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2016, Volume 28, Issue 2
- 123-144 Enhancing autonomy in reproductive decisions? Education about family planning and fertility as a countermeasure against the low birthrate
by Fassbender Isabel - 145-164 In praise of iron grandeur: the sensibility of kōjōmoe and the reinvention of urban technoscape
by Amano Ikuho - 165-184 Children with disabilities in the Japanese school system: a path toward social integration?
by Mithout Anne-Lise - 185-207 Reviving tradition in disaster-affected communities: adaptation and continuity in the kagura of Ogatsu, Miyagi Prefecture
by Lahournat Florence - 209-228 Reforming Japanese-style management: destabilizing hegemony through discourse intervention
by Rear David
March 2016, Volume 28, Issue 1
- 1-11 Introduction: reorienting hopes
by Kavedžija Iza - 13-31 Hope in an ageing Japan: transience and transcendence
by Danely Jason - 33-57 Subculture as social knowledge: a hopeful reading of otaku culture
by Hack Brett - 59-80 Hope found in lives lost: karoshi and the pursuit of worker rights in Japan
by North Scott & Morioka Rika - 81-99 Hope amidst uncertainty: foreign scientists in contemporary Japan
by Puzo Ieva - 101-122 Hope that sustains: revisiting New Year’s divination at Suwa Taisha
by Robertson Stephen
July 2015, Volume 27, Issue 2
- 89-110 The nuclear power debate after Fukushima: a text-mining analysis of Japanese newspapers
by Abe Yuki - 111-130 A tale of two tongues: self-translation in Sekiguchi Ryōko’s poetry
by Costa Emanuela - 131-148 Casting new light on shadow education: snapshots of juku variety
by Mawer Kim - 149-168 Multilevel relations in Japanese political parties at the beginning of the post-war period: Hokkaido as a case study
by Saunavaara Juha - 169-188 Constructing the self in Megumu Sagisawa’s and Miri Yu’s travelogues: a case study of two Japan-based female writers of Korean origin
by Takemoto Toshio - 189-212 Confronting diversity: Africans challenging Japanese societal convictions
by Capobianco Paul
2015, Volume 27, Issue 1
- 1-11 Bodies in question: narrating the body in contemporary Japan
by Matsunaga Louella - 13-31 Foucauldian theory and the making of the Japanese sporting body
by Miller Aaron L. - 33-52 Co-sleeping: engaging with the commodified dozing body in Kawabata, Yoshimoto, and Yamazaki
by Innami Fusako - 53-70 Between gyaru-o and sōshokukei danshi: body discourses in lifestyle magazines for young Japanese men
by Saladin Ronald - 71-88 Bodies of future memories: the Japanese body in science fiction anime
by Martinez Dolores
March 2014, Volume 26, Issue 1
- 1-28 “We must learn from Germany”: gliders and model airplanes as tools for Japan’s mass mobilization
by Melzer Jürgen - 29-48 Constructed heritage and co-produced meaning: the re-branding of wines from the Koshu grape
by Kingsbury Aaron - 49-69 “Who will care for me when I am dead?” Ancestors, homeless spirits, and new afterlives in low-fertility Japan
by Kawano Satsuki - 71-102 Effects of investments in out-of-school education in Germany and Japan
by Entrich Steve R. - 103-123 The death penalty in a changing society: a survey of recent developments in Japan
by Croydon Silvia - 125-149 The end of salaryman tax reduction: Japan’s tax policy and its social background
by Toyofuku Miki - 151-169 Self and salvation: visions of hikikomori in Japanese manga
by Heinze Ulrich & Thomas Penelope
August 2013, Volume 25, Issue 2
- 105-126 Sunshine and Suicides in Japan: revisiting the relevance of economic determinants of suicide
by Schaede Ulrike - 127-165 Memories of New Left protest
by Steinhoff Patricia G. - 167-187 Hōgen ronsō: the great Ryukyuan languages debate of 1940
by Heinrich Patrick - 189-213 “Company heroes” versus “superstars”: executive pay in Japan in comparative perspective
by Waldenberger Franz - 215-236 No pain, no gain: embodied masculinities and lifestyle sport in Japan
by Manzenreiter Wolfram
March 2013, Volume 25, Issue 1
- 1-16 You’ve got sp@m: a textual analysis of unsolicited Japanese dating invitation mails
by Backhaus Peter - 17-40 Images of Edo: reinterpreting “Japanese history” and the “buraku” through community-based narratives
by Cangià Flavia - 41-59 Popular realms of memory in Japan: the case of Sakamoto Ryōma
by Tagsold Christian - 61-86 Transcending labels and panics: the logic of Japanese youth problems
by Toivonen Tuukka & Imoto Yuki - 87-104 神国の行方 – Where to next for Shinkoku thought? / Translated by Rebekah Clements
by Hirō Satō
July 2012, Volume 24, Issue 2
- 113-120 Preface
by Klien Susanne - 121-147 The innovative potential of inbound tourism in Japan for destination development − a case study of Hida Takayama
by Funck Carolin - 149-178 Balancing urban revitalization, tourism, and development issues in times of crisis: Kawagoe's historical district as a self-sustaining and resilient community
by Imai Heide - 179-211 A life cycle analysis of nature-based tourism policy in Japan
by Jones Thomas - 213-241 Research report: historical amnesia and the “neo-imperial gaze” in the Okinawa boom
by Kühne Oliver E. - 243-265 Ecotour providers in the Kyushu region: the characteristics of Japanese ecotourism and its relationship with global warming
by Yotsumoto Yukio
March 2012, Volume 24, Issue 1
- 1-19 Japan imagined: popular culture, soft power, and Japan's changing image in Northeast and Southeast Asia
by Otmazgin Kadosh Nissim - 21-50 Artists and wartime politics: Natori Yōnosuke − a Japanese Riefenstahl?
