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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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  • Indigenous Peoples and Forests
    $49.95
    Indigenous Peoples and Forests

    ICHIKAWA Mitsuo

    African tropical rainforests are in rapid decli...
    African tropical rainforests are in rapid decline, and their conservation is an urgent priority. However, forest conservation efforts have typically neglected the rights of people like pygmies, who...
  • Japan and Bengal
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    Japan and Bengal

    Pratyay BANERJEE

    Japan's radical development following the Meiji...
    Japan's radical development following the Meiji Restoration in 1868, drew the attention of the world. Among other provinces in British India, it was in Bengal chiefly, that one witnessed a sustaine...
  • Extremes
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    Extremes

    KAWAI Kaori

    Humans have always faced the threat of extincti...
    Humans have always faced the threat of extinction. This book takes a broad perspective of the ‘extreme’ conditions of human existence and survival to examine how extremes have forced humans to chan...
  • Postwar South Korea and Japanese Popular Culture
    $35.95
    Postwar South Korea and Japanese Popular Culture

    KIM Sungmin

    After World War II, Japanese popular culture wa...
    After World War II, Japanese popular culture was "banned" in Korea. However, despite the official ban, Japanese popular culture was introduced and circulated through hidden or unofficial channels. ...
  • Bushman Folktales
    $59.95
    Bushman Folktales

    TANAKA Jiro

    In the Kalahari Desert in southern Africa, tale...
    In the Kalahari Desert in southern Africa, tales tell of animals who talk to each other, deceive each other and easily transform themselves into human beings. The author, who has followed the lives...
  • Indonesia at the Crossroads
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    Indonesia at the Crossroads

    OKAMOTO Masaaki

    After a swift and bloody regime change in 1998,...
    After a swift and bloody regime change in 1998, Indonesia established democratic institutions. Democratization over the first two decades of the 21st century fundamentally transformed Indonesia as ...
  • At the Edge of Mangrove Forest
    $37.95
    At the Edge of Mangrove Forest

    OSAWA Takamasa

    This book explores the emergence of indigeneity...
    This book explores the emergence of indigeneity among the Suku Asli, a group of post-foragers living on the eastern coast of Sumatra, Indonesia. In the past, despite indefinite ethnic boundaries an...
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    A History of Modern Chemistry
    $66.92
    A History of Modern Chemistry

    HIROTA 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...
  • Spirituality as a Way
    $32.95
    Spirituality as a Way

    Carl Becker, KASHIO Naoki

    How do Japanese people foster spiritual awarene...
    How do Japanese people foster spiritual awareness? This book provides a fresh perspective on spirituality by highlighting the wisdom of Japan: ‘Way’ (pronounced michi or dō in Japanese), which mak...
  • Amorphous Dissent
    $41.95
    Amorphous Dissent

    KINOSHITA Chigaya, TANAKA Hikaru, HORIE Takashi, KATO Tetsuro, TORIYAMA Atsushi, TANNO Kiyoto

    Since the Fukushima nuclear accident in the wak...
    Since the Fukushima nuclear accident in the wake of the Great East Japan Earthquake of 11 March 2011, Japan has seen a significant revival in its social activism. Large-scale social movements spran...
  • 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...
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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 ...