This book examines sonic practices in contemporary Japan in a range of areas social movements, popular culture and avant-garde art forms. It explores how the production and perception of sound is affected by the spaces in which sonic practices occur, how sonic practices reflect politics, aesthetics and ethics, and how human relations are entrenched in social and sonic practices. Overall the book makes a significant contribution to the developing field of sensory anthropology.
This book examines sonic practices in contemporary Japan in a range of areas social movements, popular culture and avant-garde art forms. It explor...
This book contributes to our understanding of gender roles and femininity in Japan by examining the gendered division of labour that emerged in post-World War II Japan. Without question, the tireless perseverance of corporate salarymen and professional housewives contributed to Japan s rise from a state of post-war devastation to an economic superpower. However, have these stereotypes changed in the contemporary era, and to what extent has the Japanese women's perception of their own roles as care-givers and home-makers changed over time?
Using extensive interview materials Justin...
This book contributes to our understanding of gender roles and femininity in Japan by examining the gendered division of labour that emerged in pos...
Economists and economic historians of Japan examine a range of key issues concerning Japanese institutional and technological development. The book draws conclusions as to how the process of change in these areas actually works in Japan.
Economists and economic historians of Japan examine a range of key issues concerning Japanese institutional and technological development. The book dr...
This new book discusses the extent to which the Japanese economy encourages entrepreneurship and innovation. Although Japan has a strong reputation as an innovator, some people argue that this reputation is misplaced. Contrary to earlier expectations, the USA rather than Japan emerged as the leader in the biotech industries in the 1990s, and also many small firms in Japan supply only a few - or just one - other company, thereby limiting their view of the marketplace and the commercial opportunities within it. Despite the increase of international patents, international scientific citations...
This new book discusses the extent to which the Japanese economy encourages entrepreneurship and innovation. Although Japan has a strong reputation as...
Censorship in Japan has seen many changes over the last 150 years and each successive system of rule has possessed its own censorship laws, regulations, and methods of enforcement. Yet what has remained constant through these many upheavals has been the process of negotiation between censor and artist that can be seen across the cultural media of modern society. By exploring censorship in a number of different Japanese art forms - from popular music and kabuki performance through to fiction, poetry and film - across a range of historical periods, this book provides a striking picture of the...
Censorship in Japan has seen many changes over the last 150 years and each successive system of rule has possessed its own censorship laws, regulation...
This book presents a comprehensive overview of EU-Japan relations from 1970 to the present. It charts developments over the period, analyses key specific areas of importance to the relationship, and concludes by assessing how the relationship is likely to develop going forward. Throughout, the book discusses the factors on both sides which motivate the relationship, including Japan s concern to secure markets for its advanced industrial products, and the factors motivating current negotiations for a deeper and more comprehensive economic and cooperative partnership.
This book presents a comprehensive overview of EU-Japan relations from 1970 to the present. It charts developments over the period, analyses key sp...
This text is a timely and relevant contemporary examination of the high treason incident, the effects it exerted on Japanese history, literature, politics and society, and its points of intersection with broader questions of anarchism, colonialism, gender and governmentality.
This text is a timely and relevant contemporary examination of the high treason incident, the effects it exerted on Japanese history, literature, poli...
This book analyses political and diplomatic relations between Japan and the EU since World War II. Diplomatic ties between Japan and Europe are often considered weak from a historical perspective, especially in comparison to Japan-US relations. However, although political relations between the two actors may not have produced significant results before the 1990s, the weight of external variables such as the international system has been crucial in defining relations. This book takes such interventions into account when considering the Cold War years, for example, a period that was marked...
This book analyses political and diplomatic relations between Japan and the EU since World War II. Diplomatic ties between Japan and Europe are oft...
The Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD) was established in 1993 with the intention of creating opportunities for trade and investment on both sides and the promotion of sustainable development. In 2003, the conference translated Japanese aid policy to Africa into three key pillars: human centered development, poverty reduction through economic growth, and the consolidation of peace, and since 2005 Africa has on several occasions been the largest recipient of Japanese overseas aid. Tracing Japanese foreign aid to Africa during and after the Cold War, this book...
The Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD) was established in 1993 with the intention of creating opportunities for trade and i...
In the twenty-first century, the concept of internationalisation remains a crucial tool for understanding the dynamics of globalising processes. It draws attention to the dimensions of conscious action in inter- and trans-national phenomena, connecting globalisation with individuals experience of everyday life. This book explores how internationalisation is imagined, discussed and operationalised in Japan and surrounding countries. The chapters focus on educational, leisure and cultural activities, fields which are often overlooked in favour of economic and political developments in the...
In the twenty-first century, the concept of internationalisation remains a crucial tool for understanding the dynamics of globalising processes. It...
