electronic journal of
contemporary japanese studies

Volume 4, Issue 1

Peer Reviewed Articles

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

Discussion Papers

6. Postscript: Religion and the Secular in Japan: Problems in History, Social Anthropology and the Study of Religion
Fitzgerald, T.
Posted: 22 November 2004
5. The Dilemma Posed by Japan's Population Decline
Chapple, Julian
Posted: 18 October 2004
4. A Worst Possible Beginning to University Reform: The Pressing Need to Expand the Academic Horizons of Researchers Who Embrace Peer Review
Dando, Yasuharu
Posted: 13 May 2004
3. Dichotomies, Contested Terms and Contemporary Issues in the Study of Religion
Reader, Ian
Posted: 10 May 2004
2. The Religion-Secular Dichotomy: A Response to Responses
Fitzgerald, T.
Posted: 6 April 2004
1. Ideology, Academic Inventions and Mystical Anthropology: Responding to Fitzgerald's Errors and Misguided Polemics
Reader, Ian
Posted: 3 March 2004

Book Reviews

6. Context Dependent Success: International Human Resource Management in Japanese Firms
Review of: Keeley, Timothy Dean (2001) International Human Resource Managament in Japanese Firms: Their Greatest Challenge
Ishiguro, Kuniko
Posted: 15 September 2004
5. Japanese Negotiating Style: More Than an Interested Bridge Partner
Review of: Michael Blaker, Paul Giarra and Ezra Vogel (2002) Case Studies in Japanese Negotiating Behavior
Hugo Dobson
Posted: 5 May 2004
4. Inside the World of Japanese TV
Review of: Penn, Wm. (2003) The Couch Potato's Guide to Japan: Inside the World of Japanese TV
McAuley, T. E.
Posted: 18 February 2004
3. The Sins of the Princes
Review of: Werner, Richard A. (2003), Princes of the Yen: Japan's Central Bankers and the Transformation of the Economy
Ferber, Katalin
Posted: 16 February 2004
2. More than Just a Few Teaching Notes About Japan
Review of: Bowring, Richard and Noel J. Pinnington (eds) (2002), Teaching about Japan in Japan: A Handbook of Approaches to Teaching about Japan to non-Japanese Students
Kolesova, Elena
Posted: 16 February 2004
1. Youth Policies and Youth Problems in Germany and Japan: Culture Specific Approaches to Social Integration
Review of: Kreitz-Sandberg, Susanne (ed.) (2002), Jugendliche in Japan und Deutschland. Soziale Integration im Vergleich [Youth in Japan and Germany: Social Integration in Comparison]
Oebel, Guido
Posted: 6 February 2004

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