electronic journal of contemporary japanese studies
Peer Reviewed Articles
This section of the electronic journal of contemporary japanese studies publishes academic research articles in the social sciences on contemporary Japan. All articles have been been passed for publication according to a strict process of double-blind peer review. Please click on the icons below or scroll down the page and click on the article's title to be taken to the full text.
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Articles in 2011
7. Re-Narrating Social Class and Masculinity in
Neoliberal Japan: An Examination of the Media Coverage of the
'Akihabara Incident' of 2008
Slater, David and Galbraith, Patrick W.
Posted: 30 September 2011
6. Inheriting the Legacy of
the Souls of the War Dead: Linking Past, Present and Future at the
Yūshūkan
Perkins, Chris
Posted: 30 September 2011
5. National Identity
(Re)Construction in Japanese and American Animated Film: Self and Other
Representation in Pocahontas and Princess Mononoke
Yoshida, Kaori
Posted: 30 September 2011
4.
Triangle of Power: Relations between the
Occupation Authorities, Conservative Politicians and Behind-the-Scenes
Financiers in Postwar Japan
Saunavaara, Juha
Posted: 31 May 2011
3. Radio and Television Consumption in Japan: A
Trilateral Intercultural Comparison with the UK and Germany
Heinze, Ulrich
Posted: 31 May 2011
2.
A Postmodern Experience? The Case of
Japanese Architecture
Gharipour, Mohammad
Posted: 31 January 2011
1.
Problem Gambling in Japan: A Social
Perspective
Takiguchi, Naoko and Rosenthal, Richard
J.
Posted: 31 January 2011
Articles in 2010
4. The Sexual and Textual Politics of Japanese Lesbian
Manga: Reading Romantic and Erotic Yuri Narratives
Nagaike, Kazumi
Posted: 30 September 2010
3.
From Aid Recipient to Aid Donor: Tracing
the Historical Transformation of Japan's Foreign Aid Policy
FURUOKA, Furuoka, OISHI, Mikio, and
KATO, Iwao
Posted: 12 July 2010
2. Hisamatsu and Dōgen: Creatively Constructing History
Through Practice Realization
Sevilla, Anton Luis
Posted: 10 March 2010
1. Manga and Anime: Fluidity and Hybridity in Global
Imagery
Bryce, Mio; Barber, Christie: Kelly,
James; Kunwar, Siris; and Plumb, Amy
Posted: 29 January 2010
Articles in 2009
7. Importing Human Capital: Contemporary Japanese
Attitudes to Immigration
Llewelyn, James and Hirano,
Junichi
Posted: 30 November 2009
6.
Woman as Symptom and the Void at the Heart of
Subjectivity: A Lacanian Reading of Murakami Haruki's 'The Wind-up Bird
Chronicle'
Dil, Jonathan
Posted: 30 November 2009
5.
Moe: Exploring Virtual Potential in
Post-Millennial Japan
Galbraith, Patrick W.
Posted: 31 October 2009
4.
Party Financing in Germany and Japan:
Comparative Perspectives on Political Corruption
Giannakopoulos, Angelos; Maras,
Konstadinos; and Amano, Shinya
Posted: 15 October 2009
3. Gender and Teacher Education Policy in Japan: Feminist
Teachers Organising for Change
Kawana, Sanae
Posted: 20 September 2009
2.
Chinese and Japanese Reporting of the
Yasukuni Shrine Controversy: A Comparative Analysis of Institutional
Media Bias
Tan, Joseph and Zhen, Ni
Posted: 15 April 2009
1. Keetai Meeru: Younger People's Mobile Written
Communication in Japan
Okuyama, Yoshiko
Posted: 25 February 2009
Articles in 2008
10. Japanese Employment in Transformation: The Growing
Number of Non-regular Workers
Ishiguro, Kuniko
Posted: 22 December 2008
9. Ito and Isabella in the Contact Zone: Interpretation,
Mimicry and Unbeaten Tracks in Japan
Elliott, Andrew
Posted: 22 December 2008
8. Feminist Erotica and Agency @ The Love Piece Club
Dales, Laura
Posted: 5 December 2008
7.
Celebrating 'Multicultural Japan': Writings on
'Minorities' and the Discourse on 'Difference'
Burgess, Chris
Posted: 5 December 2008
6.
The 'Honne-Tatemae' Dimension in Japan's
Foreign Aid Policy: Overseas Development Aid Allocations in Southeast
Asia
FURUOKA, Fumitaka and KATO, Iwao
Posted: 15 November 2008
5. The Japan Foundation in China: An Agent of Japan's
Soft Power?