by Germer Andrea - 51-70 Memory and myth: the bombings of Dresden and Hiroshima in German and Japanese TV drama
by Kirsch Griseldis - 71-94 Nippon‘s nostalgic national narrative: ÉIshihara Shintarˉ‘s kamikaze film Ore
by Heinze Ulrich - 95-112 Rethinking Japan's democracy: origins of “hybrid institutions” and their political consequences
by Kohno Masaru
2011, Volume 23, Issue 2
- 129-132 Editorial
by Kohlbacher Florian & Hommerich Carola
January 2011, Volume 23, Issue 2
- 133-155 Myths about Japanese employment practices: An increasing insider–outsider conflict of interests
by Yashiro Naohiro - 157-186 Institutional barriers to work beyond retirement in an aging Japan: Evidence from a recent employee survey
by Yamada Atsuhiro & Higo Masa - 187-212 In the midst of transition: Salaryman senryū poems and the perception of workplace change
by Spinks Wendy A. - 213-234 No chance for romance: Corporate culture, gendered work, and increased singlehood in Japan
by Yoshida Akiko
January 2011, Volume 23, Issue 1
- 5-25 Kiyoku, tadashiku, utsukushiku: Takarazuka Revue and the project of identity (re-)solidification
by Grăjdian Maria - 27-47 Reinforcing identities? Non-Japanese residents, television and cultural nationalism in Japan
by Hambleton Alexandra - 49-69 Eating disorders and self-harm in Japanese culture and cultural expressions
by Hansen Gitte Marianne - 71-92 Spiritual safety nets and networked faith: The “liquidity” of family and work under late modernity
by Gagné Isaac - 93-127 Autonomy, religiosity and national identification as determinants of life satisfaction: A theoretical and empirical model and its application to Japan
by Jagodzinski Wolfgang
2011, Volume 23, Issue 1
- 1-4 Editorial
by Hommerich Carola & Kohlbacher Florian
January 2010, Volume 22, Issue 1-2
- 7-21 Stability and increasing fluidity in the contemporary Japanese social stratification system
by Sato Yoshimichi - 23-45 When dismissal becomes a business transaction: Analysis of the processes and consequences of haken-giri under the global recession
by Kojima Shinji - 47-74 Divided society model and social cleavages in Japanese politics: No alignment by social class, but dealignment of rural-urban division
by Chiavacci David - 75-98 Eine andere Form der Ungleichheit: Behinderung und soziale Stratifikation in Japans kakusa shakai-Diskussion
by Zachmann Urs Matthias - 99-113 Understanding buraku inequality: Improvements and challenges
by Bondy Christopher - 115-136 From the traditions of J-horror to the representation of kakusa shakai in Kurosawa's film Tokyo Sonata
by Rosenbaum Roman - 153-178 Collaboration or confrontation? Local and non-local actors in the Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennial
by Klien Susanne - 179-204 Constructing difference in Japan: Literary counter-images of the Okinawa boom
by Hein Ina - 205-221 The personal is political in Kinuta o utsu onna [The cloth fuller]: A ‘little narrative' by zainichi Korean writer Lee Hoe Sung
by Foxworth Elise
2010, Volume 22, Issue 1-2
- 1-2 Editorial
by Coulmas Florian - 3-6 Preface
by Holthus Barbara G. & Iwata-Weickgenannt Kristina - 137-152 Gender and class in Miura Atsushi's karyū shakai [low-stream society]: Literature review
by Schad-Seifert Annette