Social Science Japan Journal

General Papers:

Levi McLaughlin

Faith and Practice: Bringing Religion, Music and Beethoven to Life in Soka Gakkai
Social Science Japan Journal 2003 6: 161-179; doi:10.1093/ssjj/6.2.161 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Brigitte Steger

Getting Away with Sleep—Social and Cultural Aspects of Dozing in Parliament
Social Science Japan Journal 2003 6: 181-197; doi:10.1093/ssjj/6.2.181 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Nakamura Takayasu

Educational Aspirations and the Warming-up/Cooling-down Process: A Comparative Study between Japan and South Korea
Social Science Japan Journal 2003 6: 199-220; doi:10.1093/ssjj/6.2.199 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Tamura Kentaro

A Regulator's Dilemma and Two-level Games: Japan in the Politics of International Banking Regulation
Social Science Japan Journal 2003 6: 221-240; doi:10.1093/ssjj/6.2.221 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Survey Articles:

Hiraishi Nao'aki

The Formation of Maruyama Masao's Image of Japanese Intellectual History during the War Period
Social Science Japan Journal 2003 6: 241-254; doi:10.1093/ssjj/6.2.241 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Review Essays:

Hosoe Yoko

Japanese-Brazilians Seen at First Hand: Ethnographic Studies of a New Minority in Japan
Social Science Japan Journal 2003 6: 255-260; doi:10.1093/ssjj/6.2.255 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Wim Lunsing

‘Parasite’ and ‘Non-parasite’ Singles: Japanese Journalists and Scholars Taking Positions
Social Science Japan Journal 2003 6: 261-265; doi:10.1093/ssjj/6.2.261 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Andrew DeWit

Kaneko Masaru: A Public Intellectual Confronts Japan's Deep-rooted Economic Problems
Social Science Japan Journal 2003 6: 267-272; doi:10.1093/ssjj/6.2.267 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Book Reviews:

Hamada Tomoko

Globalizing Japan: Ethnography of the Japanese presence in Asia, Europe and America, edited by Harumi Befu and Sylvie Guichard-Anguis. London: Routledge, 2001, 288 pp., $90.00 (hardcover ISBN 0-415-24412-9), $31.95 (paperback ISBN 0-415-28566-6)
Social Science Japan Journal 2003 6: 273-277; doi:10.1093/ssjj/6.2.273 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Curtis Anderson Gayle

Nation and Nationalism in Japan, edited by Sandra Wilson. London and New York: Routledge Curzon, 2002, xii + 217 pp., $90.00 (hardcover ISBN 0-7007-1639-4)
Social Science Japan Journal 2003 6: 277-280; doi:10.1093/ssjj/6.2.277 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Uzawa Hirofumi

Toshi to Ryokuchi: Atarashii Toshi Kanky no Sz ni Mukete (Cities and Green Spaces: Towards the Creation of a New Urban Environment), by Ishikawa Mikiko. Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, 2001, 385pp, 4,600 yen (hardcover ISBN 4-000-24117-6)
Social Science Japan Journal 2003 6: 281-284; doi:10.1093/ssjj/6.2.281 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Gregory W. Noble

A History of Japanese Trade and Industry Policy, edited by Mikio Sumiya. New York: Oxford University Press, 2000, 672 pp., $105.00 (hardcover ISBN 0-19-829251-1)
Social Science Japan Journal 2003 6: 284-287; doi:10.1093/ssjj/6.2.284 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Hirashima Kenji

Infrastrukturpolitik in Japan: Politische Entscheidungsfindung zwischen regionalen, sektoralen und gesamtstaatlichen Interessen (Infrastructure Policy in Japan: Political Decision Making Between Regional, Sectoral, and National Interests), by Birgit Poniatowski. Munich: IUDICIUM Verlag, 2000, 417 pp. (hardcover ISBN 3-89129-842-0)
Social Science Japan Journal 2003 6: 288-289; doi:10.1093/ssjj/6.2.288 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Wilhelm Vosse

