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Living Cities in Japan
Citizens' Movements, Machizukuri and Local Environments
Over the last fifteen years local citizens' movements have spread rapidly throughout Japan. Created with the aim of improving the quality of the local environment,...
ISBN: 978-0-415-40237-8 | Published July 3rd 2007 by Routledge.
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Resolving the Russo-Japanese Territorial Dispute
Hokkaido-Sakhalin Relations
The unresolved territorial dispute between Japan and Russia over the South Kuril Islands/Northern Territories remains the largest obstacle to concluding a peace treaty and fully...
ISBN: 978-0-415-41321-3 | Published June 5th 2007 by Routledge.
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Cold War Frontiers in the Asia-Pacific
Divided Territories in the San Francisco System
After the Second World War, many regional conflicts emerged in the Asia-Pacific, such as the divided Korean peninsula, the Cross-Taiwan Strait, the ‘Northern Territories’, (Southern...
ISBN: 978-0-415-41208-7 | Published December 7th 2006 by Routledge.
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Japan's Agricultural Policy Regime
Written by the world’s leading expert in the field, this book examines the evolution of Japanese agricultural policy in the post-war period, focusing particularly from...
ISBN: 978-0-415-36666-3 | Published December 22nd 2005 by Routledge.
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Japan's Sea Lane Security
A Matter of Life and Death?
This is the first major English-language study to explore the broad and longstanding connections between Japan’s national security and the safety of its sea lanes....
ISBN: 978-0-415-35640-4 | Published October 24th 2005 by Routledge.
more information about Japan's Sea Lane SecurityThe Changing Japanese Political System
The Liberal Democratic Party and the Ministry of Finance
Japan’s political stability was shattered after the general election of July 1993 when the conservative Liberal Democratic Party’s thirty-eight year domination ended in defeat. This...
ISBN: 978-0-415-37241-1 | Published September 26th 2005 by Routledge.
more information about The Changing Japanese Political SystemInstitutions, Incentives and Electoral Participation in Japan
Cross-Level and Cross-National Perspectives
American and European political scientists have claimed that subnational elections almost always record lower voter turnout than national elections. In Japan, however, municipal elections often...ISBN: 978-0-415-33176-0 | Published February 18th 2005 by Routledge.
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Japan's Interventionist State
The Role of the MAFF
Japan's Interventionist State gives a detailed examination of Japan's Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries and its role in promoting, protecting and preserving the regime...ISBN: 978-0-415-34651-1 | Published December 15th 2004 by Routledge.
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The Race to Commercialize Biotechnology
Molecules, Market and the State in Japan and the US
This comparative study looks at the early development of biotechnology in the US and Japan. Drawing on primary and secondary sources it traces the...ISBN: 978-0-415-28339-7 | Published March 25th 2004 by Routledge.
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Academic Nations in China and Japan
Framed by Concepts of Nature, Culture and the Universal
The descriptions Chinese and Japanese people attribute to themselves and to each other differ vastly and stand in stark contrast to Western perceptions that usually...ISBN: 978-0-415-31545-6 | Published November 20th 2003 by Routledge.
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The Japanese-Soviet Neutrality Pact
A Diplomatic History 1941-1945
The neutrality pact between Japan and the Soviet Union, signed in April 1941, lapsed only nine months before its expiry date of April 1946 when...ISBN: 978-0-415-32292-8 | Published October 30th 2003 by Routledge.
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The Voluntary and Non-Profit Sector in Japan
The Challenge of Change
The voluntary and non-profit sector is an important and emerging feature of Japanese society. It is a response both to the changing nature of this...ISBN: 978-0-415-24970-6 | Published June 19th 2003 by Routledge.
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Japanese Electoral Politics
Creating a New Party System
The old Japanese single-party system collapsed in 1993, but a new system has not yet fully evolved.Following the most significant party reform in Japanese...
ISBN: 978-0-415-31140-3 | Published June 12th 2003 by Routledge.
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Modern Japan
A Social and Political History
ISBN: 978-0-415-18538-7 | Published May 16th 2002 by Routledge.
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Public Policy and Economic Competition in Japan
Change and Continuity in Antimonopoly Policy, 1973-1995
Viewed historically as the lapdog of business, bureaucratic and political interests, Japan's Fair Trade Commission has had mixed success in promoting its agenda for stronger...ISBN: 978-0-415-24969-0 | Published February 21st 2002 by Routledge.
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Japan and East Asian Regionalism
This book studies specific regional issues and problems, exploring recent related political developments in Japan, and how these might impact on future foreign policy priorities...ISBN: 978-0-415-23747-5 | Published November 30th 2000 by Routledge.
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The Changing Face of Japanese Retail
Working in a Chain Store
This book examines employment structure, working practice and recruitment strategies in Japanese retail in the 1990s through a case-study of one large chain store. Issues...ISBN: 978-0-415-22975-3 | Published November 16th 2000 by Routledge.
