Modern and Contemporary Japan

What challenges does Japan face in its human security and peace-building role?

by Sophie Marta

Accompanying hand-out to my presentation on the topic

Submitted as part of the assessment for "Japan Today: Politics and Governance"

Department of... more Submitted as part of the assessment for "Japan Today: Politics and Governance"

Department of Asian Studies
The University of Adelaide
2012

This presentation focused on two main points: how Japan came to be involved in international peace-building efforts, and the domestic social and legal challenges that Japan faces today because of this involvement.

Reconstruire ses souvenirs : le nettoyage des photographies emportées par le tsunami à Kesennuma

by Coralie Castel

Published in Ebisu n°47, the Journal of Japanese Studies from the Maison Franco-Japonaise in Tokyo, 2012

In Kesennuma, a city affected by the tsunami, an association of inhabitants undertakes the washing of thousands of... more In Kesennuma, a city affected by the tsunami, an association of inhabitants undertakes the washing of thousands of personal photographs found in the ruins, in order to return them to their owners. This collective action of “saving memories” is supported by volunteers from all the country, and eventually contributes to the reconstruction of the local society.

The Rules of the World: Japanese Ecocinema and Kiyoshi Kurosawa

by Tim Palmer

THERMAE ROMAE : de quoi Lucius est-il la traduction ?

by Alexis D'Hautcourt

draft only/ version provisoire

Why I still love Japan. The best of both worlds, via the eyes of one ex-pat who left.

by Ben Humphreys

This is a topic that I often have trouble articulating to truly encapsulate my feelings. But I think I finally know... more This is a topic that I often have trouble articulating to truly encapsulate my feelings. But I think I finally know why now, after living in Osaka for 6 ½ years, and now back home for almost two. Japan really is the best of both worlds. You can have your ramen and slurp it too.

" Another" Patriotism In Early Shwa Japan (1930–1945)

by Takashi Shogimen

Journal of the History of Ideas 71 (2010), pp. 139-160

In current debates on “constitutional” and “republican” patriotisms, the relationship between religion and patriotism... more In current debates on “constitutional” and “republican” patriotisms, the relationship between religion and patriotism is underappreciated while alternative forms of patriotism in Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy have escaped scholarly attention. The present essay explores “another” patriotism in wartime Japan by comparing and contrasting the patriotism of two Protestant thinkers: Tsukamoto Toraji and Yanaihara Tadao. A close analysis of Yanaihara’s patriotism in particular shows that there was an alternative form of patriotism which, from a Christian perspective, combated militaristic nationalism which was anchored in State Shintō, thereby suggesting a significant link between religion and patriotism.

ZUR SITUATION ÄLTERER OBDACHLOSER IN URBANEN RÄUMEN JAPANS: URSACHEN, ÜBERLEBENSSTRATE

by Julia Obinger

Working on the Margins: Japan's Precariat and Working Poor

by Julia Obinger

Anthropological Aspects of the Japanese Meal: Tradition, Internationalization, and Aesthetics

by Michael Ashkenazi

The can-nonization of nature in Japanese culture: machinery of the natural in food modernization

by Michael Ashkenazi

Traditional small group organization and cultural modelling in modern Japan

by Michael Ashkenazi

"Allophone Presences: In the Here-and-Now of the Humanities"

by Christopher Larkosh

Published in Producing Presences: Branching Out from Gumbrecht's Work (UMass Dartmouth, 2007; Mendes & Castro Rocha, eds.))

Japanization, Internationalization and Aesthetics in the Japanese Meal'

by Michael Ashkenazi

Searching for Freedom in Japan

by John Yamamoto-Wilson

Published in The Japan Mission Journal (Oriens Institute for Religious Research), 2008. Vol. 62/1, pp. 22-34

Nomads Still: Zainichi-Koreans and Contemporary Japanese Theatre

by John D Swain

Female Bodies Translated Across the Strait of Korea: Corporeal Transformation in Chong Wishin’s Plays

by John D Swain

The Globalization of “Riverbed Beggars”

by John D Swain

Sacrifice, teamwork & optimism - Japan on road to recovery.

by Ben Humphreys

http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/rc20110814a2.html#

Self sacrifice is rife in post-tsumami Japan, alongside energy conservation during the summer months. With a little... more Self sacrifice is rife in post-tsumami Japan, alongside energy conservation during the summer months. With a little teamwork, a proactive government and some hard work, many citizens are optimistic towards a recovery.

The Architectural Spaces "Yoo" and "Wa" in the Traditional European and Japanese Cultures.Contemporary Processes of Convergence in the Conditions of Globalization

by Nadya Stamatova

Zainichi Koreans in History and Memory

by David Chapman

2009, Book Chapter in M. Weiner (ed.) Japan's Minorities: The Illusion of Homogeneity 2nd Edition, Routledge, London, pp. 162-187.