VSJF Prize-Winning Paper by David Adebahr Kobe University uses foreign policy analysis to examine the bureaucratic origins of Japan's regionalism of #FreeOpenIndoPacific among MOD, MOFA, Kantei #AbeShinzo Japan Social Science Research Taylor & Francis Group Japan #自由で開かれたインド太平洋 doi.org/10.1080/186927…

#OpenAccess Chiara Fusari University of Zurich uses life history analysis to trace how #buraku discrimination, poverty and gender have impacted buraku women's life experiences & how grassroots literacy movements contribute to empowerment Japan Social Science Research Taylor & Francis Group Japan doi.org/10.1080/186927…

What do companies' #LGBTQ+ indices and pledges actually mean? Annika Clasen & @conrad_harald Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf assess the validity of LGBTQ+ indices in Japanese workplaces through a novel framework comparing the PRIDE Index and the D&I Award Japan Social Science Research Taylor & Francis Group Japan doi.org/10.1080/186927…

"Unfortunately timely & unexpectedly relevant today": Florian Coulmas reviews Ran Zwigenberg's Nuclear Minds UChicagoPress which examines how post-war Japanese psychologists shaped the study of the psychological suffering of hibakusha #被爆者Japan Social Science Research doi.org/10.1080/186927…

P. Bürgin reviews 高階秀爾 Shūji Takashina’s Japanese art in perspective. East-West encounters. Highlights the "aesthetic of negation" in #JapaneseArt and "explores the intertwined aesthetic roots of crosscultural artistic interaction across time & space." doi.org/10.1080/186927…

"Multiculturalism between ideology and practice: Immigrant self-narrations of community activism in Toyota, Japan" by Scott Ma (@scma.bsky.social) & Mariana Alonso Ishihara is part of the T&F Social Sciences and Humanities #OpenAccess (until Aug 31) collection to celebrate #WorldDiversityDay think.taylorandfrancis.com/cultural-diver…

Fantasy strolling beyond the stage: Zuzanna Baraniak-Hirata @OchadaiNews sheds light on how local theatres within urban landscapes shape individual fan identities by focusing on the multi-layered fantasy space of #Takarazuka #fandom Japan Social Science Research #宝塚 tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Jonathan Krautter reviews K. Plett’s History of Düsseldorf as a Business Location for Japanese Companies: examines influences from Düsseldorf’s Office for Economic Development, Rhenish heavy industry, MITI & Japanese diaspora Japan Social Science Research Stadt Düsseldorf doi.org/10.1080/186927…

Check out CJ36(2) incl articles on national apologies; income inequality; depopulation and local elections Ken Hijino; disability policies; post-3.11 Japanese literature; 2023 VSJF award-winning paper on Japan’s security policy David Adebahr Japan Social Science Research tandfonline.com/toc/rcoj20/36/2

#OpenAccess Aimi Muranaka Uni Duisburg-Essen @unidue.bsky.social analyzes how Vietnamese IT professionals managed their daily work and family lives in Japan during the #COVID-19 pandemic, dealing with pressure to undergo "nearly (im)mobile" work practices Japan Social Science Research Taylor & Francis Group Japan doi.org/10.1080/186927…

W. Manzenreiter Japanese Studies Vienna reviews Women and Martial Art in Japan Routledge Books by Kate Sylvester Perspectives: ethnographic study at university kendo club shows how athletes resist & comply with normative femininity via 'sporting masculinity' Japan Social Science Research doi.org/10.1080/186927…

New #openaccess article by Sayako Ono analyzes legal & institutional changes regarding sexual violence from comparative & historical perspectives. A timely article amidst recent issues regarding Fuji TV & Ito Shiori's documentary Japan Social Science Research Taylor & Francis Group Japan doi.org/10.1080/186927…

#OpenAccess What factors contribute to an individual experiencing #ijime? Using PISA 2018 data, Teruki SANADA assesses the relationship between school bullying, socioeconomic status & academic achievement in Japanese schools Japan Social Science Research Taylor & Francis Group Japan doi.org/10.1080/186927…

How does the Japanese press portray Afghan, Burmese & Ukrainian asylum seekers? Mei Mitsui & David Green Nagoya University Graduate School of Law suggest a comparatively more positive image of Ukrainians regardless of newspapers' political leanings Japan Social Science Research Taylor & Francis Group Japan doi.org/10.1080/186927…

#OpenAccess HelenaHof MPI MMG Göttingen examines knowledge-intensive/"innovation-driven" migrant entrepreneurship in Japan. Her article suggests how positive deviance can contribute to transforming social norms and improving Japan's startup ecosystem Japan Social Science Research doi.org/10.1080/186927…

"The expertise brought together on these pages is impressive, and all the [...] topics discussed benefit by being put into the context of the Postwar." F. Coulmas reviews Simon Avenell's ed. volume Reconsidering Postwar Japanese History Amsterdam Univ Press doi.org/10.1080/186927…

S. Porter reviews Brett Walker’s Yukikaze’s War Cambridge University Press: "the first work of its kind" to focus on the experiences of a single warship from the Pacific theatre to the postwar; "a superbly written narrative", "eminently readable and often gripping" doi.org/10.1080/186927…