play in our everyday lives by examining how things and humans interact. Based on ethnographical data from Asia, Africa, and Ocea...