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1. Nationalism, Political Realism and Democracy in Japan

   The thought of Masao Maruyama

   By Fumiko Sasaki

   Series: Routledge Contemporary Japan Series

   Masao Maruyama was the most influential and respected political thinker in post-WWII Japan. He believed that the collective mentality, inherent in the traditional Japanese way of thinking, was a key reason for the defeat in WWII and was convinced that such thought needed to be modernized. In this...

   Published May 28th 2012 by Routledge
2. A Japanese Joint Venture in the Pacific

   Foreign bodies in tinned tuna

   By Kate Barclay

   Series: Routledge Contemporary Japan Series

   The Japanese, and other Asians, are increasingly taking over some of the roles previously played by Europeans in the Pacific islands, which is giving rise to interesting new economic relationships, and interesting new interactions between nationalities. This book considers the role of the Japanese...

   Published May 14th 2012 by Routledge
3. A New Japan for the Twenty-First Century

   An Inside Overview of Current Fundamental Changes and Problems

   Edited by Rien T. Segers

   Series: Routledge Contemporary Japan Series

   Many people in the West portray Japan as being fixed in its ways, and unable to change, and consequently risking national decline and international loss of prestige. However, in fact, Japan is at present in a significant transition period, comparable to the Meiji Restoration of 1868 or the period...

   Published May 14th 2012 by Routledge
4. Japan's Local Newspapers

   Chihoshi and Revitalization Journalism

   By Anthony Rausch

   Series: Routledge Contemporary Japan Series

   Japan is one of the world’s most literate societies. Its national newspapers are the most read newspapers in the world, and the country also has a very vibrant local newspaper sector. This book assesses the vital role local newspapers play in the development of local communities, as well as...

   Published April 11th 2012 by Routledge
5. Superhuman Japan

   Knowledge, Nation and Culture in US-Japan Relations

   By Marie Thorsten

   Series: Routledge Contemporary Japan Series

   This book examines the imaginative narratives that shaped the attitudes of Americans (and others) toward Japan. Focusing on cultural aspects of economic nationalism and US-Japan relations during the trade war Marie Thorsten uses examples from public discourse, film, documentaries, novels, acts of...

   Published March 12th 2012 by Routledge
6. The Ethics of Japan's Global Environmental Policy

   The conflict between principles and practice

   By Midori Kagawa-Fox

   Series: Routledge Contemporary Japan Series

   This book examines the Japanese government policies that impact on the environment in order to determine whether they incorporate a sufficient ethical substance. Through the three case studies on whaling, nuclear energy, and forestry, the author explores how Western philosophers combined their...

   Published January 18th 2012 by Routledge
7. Japanese Aid and the Construction of Global Development

   Inescapable Solutions

   Edited by David Leheny, Kay Warren

   Series: Routledge Contemporary Japan Series

   Instead of asking the usual questions about Japanese aid — Why is Japanese aid so different from that of other donors? Is Japanese aid effective? — this collection takes it as axiomatic that Japanese aid actors are now working in a contentious environment affected by changing global norms of aid....

   Published January 18th 2012 by Routledge
8. Political Reform in Japan

   Leadership Looming Large

   By Alisa Gaunder

   Series: Routledge Contemporary Japan Series

   Political Reform in Japan argues that the quality of political leadership is the crucial determinant of whether parties in positions of dominance, like the Liberal Democratic Party in Japan, pass or reject policies such as electoral system and campaign finance reforms that could harm the party's...

   Published October 11th 2011 by Routledge
9. The Rise of Japanese NGOs

   Activism from Above

   By Kim D. Reimann

   Series: Routledge Contemporary Japan Series

   Over the past two decades, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) have exploded in number and emerged as a new force in international and transnational politics. Why, however, do some countries nonetheless have more active NGO sectors than others? Using the case of Japan, this book uncovers...

   Published October 11th 2011 by Routledge
10. Perversion and Modern Japan

    Psychoanalysis, Literature, Culture

    Edited by Nina Cornyetz, J. Keith Vincent

    Series: Routledge Contemporary Japan Series

    How did nerves and neuroses take the place of ghosts and spirits in Meiji Japan? How does Natsume Soseki’s canonical novel Kokoro pervert the Freudian teleology of sexual development? What do we make of Jacques Lacan’s infamous claim that because of the nature of their language the Japanese people...

    Published October 11th 2011 by Routledge