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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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  • Minorities and Diversity Minorities and Diversity
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    Minorities and Diversity

    KIMURA Kunihiro

    Diversity' is a crucial concept describing the ...
    Diversity' is a crucial concept describing the recent shift in minority studies away from its focus on social stratification and inequality. In recent times, new theories and concepts that suggest ...
  • Japan's New Inequality Japan's New Inequality
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    Japan's New Inequality

    SATO Yoshimichi, IMAI Jun

    After the collapse of Japan's bubble-economy in...
    After the collapse of Japan's bubble-economy in the late 1980s, a wide range of neo-liberal reforms were introduced which dramatically affected the nature of the labor market. These reforms expande...
  • In Pursuit of Composite Beauty
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    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...
  • Widows of Japan Widows of Japan
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    Widows of Japan

    AOKI Deborah Mcdowell

    This book presents a wide-ranging study of wido...
    This book presents a wide-ranging study of widows in Japan, filtered through the dramatic and complex intersection of women with death. These experiences are portrayed as intensely personal and yet...
  • Local and Systemic Management of Primary Breast Cancers
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    Local and Systemic Management of Primary Breast Cancers

    TOI Masakazu, WINER Eric P.

    Preoperative therapy is used increasingly in th...
    Preoperative therapy is used increasingly in the treatment of patients with Stages II and III breast cancer. Randomized trials have demonstrated the equivalence of preoperative therapy to standard ...
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    Myths and Realities Myths and Realities
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    Myths and Realities

    TAMADA Yoshifumi

    This study challenges the prevailing view that ...
    This study challenges the prevailing view that Thailand's democratization process in the 1990s was led by the active middle class. It presents an alternative explanation, examining certain 'passive...
  • 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...
  • Cover of 'Japan's Whaling' by Hiroyuki Watanabe Back Cover of 'Japan's Whaling' by Hiroyuki Watanabe
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    Japan's Whaling

    WATANABE Hiroyuki

    Hiroyuki Watanabe investigates how the numerous...
    Hiroyuki Watanabe investigates how the numerous relationships between people and whales in Japan become reduced to the single relationship of killing whales for their meat. He argues that from the ...
  • Poverty and Social Welfare in Japan Poverty and Social Welfare in Japan
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    Poverty and Social Welfare in Japan

    IWATA Masami, NISHIZAWA Akihiko

    Due to the chorus of admiration that recognizes...
    Due to the chorus of admiration that recognizes Japan having become the world's second largest economy in the latter half of the 20th century, the awareness of poverty in Japan has been concealed. ...
  • Status and Stratification Status and Stratification
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    Status and Stratification

    SHIMA Mutsuhiko

    Exploring the myriad ways that status and strat...
    Exploring the myriad ways that status and stratification manifest in different cultural contexts, this collection presents in-depth studies of a variety of cultural forms in Asia. The first of the ...
  • A Quest for Alternative Sociology A Quest for Alternative Sociology
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    A Quest for Alternative Sociology

    KOSAKA Kenji, OGINO Masahiro

    In 2003, a number of sociology and social work ...
    In 2003, a number of sociology and social work faculty members at Kwansei Gakuin University (Japan) commenced an ambitious program in pursuit of social research that might serve to enhance human we...
  • Globalization, Minorities and Civil Society Globalization, Minorities and Civil Society
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    Globalization, Minorities and Civil Society

    HASEGAWA Koichi, YOSHIHARA Naoki

    One effect of globalization has been urban rest...
    One effect of globalization has been urban restructuring in various cities of Asia, increasing migration from Asia to European cities, and the intensification of debates about citizenship. The mult...