Contemporary Japan

2010 - 2016

Current editor(s): Florian Coulmas

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Enhancing autonomy in reproductive decisions? Education about family planning and fertility as a countermeasure against the low birthrate pp. 123-144: Fassbender Isabel
In praise of iron grandeur: the sensibility of kōjōmoe and the reinvention of urban technoscape pp. 145-164: Amano Ikuho
Children with disabilities in the Japanese school system: a path toward social integration? pp. 165-184: Mithout Anne-Lise
Reviving tradition in disaster-affected communities: adaptation and continuity in the kagura of Ogatsu, Miyagi Prefecture pp. 185-207: Lahournat Florence
Reforming Japanese-style management: destabilizing hegemony through discourse intervention pp. 209-228: Rear David

Introduction: reorienting hopes pp. 1-11: Kavedžija Iza
Hope in an ageing Japan: transience and transcendence pp. 13-31: Danely Jason
Subculture as social knowledge: a hopeful reading of otaku culture pp. 33-57: Hack Brett
Hope found in lives lost: karoshi and the pursuit of worker rights in Japan pp. 59-80: North Scott and Morioka Rika
Hope amidst uncertainty: foreign scientists in contemporary Japan pp. 81-99: Puzo Ieva
Hope that sustains: revisiting New Year’s divination at Suwa Taisha pp. 101-122: Robertson Stephen

The nuclear power debate after Fukushima: a text-mining analysis of Japanese newspapers pp. 89-110: Abe Yuki
A tale of two tongues: self-translation in Sekiguchi Ryōko’s poetry pp. 111-130: Costa Emanuela
Casting new light on shadow education: snapshots of juku variety pp. 131-148: Mawer Kim
Multilevel relations in Japanese political parties at the beginning of the post-war period: Hokkaido as a case study pp. 149-168: Saunavaara Juha
Constructing the self in Megumu Sagisawa’s and Miri Yu’s travelogues: a case study of two Japan-based female writers of Korean origin pp. 169-188: Takemoto Toshio
Confronting diversity: Africans challenging Japanese societal convictions pp. 189-212: Capobianco Paul

Bodies in question: narrating the body in contemporary Japan pp. 1-11: Matsunaga Louella
Foucauldian theory and the making of the Japanese sporting body pp. 13-31: Miller Aaron L.
Co-sleeping: engaging with the commodified dozing body in Kawabata, Yoshimoto, and Yamazaki pp. 33-52: Innami Fusako
Between gyaru-o and sōshokukei danshi: body discourses in lifestyle magazines for young Japanese men pp. 53-70: Saladin Ronald
Bodies of future memories: the Japanese body in science fiction anime pp. 71-88: Martinez Dolores

“We must learn from Germany”: gliders and model airplanes as tools for Japan’s mass mobilization pp. 1-28: Melzer Jürgen
Constructed heritage and co-produced meaning: the re-branding of wines from the Koshu grape pp. 29-48: Kingsbury Aaron
“Who will care for me when I am dead?” Ancestors, homeless spirits, and new afterlives in low-fertility Japan pp. 49-69: Kawano Satsuki
Effects of investments in out-of-school education in Germany and Japan pp. 71-102: Entrich Steve R.
The death penalty in a changing society: a survey of recent developments in Japan pp. 103-123: Croydon Silvia
The end of salaryman tax reduction: Japan’s tax policy and its social background pp. 125-149: Toyofuku Miki
Self and salvation: visions of hikikomori in Japanese manga pp. 151-169: Heinze Ulrich and Thomas Penelope

Sunshine and Suicides in Japan: revisiting the relevance of economic determinants of suicide pp. 105-126: Schaede Ulrike
Memories of New Left protest pp. 127-165: Steinhoff Patricia G.
Hōgen ronsō: the great Ryukyuan languages debate of 1940 pp. 167-187: Heinrich Patrick
“Company heroes” versus “superstars”: executive pay in Japan in comparative perspective pp. 189-213: Waldenberger Franz
No pain, no gain: embodied masculinities and lifestyle sport in Japan pp. 215-236: Manzenreiter Wolfram

You’ve got sp@m: a textual analysis of unsolicited Japanese dating invitation mails pp. 1-16: Backhaus Peter
Images of Edo: reinterpreting “Japanese history” and the “buraku” through community-based narratives pp. 17-40: Cangià Flavia
Popular realms of memory in Japan: the case of Sakamoto Ryōma pp. 41-59: Tagsold Christian
Transcending labels and panics: the logic of Japanese youth problems pp. 61-86: Toivonen Tuukka and Imoto Yuki
神国の行方 – Where to next for Shinkoku thought? / Translated by Rebekah Clements pp. 87-104: Hirō Satō

Preface pp. 113-120: Klien Susanne
The innovative potential of inbound tourism in Japan for destination development − a case study of Hida Takayama pp. 121-147: Funck Carolin
Balancing urban revitalization, tourism, and development issues in times of crisis: Kawagoe's historical district as a self-sustaining and resilient community pp. 149-178: Imai Heide
A life cycle analysis of nature-based tourism policy in Japan pp. 179-211: Jones Thomas
Research report: historical amnesia and the “neo-imperial gaze” in the Okinawa boom pp. 213-241: Kühne Oliver E.
Ecotour providers in the Kyushu region: the characteristics of Japanese ecotourism and its relationship with global warming pp. 243-265: Yotsumoto Yukio

Japan imagined: popular culture, soft power, and Japan's changing image in Northeast and Southeast Asia* pp. 1-19: Otmazgin Kadosh Nissim
Artists and wartime politics: Natori Yōnosuke − a Japanese Riefenstahl?* pp. 21-50: Germer Andrea
Memory and myth: the bombings of Dresden and Hiroshima in German and Japanese TV drama pp. 51-70: Kirsch Griseldis
Nippon‘s nostalgic national narrative: ÉIshihara Shintarˉ‘s kamikaze film Ore pp. 71-94: Heinze Ulrich
Rethinking Japan's democracy: origins of “hybrid institutions” and their political consequences pp. 95-112: Kohno Masaru