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1. Japanese Religions on the Internet

   Innovation, Representation, and Authority

   Edited by Erica Baffelli, Ian Reader, Birgit Staemmler

   Series: Routledge Research in Religion, Media and Culture

   Japanese Religions on the Internet draws attention to how religion is being presented, represented and discussed on the Japanese Internet. Its intention is to contribute to wider discussions about religion and the Internet by providing an important example – based on one of the Internet’s most...

   Published December 20th 2010 by Routledge
2. Religious Violence in Contemporary Japan

   The Case of Aum Shinrikyo

   By Ian Reader

   The Tokyo subway attack in March 1995 was just one of a series of criminal activities including murder, kidnapping, extortion, and the illegal manufacture of arms and drugs carried out by the Japanese new religious movement Aum Shinrikyo, under the guidance of its leader Asahara Shoko. Reader looks...

   Published April 19th 2000 by Routledge
3. Japanese Influences and Presences in Asia

   By Ian Reader, Marie Soederberg

   While scholarly works on this topic have to date mainly concentrated on Japan's influences in economic and political terms, this volume examines Japanese influences in Asia from a broader perspective. The text takes into account human factors, such as the presence of Japanese people as workers,...

   Published October 11th 1999 by Routledge