electronic journal of
contemporary japanese studies

Index of 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.

2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
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2002
2001

Articles in 2012

9. New Horizons: Women and the Shakuhachi: Martha Fabrique; Posted: 26 October 2012
8. Conflicting Desires: K-pop Idol Girl Group Flows in Japan in the Era of Web 2.0: Sun Jung and Yukie Hirata; Posted: 26 October 2012
7. An inquiry into Japanese egalitarianism: A mechanism causing Japan’s transition failure: Yasushi Suzuki; Posted: 26 October 2012
6. The Birth of Shinkankaku-ha Bungejidai journal and Paul Morand: Azusa Omura; Posted: 1 May 2012
5. Zen and Science: Erez Joskovich; Posted: 1 May 2012
4. Play and Empowerment: The Role of Alternative Space in Social Movements: Carl Cassegård; Posted: 1 May 2012
3. Nationalism, Materialism, and Preferences for the US and East Asian Countries in Japan: Kenichi Ishii; Posted: 1 May 2012
2. Gentlemanly Capitalism and the Club: Expatriate Social Networks in Meiji Kobe: Darren L. Swanson; Posted: 1 May 2012
1. Them and Us: Perceptions of the Japanese Among the Foreign Community: Race Theory and Race Relations in Post-Extraterritorial Japan: Darren L. Swanson; Posted: 1 May 2012

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

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

Articles in 2003

1. Social Capital Theory in the Context of Japanese Children
Bassani, Cherylynn
Posted: 8 May 2003

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

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