Social Science Japan Journal

2010 - 2025

Current editor(s): Kenneth Mori McElwain

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Volume 17, issue 2, 2014

Lending to ‘Lemons’: Adverse Selection and the Failure of New Bank Tokyo pp. 155-167

Brett Clancy

Japanese Female Settlers in Colonial Korea: Between the ‘Benefits’ and ‘Constraints’ of Colonial Society pp. 169-188

Sug-In Kweon

Hierarchical Socialisation in a Japanese Junior High School: The Formation of a Sense of One’s Place pp. 189-205

Jeehwan Park

Recontextualizing Disney: Tokyo Disney Resort as a Kingdom of Dreams and Magic pp. 207-226

Yukio Toyoda

Kaiken no nani ga mondai ka pp. 227-230

Chris Winkler

Japan Decides 2012: The Japanese General Election pp. 230-234

Aiji Tanaka

Seitō seiji to fukinitsu na senkyo seido: kokusei, chihō seiji, tōshu senshutsu katei pp. 234-237

Hirofumi Kawaguchi

Welfare through Work: Conservative Ideas, Partisan Dynamics and Social Protection in Japan pp. 237-240

Jackie F. Steele

Japan’s Outcaste Abolition: The Struggle for National Inclusion and the Making of the Modern State pp. 240-243

Christopher Bondy

Nationalism and Power Politics in Japan’s Relations with China: A Neoclassical Realist Interpretation pp. 243-247

Xueping Wang

Komonzu kara no Toshi Saisei: Chiiki Kyōdō Kanri to Hō no Aratana Yakuwari (Urban Commons and City Revitalization: Community Management of the Commons and New Functions of the Law) pp. 247-251

Sumitaka Harada

Youth Movements, Trauma and Alternative Space in Contemporary Japan pp. 251-254

Julia Obinger

Kyōiku kaikaku no shakai kagaku – Inuyamashi no chōsen o Kenshō suru pp. 254-256

Kaoru Sato

Kabunushishuken o koete pp. 256-258

Hiroaki Hara

The Japanese Family in Transition: From the Professional Housewife Ideal to the Dilemmas of Choice pp. 259-261

Allison Alexy

Modern Girls on the Go: Gender, Mobility, and Labor in Japan pp. 262-264

Kristie Collins

Pink Globalization: Hello Kitty’s Trek across the Pacific pp. 264-267

Daniel White

Slurp! A Social and Culinary History of RAMEN—Japan’s Favorite Noodle Soup pp. 267-270

Samuel H. Yamashita

Coffee Life in Japan pp. 270-273

Gavin H. Whitelaw

Intimate Distance: Andean Music in Japan pp. 274-276

Matt Gillan

The Soul of Anime: Collaborative Creativity and Japan’s Media Success Story pp. 276-279

Deborah Shamoon

Volume 17, issue 1, 2014

Reinvigorating SSJJ’s International Editorial Board pp. 1-2

Gregory W. Noble

The Logic of Ministerial Selection: Electoral System and Cabinet Appointments in Japan pp. 3-22

Robert J. Pekkanen, Benjamin Nyblade and Ellis S. Krauss

Japan and the Universal Postal Union: An Alternative Internationalism in the 19th Century pp. 23-39

Douglas Howland

The Formation of ‘Youth’ as a Social Category in Pre-1970s Japan: A Forgotten Chapter of Japanese Postwar Youth Countercultures pp. 41-58

Michal Daliot-Bul

Empire and Social Science: Shinmei Masamichi and the East Asian Community in Interwar Japan pp. 59-76

Seok-Won Lee

Reformer or Destroyer? Hashimoto Tōru and Populist Neoliberal Politics in Japan pp. 77-96

Charles Weathers

Minshutō no soshiki to seisaku (kettō kara seiken kōtai made) [Democratic Party of Japan: Organization and policy from its formation to the change in administration] pp. 97-99

Jonathan D. Marshall

Shushō seiji no Seido Bunseki: Gendai Nihon Seiji no Kenryoku Kiban Keisei [The Japanese Premiership: An Institutional Analysis of the Power Relations] pp. 100-103

Hanako Ohmura

The Evolution of the Japanese Developmental State: Institutions Locked in by Ideas pp. 103-106

Kyoko Tokuhisa

Demo to ha Nanika? [What are Demonstrations About?] pp. 107-110

Patricia G. Steinhoff

Kazokushugi Fukushi Rejiimu no Saihen to Jendaa Seiji [Restructuring the Familialist Welfare Regime and Gender Politics in Japan] pp. 110-112

Takashi Horie

3.11 go no Tabunka Kazoku [The Post-3.11 Multicultural Family] pp. 113-118

Sunhee Lee

Building Resilience: Social Capital in Post-Disaster Recovery pp. 118-122

Tom Gill

Minpō kaisei: keiyaku no rūru ga hyakunenburi ni kawaru [Civil Code Reform: The Rules of Contract Change After 100 Long Years] pp. 122-126

Annelise Riles

Cyber Law in Japan pp. 126-129

Ryu Kojima

Coins, Trade, and the State: Economic Growth in Early Medieval Japan pp. 129-133

Jeffrey (Jeff) Y. Kurashige

The Historical Consumer: Consumption and Everyday Life in Japan, 1850-2000 pp. 133-136

Minoru Omameuda

Tsūshō sangyō seisakushi 1980–2000 (Dai-ichi-maki Sōron) [History of Japan’s Trade and Industry Policy 1980–2000 (Volume 1): General Overview] pp. 136-138

