electronic journal of
contemporary japanese studies

Peer-reviewed articles

L. Angélica Cabrera Torrecilla

10. Allegories of Japanese women in Paprika: Tsutsui Yasutaka’s novel and Kon Satoshi’s anime

Nicolas Garvizu

9. The Japanese Developmental State: The Case of Cool Japan

Roxanne Lizelle Niveri and Sol Rojas-Lizana

8. ‘Changes’ to the new Japanese-Language Proficiency Test: Newly emerged language policies for non-Japanese and Japanese citizens

Hiroyuki Yamamoto

7. Democratic Backsliding and  the Party System in Interwar Japan

Anthony Rausch

6. Japan’s Furusato Nozei Tax Program: Neoliberal Policy or Hometown Sentiment?

Discussion papers

Florian Paulsen

4. Gender-related discrimination in the Japanese and South Korean workforce: A comparative analysis of women’s access to productive and financial resources

Tets Kimura

3. Restructuring diffusions of contemporary Japanese culture: Field research of Japan Expo in Paris and Two Manga Exhibitions in London

Book reviews

Noel Gough

2. Another Great Wave? Ecocriticism in Japan