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Opposition Politics in Japan
Strategies Under a One-Party Dominant Regime
The Liberal Democratic Party in Japan remained in power continuously between 1955 and 1993. In this groundbreaking study of the dominance of the LDP in...ISBN: 978-0-415-20187-2 | Published March 30th 2000 by Routledge.
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The Politics of Agriculture in Japan
Agriculture is one of the most politically powerful sectors in Japanese national politics. This book provides the first comprehensive account of the political power of...ISBN: 978-0-415-22346-1 | Published January 20th 2000 by Routledge.
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Engineers in Japan and Britain
Education, Training and Employment
Engineers are a key occupational group in the transformation of the modern world. Contrasts between Japans economic miracle and Britains relative economic decline have often...ISBN: 978-0-415-16181-7 | Published October 14th 1999 by Routledge.
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Endö Shüsaku
A Literature of Reconciliation
Endö Shüsaka is probably the most widely translated of all Japanese authors. In this first major study of Endö's works, Mark Williams moves the discussion...ISBN: 978-0-415-14481-0 | Published April 15th 1999 by Routledge.
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Green Politics in Japan
An important comparative study of Japanese politics that reveals that green issues have yet to displace the traditional urban politics of post-industrial Japan. This...ISBN: 978-0-415-19938-4 | Published January 21st 1999 by Routledge.
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Japanese-Soviet/Russian Relations since 1945
A Difficult Peace
An original book that reviews the problems of political rapprochement in terms of foreign policy decision-making between Japan and Russia since 1945, including the infamous...ISBN: 978-0-415-19499-0 | Published October 8th 1998 by Routledge.
more information about Japanese-Soviet/Russian Relations since 1945The Nature of the Japanese State
Rationality and Rituality
Brian J. McVeigh uses a unique anthropological approach to step outside flawed stereotypes of Japanese society and really engage in the current debate over the...ISBN: 978-0-415-17106-9 | Published October 1st 1998 by Routledge.
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Interpreting History in Sino-Japanese Relations
A Case-Study in Political Decision Making
The first book-length study to examine the re-writing of school textbooks by the Japanese Education Ministry in an attempt to play down atrocities in China...ISBN: 978-0-415-17296-7 | Published September 3rd 1998 by Routledge.
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Japanese-German Business Relations
Co-operation and Rivalry in the Interwar Period
This volume approaches the history of Japanese-German relations from a business history perspective. Starting with an overview of Japanese-German relations which focuses on the environment,...ISBN: 978-0-415-14971-6 | Published June 11th 1998 by Routledge.
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Japan, Race and Equality
The Racial Equality Proposal of 1919
This study explores the Japanese motivations in raising the proposal for racial equality at the 1919 Paris Peace Conference. This is the first comprehensive analysis...ISBN: 978-0-415-17207-3 | Published April 9th 1998 by Routledge.
more information about Japan, Race and EqualityTreacherous Women of Imperial Japan
Patriarchal Fictions, Patricidal Fantasies
Kanno Suga and Kaneko Fumika were both found guilty on different occasions in 1911 and 1926 of conspiring to assassinate the Japanese emperor. Kanno was...ISBN: 978-0-415-17112-0 | Published October 16th 1997 by Routledge.
more information about Treacherous Women of Imperial JapanSociety and the State in Interwar Japan
The social history of Japan between the First and Second World Wars is a neglected area of study. The contributors to this volume consider factors...ISBN: 978-0-415-15069-9 | Published August 28th 1997 by Routledge.
more information about Society and the State in Interwar JapanThe Dynamics of Japan's Relations with Africa
South Africa, Tanzania and Nigeria
This is the first book to examine in-depth Japan's relations with Africa. Japan's dependence on raw materials from South Africa made it impossible for Tokyo...ISBN: 978-0-415-14483-4 | Published May 22nd 1997 by Routledge.
more information about The Dynamics of Japan's Relations with AfricaThe Right to Life in Japan
The Right to Life in Japan is a study that brings new perspectives to bear on an extremely important topic for all those facing the...ISBN: 978-0-415-15617-2 | Published April 17th 1997 by Routledge.
more information about The Right to Life in JapanOn the Margins of Japanese Society
Volunteers and the Welfare of the Urban Underclass
The popular perception of Japanese society is that it possesses a homogeneity and cultural conformity unlike anything to be found in the West. In fact...ISBN: 978-0-415-14648-7 | Published March 27th 1997 by Routledge.
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Learning to be Ladylike
One third of the Japanese female workforce are 'office ladies' and their training takes place in the many women's junior colleges. Office ladies are low-wage,...ISBN: 978-0-415-14456-8 | Published December 5th 1996 by Routledge.
