Social Science Japan Journal

General Papers:

Keiko Hirata

Beached Whales: Examining Japan's Rejection of an International Norm
Social Science Japan Journal Advance Access published on August 27, 2004
Social Science Japan Journal 2004 7: 177-197; doi:10.1093/ssjj/jyh025 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Kazutoshi Kase

Unemployment Policy in Prewar Japan: How Progressive Was Japanese Social Policy?
Social Science Japan Journal Advance Access published on August 27, 2004
Social Science Japan Journal 2004 7: 199-221; doi:10.1093/ssjj/jyh026 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Gill Steel

Gender and Political Behaviour in Japan
Social Science Japan Journal 2004 7: 223-244; doi:10.1093/ssjj/jyh027 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jennifer Holt Dwyer

Explaining Central Bank Reform in Japan
Social Science Japan Journal 2004 7: 245-262; doi:10.1093/ssjj/jyh028 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Survey Articles:

Andrew E. Barshay

The Public Man and the Public World in Modern Japan: Nanbara Shigeru and Hasegawa Nyozekan Revisited
Social Science Japan Journal 2004 7: 263-275; doi:10.1093/ssjj/jyh029 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Review Essays:

Sumitaka Harada

From Family to Nation: A Comparative Approach to the Japanese and French Family Systems
Social Science Japan Journal Advance Access published on August 27, 2004
Social Science Japan Journal 2004 7: 277-281; doi:10.1093/ssjj/jyh030 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Book Reviews:

Yoshikuni Igarashi

Kamikaze, Cherry Blossoms, and Nationalism: The Militarization of Aesthetics in Japanese History, by Emiko Ohnuki-Tierney. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2002, xviii+411 pp., $20.00 (ISBN 0226620913)
Social Science Japan Journal Advance Access published on September 3, 2004
Social Science Japan Journal 2004 7: 283-286; doi:10.1093/ssjj/jyh031 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Shinobu Tsujimura

Zen War Stories, by Brian Daizen Victoria. London: Routledge Curzon, 2003, 272 pp., $27.95 (paperback ISBN 0700715819), $80.00 (hardback ISBN 0700715800)
Social Science Japan Journal Advance Access published on August 27, 2004
Social Science Japan Journal 2004 7: 286-289; doi:10.1093/ssjj/jyh032 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Erich Pauer

Kbush to Sono Jidai (The Ministry of Public Works and its Time), edited by Suzuki Jun. Tokyo: Yamakawa Shuppansha, 2002, iii+260 pp. (ISBN 4-634-52240-3)
Social Science Japan Journal Advance Access published on August 27, 2004
Social Science Japan Journal 2004 7: 289-292; doi:10.1093/ssjj/jyh033 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Brian Platt

Alternative Narratives in Modern Japanese History, by M. William Steele. London and New York: Routledge Curzon, 2003, xi+212256 pp., $90.00 (ISBN 0415305705)
Social Science Japan Journal Advance Access published on September 3, 2004
Social Science Japan Journal 2004 7: 292-294; doi:10.1093/ssjj/jyh034 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Fumio Kaneko

Kankoku Heig-shi no Kenky (Studies in the History of the Annexation of Korea), by Unno Fukuju. Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, 2000, xviii+411 pp., 7,400 yen (hardback ISBN 4-00-002846-4).
Social Science Japan Journal Advance Access published on September 3, 2004
Social Science Japan Journal 2004 7: 294-297; doi:10.1093/ssjj/jyh035 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

James E. Roberson

Sten: Okinawasen no Kioku (Point of Dispute: Memory and the Battle of Okinawa), by Ishihara Masaie, Oshiro Masayasu, Hosaka Hiroshi, and Matsunaga Katsutoshi. Tokyo: Shakai Hyronsha, 2002, 350 pp., 2300 yen (ISBN 4-7845-1420-1)
Social Science Japan Journal Advance Access published on September 3, 2004
Social Science Japan Journal 2004 7: 297-300; doi:10.1093/ssjj/jyh036 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Hiroyuki Suzuki

Housing in Postwar Japan: A Social History, by Ann Waswo. London: Routledge Curzon, 2002, x+145 pp., $55.00 (hardcover ISBN 0-7007-1517-7)
Social Science Japan Journal Advance Access published on September 3, 2004
Social Science Japan Journal 2004 7: 300-302; doi:10.1093/ssjj/jyh037 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Edgar W. Pope

Tears of Longing: Nostalgia and the Nation in Japanese Popular Song, by Christine R. Yano. Cambridge, Massachusetts and London: Harvard University Asia Center, 2002, 250 pp., $35.00 (hardback ISBN 0674008456), $19.95 (paperback ISBN 0674012763)
Social Science Japan Journal Advance Access published on September 3, 2004
Social Science Japan Journal 2004 7: 302-305; doi:10.1093/ssjj/jyh038 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Katsunobu Shimizu

Sayonara Gakkka Shakai (Farewell to the Schooled Society), by Ueno Chizuko. Tokyo: Tar Jir-sha, 2002, 197 pp., 1,750 yen (ISBN 4-8118-0666-2)
Social Science Japan Journal Advance Access published on September 3, 2004
Social Science Japan Journal 2004 7: 305-309; doi:10.1093/ssjj/jyh039 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Bai Gao

Sengo Nihon no Shikin Haifun: Sangy Seisaku to Minkan Gink (Postwar Japan's Fund Distribution: Industrial Policy and Commercial Banks), by Okazaki Tetsuji, Okuno Masahiro, Ueda Kazuo, Ishii Shin, and Hori Nobuaki. Tokyo: Tokyo Daigaku Shuppankai, 2002, 452 pp., 5,800 yen (ISBN 4130401866)
Social Science Japan Journal Advance Access published on September 3, 2004
Social Science Japan Journal 2004 7: 309-312; doi:10.1093/ssjj/jyh040 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Daojiong Zha

Japan and China: Cooperation, Competition and Conflict, edited by Hanns Günther Hilpert and René Haak, Hampshire and New York: Palgrave, 2002, 217 pp., $69.95 (hardcover ISBN 0-333-97038-1)
Social Science Japan Journal Advance Access published on September 3, 2004
Social Science Japan Journal 2004 7: 312-315; doi:10.1093/ssjj/jyh041 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Gregory W. Noble

Corporate Strategies for Southeast Asia after the Crisis: A Comparison of Multinational Firms from Japan and Europe, edited by Jochen Legewie and Hendrik Meyer-Ohle. Houndmills, Hampshire: Palgrave Macmillan, 2000, 288 pp., £45.00 (ISBN 0333917847)
Social Science Japan Journal Advance Access published on September 3, 2004
Social Science Japan Journal 2004 7: 315-318; doi:10.1093/ssjj/jyh042 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Karen Nakamura

Civil Society in Japan: The Growing Role of NGOs in Tokyo's Aid Development Policy, by Keiko Hirata. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2002, xiii+208 pp., appendix, notes, references, index, $55.00 (hardcover ISBN 0-312-23936-X)
Social Science Japan Journal Advance Access published on September 3, 2004
Social Science Japan Journal 2004 7: 318-320; doi:10.1093/ssjj/jyh043 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Daniel P. Aldrich

Japanese Governance: Beyond Japan Inc., edited by Jennifer Amyx and Peter Drysdale. New York: Routledge Curzon, 2003, xv+208 pp., $80.00 (hardcover ISBN 0-415-30469-5)
Social Science Japan Journal Advance Access published on September 3, 2004
Social Science Japan Journal 2004 7: 320-323; doi:10.1093/ssjj/jyh044 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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