Vyas, Utpal
Posted: 15 August 2008
4. Narrating the Law in Japan: Rakugo in the Meiji Law
Reform Debate
McArthur, Ian
Posted: 15 August 2008
** Winner of the 2009
Inoue Yasushi Award for Outstanding Research in Japanese Literature
in Australia **
3. Transforming Security Politics: Jun'Ichiro Koizumi and
the Gaullist Tradition in Japan
Envall, H.D.P.
Posted: 20 July 2008
2. Critical Thinking and Modern Japan: Conflict in the
Discourse of Government and Business
Rear, David
Posted: 4 March 2008
1. Representations of Parenting and Gender Roles in the
Shōshika Era: Comparisons of Japanese and English-Language Parenting
Magazines
Shimoda, Tomoko
Posted: 14 January 2008
Articles in 2007
5. Who Owns Culture? Negotiating Folk Tradition at the
Nishinomiya Ebisu Shrine
Ashmore, Darren-Jon
Posted: 15 October 2007
4. A Comparison of Social Capital Between Parents in
Single and Two Parent Families in Japan
Bassani, Cherylynn
Posted: 5 July 2007
3. Are We There Yet? Travelling Toward the Self in
Contemporary Japanese Cinema
Iles, Timothy
Posted: 5 July 2007
2.
Desperate Housewives in Modern Japanese
Fiction: Three Novels by Sawako Ariyoshi
Nakanishi, Wendy Jones
Posted: 14 May 2007
1.
Japan's Foreign Aid Policy Towards
Malaysia: Case Studies of the New Miyazawa Initiative and the Kelau Dam
Construction
FURUOKA, Fumitaka, LO, May Chiun, and
KATO, Iwao
Posted: 1 March 2007
Articles in 2006
3. Teachers and Tea-Fetchers -
What the Future Holds for Japan's Junior College
Graduates: Female student perceptions of the status, purpose, and value
of a Junior College education
Walker, Patricia
Posted: 7 December 2006
2.
Deprofessionalisation of Buddhist Priests in
Contemporary Japan: A Socio-Industrial Study of a Religious Profession
Horii, Mitsutoshi
Posted: 14 March 2006
1.
Double-Gearing Between Japanese Banks and Insurance
Companies: Reasons and Future Prospects
Tran, Bich Hanh
Posted: 18 January 2006
Articles in 2005
8. Pawaa Appu! Women Only Unions in Japan
Broadbent, Kaye
Posted: 2 November 2005
7.
Pursuing a Major Power Role: Realism with
the US and Idealism with Europe in Japan's Post-Cold War Foreign Policy
Atanassova-Cornelis, Elena
Posted: 6 October 2005
6. The Residency and Lives of Migrants in Japan Since the
Mid-1990s
Ishii, Yuka
Posted: 19 August 2005
5. Change in Script Usage in Japanese: A Longitudinal
Study of Japanese Government White Papers on Labor
Tomoda, Takako
Posted: 19 August 2005
4. Investigating the Cognition Behind the Intercultural
Interactions of Four Japanese Teachers of English as a Foreign Language
Walker, Natasha
Posted: 19 August 2005
3. Kiritake Masako's Maiden's Bunraku: 竹政子乙女文楽
Ashmore, Darren-Jon
Posted: 17 June 2005
2. Overcoming the Challenge of Regulatory Reform:
Contemporary Japan-EU Relations
Cardwell, Paul James
Posted: 25 April 2005
1.
Japanese Multinational Corporations and the
Export of Pollution: The Case of Bukit Merah
Furuoka, Fumitaka and Lo, May
Chiun
Posted: 25 April 2005
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Articles in 2004
2. Collective Identity Creation and Local Revitalization in Rural Japan: The Complex Role of the Local Newspaper
Rausch, Anthony
Posted: 15 September 2004
1. Maintaining Identities: Discourses of Homogeneity in a
Rapidly Globalising Japan
Burgess, Chris
Posted: 19 April 2004
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Articles in 2003
1. Social Capital Theory in the Context of Japanese Children
Bassani, Cherylynn
Posted: 8 May 2003
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Articles in 2002
2. Globalization and Women's Labour Activism in Japan
Bishop, Beverley
Posted: 6 December 2002
1.
The Nanjing Incident: Recent Research and Trends
Askew, David
Posted: 4 April 2002
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Articles in 2001
1. Out on the Global Stage: Authenticity, Interpretation and Orientalism in Japanese Coming Out Narratives
McLelland, Mark J.
Posted: 10 October 2001
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