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Democracy in Post-War Japan
Maruyama Masao and the Search for Autonomy
Democracy in Post-War Japan assesses the development of democracy through the writings of the brilliant political thinker Maruyama Masao. The author explores the significance of...ISBN: 978-0-415-11753-1 | Published December 7th 1995 by Routledge.
more information about Democracy in Post-War JapanMilitarisation and Demilitarisation in Contemporary Japan
The intertwined issues of Japanese `identity' and `normality' are at the centre of the tension between internal and external pressures on Japanese defence and security...ISBN: 978-0-415-02274-3 | Published November 30th 1995 by Routledge.
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Communication in Scientific Research
Tsukuba Science City is the world's most ambitious attempt to `turbocharge' scientific collaboration. James W. Dearing looks at the political and economic context within which...ISBN: 978-0-415-08134-4 | Published October 26th 1995 by Routledge.
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Religious Practices in an Industrialized Society
Japan is one of the most urbanised and industrialised countries in the world. Yet the Japanese continue to practise a variety of religious rituals and...ISBN: 978-0-415-11663-3 | Published December 22nd 1994 by Routledge.
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Japan's Early Parliaments, 1890-1905
Structure, Issues and Trends
Japan's Early Parliaments, 1890-1905 is the first detailed study of the early history of the Japanese Diet, providing a thorough discussion of the origins of...ISBN: 978-0-415-03075-5 | Published December 15th 1994 by Routledge.
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In this analysis of Japan's policy-making, David Williams places his argument within the debates about Japanese political economy in the United States and Britain, debates...ISBN: 978-0-415-09662-1 | Published December 16th 1993 by Routledge.
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A Case of Immobilist Politics
The Japanese education system, while widely praised in western countries, is subject to heavy criticism within Japan. Education Reform in Japan analyses this criticism, and...ISBN: 978-0-415-09600-3 | Published March 4th 1993 by Routledge.
more information about Education Reform in JapanTechnology and Industrial Growth in Pre-War Japan
The Mitsubishi-Nagasaki Shipyard 1884-1934
This book aims to discredit the myth that has the `unique cultural traits' of the Japanese as the key to the country's success, arguing that...ISBN: 978-0-415-06552-8 | Published December 3rd 1992 by Routledge.
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Emperor Hirohito and Showa Japan
A Political Biography
Emperor Hirohito reigned for more than sixty years, yet we know little about him or the part he really played in the turbulent history of...ISBN: 978-0-415-03203-2 | Published October 1st 1992 by Routledge.
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The issue of how Japanese society operates, and in particular why it has `succeeded', has generated a wide variety of explanatory models, including the Confucian...ISBN: 978-0-415-06102-5 | Published April 2nd 1992 by Routledge.
more information about Ideology and Practice in Modern JapanJapanese Numbers Game
An almost obsessional use of numbers characterizes Japanese popular culture. A wide variety of numerical formulae and strategies provide the means for explaining events and...
ISBN: 978-0-415-05609-0 | Published January 9th 1992 by Routledge.
more information about Japanese Numbers GameHistory of Japanese Economic Thought
Economics, in the modern sense of the word, was introduced into Japan in the second half of the nineteenth century. However, Japanese thinkers had already...ISBN: 978-0-415-07168-0 | Published November 7th 1991 by Routledge.
more information about History of Japanese Economic ThoughtBritain's Educational Reform
A Comparison with Japan
This book questions many of Britain's idiosyncratic attitudes towards education. Dimensions missing from Britain's recent reforms, but present in Japan are highlighted. The author argues...ISBN: 978-0-415-03850-8 | Published November 1st 1990 by Routledge.
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The Peripheral Sector
The conventional picture of industry and industrial relations in Japan is of a number of very large firms providing extremely attractive working conditions for their...ISBN: 978-0-415-00008-6 | Published May 4th 1989 by Routledge.
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A View of a Changing Society
After the Meiji Restoration of 1868 Japan modernized rapidly, transforming itself perhaps more quickly than any other country in history. However, the change was not...ISBN: 978-0-415-01031-3 | Published April 6th 1989 by Routledge.
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Despite Japan's importance in the modern world, much about Japan remains unknown outside the country. This series provides informative, original, detailed studies on a variety of aspects of modern Japan.
It has established itself as an authoritative available source of scholarship on all aspects of Japan. Publishing policy is directed by some of the most respected names in Japanese studies.
Forthcoming Titles:
The Buraku Issue and Modern Japan, The Career of Matsumoto Jiichiro
By Ian Neary
February 1st 2009
The US-Japan Alliance, Balancing Soft and Hard Power in East Asia
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February 28th 2009
The Transformation of the Japanese Left, From Old Socialists to New Democrats
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March 1st 2009
Social Class in Contemporary Japan
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June 1st 2009