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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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  • Aftermath Aftermath
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    Aftermath

    TSUJINAKA Yutaka, INATSUGU Hiroaki

    "Aftermath: Fukushima and the 3.11 Earthquake" ...
    "Aftermath: Fukushima and the 3.11 Earthquake" is a comprehensive analysis of recovery and reconstruction following the triple disaster in Japan on March 11, 2011. This collection addresses the que...
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    Beyond Fukushima Beyond Fukushima
    $39.95
    Beyond Fukushima

    HASEGAWA Koichi

    It finally dawned on us. The government was unr...
    It finally dawned on us. The government was unreliable. Politicians and bureaucrats were unreliable. The media were untrustworthy. The brutal reality hit us that we had to protect ourselves...other...
  • Older People in Natural Disasters Older People in Natural Disasters
    $89.95
    Older People in Natural Disasters

    OTANI Junko

    Japan's Great Hanshin Earthquake of 1995 destro...
    Japan's Great Hanshin Earthquake of 1995 destroyed the homes, livelihoods, and communities of many elderly people. Some of the most vulnerable survivors spent up to five years in temporary shelters...
  • Good Earths Good Earths
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    Good Earths

    ABE Ken-Ichi, NICKUM James E.

    China encompasses a wide range of natural envir...
    China encompasses a wide range of natural environments and human communities. Focusing on specific regional changes over time, this book presents empirical studies that examine the diversity of int...
  • Village Life in Modern Japan Village Life in Modern Japan
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    Village Life in Modern Japan

    FURUKAWA Akira

    In Village Life in Modern Japan, author Akira F...
    In Village Life in Modern Japan, author Akira Furukawa argues that the mainstream of environmentalism today remains trapped within the modernist paradigm that has led to the present global environm...
  • The Social Ecology of Tropical Forests
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    The Social Ecology of Tropical Forests

    JONG Wil De, ABE Ken-Ichi

    The Social Ecology of Tropical Forests brings t...
    The Social Ecology of Tropical Forests brings together various analyses from the three major tropical regions-Southeast Asia, the Amazon basin, and Sub-Saharan Africa-and by challenging simplistic ...
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    Ecological Destruction, Health, and Development
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    Ecological Destruction, Health, and Development

    FURUKAWA Hisao

    Uniquely interdisciplinary in orientation, the ...
    Uniquely interdisciplinary in orientation, the book joins experts in ecology, agriculture, medicine and development studies to produce this large-scale study. The authors argue that a number of qua...
  • Biodiversity Research Methods Biodiversity Research Methods
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    Biodiversity Research Methods

    NAKASHIZUKA Tohru

    Biodiversity Research Methods is the product of...
    Biodiversity Research Methods is the product of tremendous international and interdisciplinary cooperation in the IBOY-DIWPA program. IBOY-DIWPA's aims are to establish baseline inventories of biod...
  • The Political Ecology of Tropical Forests in Southeast Asia The Political Ecology of Tropical Forests in Southeast Asia
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    The Political Ecology of Tropical Forests in Southeast Asia

    ABE Ken-Ichi, JONG Wil De, LYE Tuck-Po

    Following an interdisciplinary approach to deba...
    Following an interdisciplinary approach to debates about the future of tropical forests in Southeast Asia, the authors - experts in their field - unravel the extent to which the interests of local ...
  • Social Organization of the Rufous Vanga
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    Social Organization of the Rufous Vanga

    YAMAGISHI Satoshi

    For a few decades, Yamagishi and his associates...
    For a few decades, Yamagishi and his associates have studied the ecological and social behavior of the rufous, a unique species of birds in Madagascar. In this volume, the team summarizes the findi...