Green Politics in Japan, by Lam Peng-Er. London and New York: Routledge, 1999, 226 pp., $100.00 (hardcover ISBN 0-415-19938-7)
Social Science Japan Journal 2003 6: 289-292; doi:10.1093/ssjj/6.2.289 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Michael Strausz

Kokusaika to Aidentiti (Internationalization and Identity), edited by Kajita Takamichi. Kyt: Minerva Shob, 2001, x + 328 pp., 3,500 yen (hardcover ISBN 4-623-03546-8)
Social Science Japan Journal 2003 6: 292-294; doi:10.1093/ssjj/6.2.292 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Philippa Webb

Caring for the Elderly in Japan and the U.S.: Practices and Policies, edited by Susan Orpett Long. London: Routledge, 2000, 358 pp., £75.00/$110.00 (hardcover ISBN 0-415-22352-0)
Social Science Japan Journal 2003 6: 295-298; doi:10.1093/ssjj/6.2.295 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Yohko Tsuji

Generations in Touch: Linking the Old & Young in a Tokyo Neighborhood, by Leng Leng Thang. Ithaca, New York: Cornell University Press, 2001, x + 209 pp., $42.95 (hardcover ISBN 0-8014-3843-8), $16.95 (paperback ISBN 0-8014-8732-3)
Social Science Japan Journal 2003 6: 298-300; doi:10.1093/ssjj/6.2.298 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Matthew Marr

Hmuresu/Gendai Shakai/Fukushi Kokka: ‘Ikite Iku Basho’ o Megutte (The Homeless, Contemporary Society, and the Welfare State: In Search of ‘A Place to Live’), by Iwata Masami. Tokyo: Akashi Shoten, 2000.
Social Science Japan Journal 2003 6: 300-304; doi:10.1093/ssjj/6.2.300 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Matsuzawa Tessei

Men of Uncertainty: The Social Organization of Day Laborers in Contemporary Japan, by Tom Gill. Albany NY: State University of New York Press, 2001, xviii + 263 pp., $68.50 (hardcover ISBN 0-7914-4827-4), $23.95 (paperback ISBN 0-7914-4828-2)
Social Science Japan Journal 2003 6: 304-307; doi:10.1093/ssjj/6.2.304 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Ozawa Shuzo

Teachers' Unions and the Politics of Education in Japan, by Robert W. Aspinall. New York: State University of New York Press, 2001, xiii + 240 pp., $62.50 (hardcover ISBN 0-7914-5049-X), $20.95 (paperback ISBN 0-7914-5050-3)
Social Science Japan Journal 2003 6: 307-309; doi:10.1093/ssjj/6.2.307 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Robin M. Leblanc

Daidokoro to Ngy o Tsunagu (Connecting Farm and Kitchen), by Yamagata-ken Nagai-shi Reinb Puran Suishin Kygikai, edited by Ono Kazuoki. Tokyo: Sshinsha, 2001, 272 pp., 1,905 yen (paperback, ISBN 4-88340-099-9)
Social Science Japan Journal 2003 6: 309-312; doi:10.1093/ssjj/6.2.309 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Daniela Rechenberger

Comfort Women: Sexual Slavery in the Japanese Military During World War II, by Yoshimi Yoshiaki. New York: Columbia University Press, 2001, 262 pp., $29.00 (hardcover ISBN 0-231-12032-X), $22.00 (paperback ISBN 0-231-12033-8)
Social Science Japan Journal 2003 6: 312-315; doi:10.1093/ssjj/6.2.312 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Ota Ariko

Abortion Before Birth Control: The Politics of Reproduction in Postwar Japan, by Tiana Norgren. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2001, xiv + 242 pp., $45.00 (hardcover ISBN 0-691-07004-0), $17.95 (paperback ISBN 0-691-07005-9)
Social Science Japan Journal 2003 6: 315-318; doi:10.1093/ssjj/6.2.315 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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