Pub Date : 2021-03-16DOI: 10.1080/18692729.2021.1885585
S. Klien
Press. Frühstück, S. 2017. Playing war: Children and the paradoxes of modern militarism in Japan. University of California Press. Gill, T., Steger, B., & Slater, D. H. 2015. Japan copes with calamity. Peter Lang. Jones, M. A. 2010. Children as treasures: Childhood and the middle class in early twentieth century Japan. Harvard University Asia Center. Kubota, Y. 2011. Even Japanese amazed by stoicism of disaster-struck north. Reuters, 20 March 2011, (Retrieved 20 June 2021 from https://www.reuters.com/article/us-japan-stoic-idUSTRE72K0AG20110321 Weisenfeld, G. 2012. Imaging disaster: Tokyo and the visual culture of Japan’s great earthquake of 1923. University of California Press. Why is there no looting in Japan after the earthquake? BBC News, 18 March 2011, (Retrieved 20 June 2021 from https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-12785802
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Pub Date : 2021-02-15DOI: 10.1080/18692729.2021.1885118
Angela Yiu
This is an erudite and well-researched book that adds a new angle to the study of Japanese modernist literature. Mitchell examines not only the works of major and lesser-known modernists in the 192...
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Pub Date : 2021-01-25DOI: 10.1080/18692729.2020.1863054
S. Hull
This monograph, originally published in Japanese (Kaku, 2018), marks (to my knowledge) the first broad attempt in English to probe the relationship between Catholicism and modern Japanese culture s...
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Pub Date : 2021-01-02DOI: 10.1080/18692729.2020.1847389
Rumika Suzuki Hillyer
ABSTRACT By recruiting participants from the social-networking website InterNations, this qualitative interview-based research explores how Nikkei Brazilians maintain intimate family relations and cultivate interpersonal connections within their local communities via Information and Communication Technology (ICT). This research investigates the role of ICT and social media in maintaining transnational family ties and social capital in local communities for Nikkei Brazilian migrants in Japan. For Nikkei Brazilians who struggle with finding their own niche upon their migration to Japan, online communication with family and friends in Brazil helps provide emotional support that assists with acclimation to Japanese society. ICT and social media also serve as avenues for recent migrants to meet people based on similar interests and backgrounds. Regardless of ample online resources, some interviewees report that work-oriented lifestyles, cultural differences and language barriers make it harder to become acquainted with local Japanese communities. Interviewees’ backgrounds, such as their occupations, intended lengths of stay, and areas of residency in Japan, are examined to identify factors facilitating the expansion of connections with local communities in Japan while simultaneously sustaining healthy family relationships transnationally. Additionally, this research engages a previously unstudied group of expatriate workers, who have stable careers and have lived in Japan for more than a decade. Their particular experiences and perspectives provide new ways of approaching and framing Nikkei Brazilian migrant studies.
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Pub Date : 2021-01-02DOI: 10.1080/18692729.2020.1852369
S. Machida
ABSTRACT War memories among the Japanese have played a critical role in shaping their perceptions of peace, providing various opportunities where they can learn about World War II. In spite of their critical importance in Japanese society, very few studies have systematically examined how war memories influence Japanese citizens' views toward defense issues. The present research addresses the gap in the literature. More specifically, this study examines how exposures to war memories shape Japanese citizens' opinions of the Self-Defense Forces (SDF). Building upon the implications from studies on peace education and international relations, I hypothesize that exposures to war memories enhance Japanese citizens' support for the SDF's “reassurance” Strategy, which emphasizes a more conciliatory stance in the world. Results of the statistical analysis relying on the survey data in Japan verify the validity of this hypothesis. By dissecting the process through which Japanese citizens develop their opinions about defense policy, this study significantly advances our understanding of the relationship between peace education and international relations, thus providing critical implications that are highly useful in understanding Japan's security culture.
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Pub Date : 2021-01-02DOI: 10.1080/18692729.2021.1891497
F. Waldenberger
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Pub Date : 2020-12-29DOI: 10.1080/18692729.2020.1852363
Christoph Schimkowsky
ABSTRACT Despite high public safety levels, crime prevention (bōhan) is a common concern in Japanese society. In the early-2000s, the Japanese government set out to “create a crime-resistant society”, giving rise to a flurry of crime prevention initiatives involving not only state institutions but also citizen volunteers and private companies. Between 2003 and 2008, the number of bōhan volunteers grew by over 1200% to 2.5 million citizens. In Japanese cities, neighbourhood patrols as well as bōhan posters and signs present frequent reminders of significant societal attention to crime and crime prevention. This paper asks why crime prevention gained so much traction in a relatively safe country. It sets out by identifying the responsibilisation of non-state actors and the incorporation of bōhan measures into the urban environment as core themes of contemporary Japanese crime prevention efforts. Based on an analysis of government and police documents as well as Japanese scholarship, it then discusses two factors that facilitated the spread of crime prevention initiatives in Japan in the mid-2000-2010s: current crime prevention campaigns as a continuation of national currents and governance strategies, and the versatility and adaptability of crime prevention ideas and initiatives. As an in-depth account of bōhan initiatives in contemporary Japan and their roots, this paper provides insights into the governance of deviance and the integration of crime deterrence and surveillance into everyday life in Japanese cities.
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Pub Date : 2020-12-17DOI: 10.1080/18692729.2020.1857898
William J. Farge
Readers of Japanese history and in particular of the history of the Tokugawa period (1603–1867) are well aware that the anti-Christian edict issued by Toyotomi Hideyoshi (1537–1598) in 1612 resulte...
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Pub Date : 2020-12-13DOI: 10.1080/18692729.2020.1824647
Tobias Weiss
ABSTRACT The image of Japanese mainstream media reporting is dominated by the institution of “press clubs”. Critical researchers argue that these restricted and institutionalized links between mainstream media and their sources lead to uniformity in media reporting. Other researchers contend that Japanese journalists play diverse roles and frame issues in diverse ways. These contrasting theses are explored through an analysis of three major newspaper's framing of nuclear power in article series (rensai). First, we construct a set of frames of the nuclear power issue out of materials from two political alliances: the pronuclear alliance (the so called “nuclear village”), and the antinuclear alliance. We apply and adapt these frames using a sample of newspaper article series from 1973 to 2014. The comparison shows that there are significant differences of reporting both between newspaper organizations as well as between different periods. Especially for the phase after 2011, reporting turns pronouncedly nuclear-skeptical in two newspapers. While not denying press club influence, the analysis cautions against mechanically applying a distinction between “insider” and “outsider” media and calls for new analytical categories to explain the substantial differences of framing between journalists of various “insider” media organizations.
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