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UENO Chizuko
This is written by a sociologist and Japan's "most famous feminist", Chizuko Ueno. A discursive...
BEFU Harumi
Much of the misunderstanding by foreigners about Japan arises out of their acceptance of certain...
OGUMA Eiji
This book presents a counter-argument to the Japanese belief that they are a homogeneous nation...
OGUMA Eiji
The dynamics of inclusion and exclusion have operated for centuries in the island chain that...
HIROTA Noboru
Noboru Hirota has produced a major historical analysis of how the field of chemistry has...
FILLER Stephen, MARUYAMA Satomi
Homelessness has been recognized as a serious problem in Japan since the 1990s, but the...
SUDO Noriko, TANIKAWA Takeshi
This book examines the interdependent relationships between the film industry and the state in East...
YOSHIMOTO Hideko
Throughout twenty-seven years of military occupation, US public affairs activities aimed to persuade the local...
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The Village of Basketry$45.95
USHIKU 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... -
Tsuda Umeko$39.99
FURUKAWA 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... -
The Conundrum of the Female Soldiers$45.95
SATŌ 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... -
Dreams of Prevention and Control$45.75
ONIMARU 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... -
China’s BRI in Southeast Asia$47.95
Yos 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... -
"LGBT" Politics$32.09
KUSAKA 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... -
Affectus$54.95
NISHII 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 ... -
TSUNAMI$32.95
TOBA 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... -
The System of Japanese Society$32.11
OGUMA 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... -
Traditional Neighbors, Different Modernities$49.95
KUMAGAI 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... -
How the Pandemic Changed Work in Japan$34.95
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... -
Money-lending Contracts in Konbaung Burma$45.95
SAITO Teruko
Various contractual deeds were exchanged betwee...Various contractual deeds were exchanged between people in Burmese dynastic society in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. These deeds, known as thet-kayits, especially debt deeds, are valuabl...