Gregory W. Noble

Nihon Shōken-Shiron: Senzenki Shijō Seido no Keisei to Hatten [Study of the History of Japan’s Securities Market: Formation and Development of the Market System in the Prewar Period] pp. 138-140

Osamu Ito

War and Health Insurance Policy in Japan and the United States: World War II to Postwar Reconstruction pp. 141-144

A. K. M. Skarpelis

Nicchu kankeishi 1972–2012; 1: seiji [A History of Japan-China Relations; 1972–2012: Vol. 1 Politics] pp. 144-146

Ming Wan

An Imperial Path to Modernity: Yoshino Sakuzō and a New Liberal Order in East Asia, 1905–1937 pp. 146-148

Tetsuya Sakai

Race for Empire: Koreans as Japanese and Japanese as Americans during World War Two pp. 149-152

Barak Kushner

Taiko Boom: Japanese Drumming in Place and Motion pp. 152-154

Shino Arisawa

Volume 16, issue 2, 2013

The Winner of the 2012 ISS–OUP Prize pp. 207-209

Gregory W. Noble

The Difference that Security Makes: The Politics of Citizenship in Postwar Japan in a Comparative Perspective pp. 211-234

Konrad Kalicki, Go Murakami and Nicholas A. R. Fraser

Remembering the Oriental Witches: Sports, Gender and Shōwa Nostalgia in the NHK Narratives of the Tokyo Olympics pp. 235-250

Iwona Merklejn

Interdisciplinary Engagement as an Acculturation Process: The Case of Japanese Studies pp. 251-277

Sierk A. Horn

Technology and Tolerance in Japan: Internet Use and Positive Attitudes and Behaviors Toward Foreigners pp. 279-300

Ryan Seebruck

Policy Images, Issue Frames, and Technical Realities: Contrasting Views of Japan’s Energy Policy Development pp. 301-308

Paul J. Scalise

Seiji no konmei to kenpō—Seiken kōtai o yomu (Political turmoil and the constitution—A new interpretation of changes of government) pp. 309-311

Tomonobu Hayashi

The Evolution of Japan’s Party System: Politics and Policy in an Era of Institutional Change pp. 312-314

Michio Umeda

Political Institutions and Elderly Care Policy: Comparative Politics of Long-term Care in Advanced Democracies pp. 314-317

Yuki Tsuji

Tradition, Democracy and the Townscape of Kyoto: Claiming a Right to the Past pp. 318-320

Bruce White

Quiet Politics and Business Power: Corporate Control in Europe and Japan pp. 320-323

Manabu Matsunaka

Tenkanshasai no Keizaibunseki (Economic Analysis of Convertible Bonds) pp. 323-326

Hisashi Ohgaki

Kisei Kanwa to Shijō Kōzō no Henka: Kōkū, Sekiyū, Tsūshin Sekuta (Deregulation and Changes in Market Structures: A Comparative Analysis of Equilibrium Paths in the Aviation, Oil and Telecommunications Sectors) pp. 326-328

Jun Matsunami

Conflicts of Interest and the Future of Medicine—The United States, France, and Japan pp. 328-331

Michael D. Fetters

The Art of Censorship in Postwar Japan pp. 332-334

Steven Ridgely

Diversity at Kaizen Motors: Gender, Race, Age, and Insecurity in a Japanese Auto Transplant pp. 335-337

Mitchell W. Sedgwick

Wind Bands and Cultural Identity in Japanese Schools (Landscapes: The Arts, Aesthetics, and Education) pp. 337-340

Hiroshi Nishijima

Idols and Celebrity in Japanese Media Culture pp. 340-343

Hiroshi Aoyagi

The Japanese House: Material Culture in the Modern Home pp. 343-346

Gavin Hamilton Whitelaw

Multinational Retailers and Consumers in China: Transferring Organizational Practices from the United Kingdom and Japan pp. 346-349

Kenichi Ando

Japan, China and Networked Regionalism in East Asia pp. 349-351

Hiroyuki Hoshiro

Reisengo Nihon no Bōei Seisaku: Nichibei Dōmei Shinka no Kigen (Japan’s Post-Cold War Defence Policy: The Origins of the Strengthened Japan-US Alliance) pp. 351-354

Sebastian Maslow

Masculinity and Japan’s Foreign Relations pp. 354-357

Kana Takamatsu

Transpacific Field of Dreams—How Baseball Linked the United States and Japan in Peace and War pp. 357-359

Masaru Ikei

Volume 16, issue 1, 2013

Self-Employment in Japan: A Microanalysis of Personal Profiles pp. 1-28

Jess Diamond and Ulrike Schaede

Expectations of Failure: Maturity and Masculinity for Freeters in Contemporary Japan pp. 29-43

Emma E. Cook

Citizen Participation or Low-Cost Care Providers? Welfare Non-profit Organisations in Japan pp. 45-62

Junko Yamashita

Liabilities of Partisan Labels: Independents in Japanese Local Elections pp. 63-85

Ken Victor L. Hijino

Does Viewing Television Affect the Academic Performance of Children? pp. 87-105

Wataru Kureishi and Keiko Yoshida

Yasuoka Masahiro’s ‘New Discourse on Bushidō Philosophy’: Cultivating Samurai Spirit and Men of Character for Imperial Japan pp. 107-129

Roger H. Brown

Historical Origins of a Welfare-State Regime: Unemployment Protection in Japan, 1919–1949 pp. 131-153

Hans Martin Krämer

The Transformation of Japanese Employment Relations: Reform without Labour pp. 155-158

Bill Taylor

Corporate Governance and Managerial Reform in Japan pp. 158-160

Takahito Kato

The People’s Post OfficeThe History and Politics of the Japanese Postal System, 1871–2010 pp. 161-163

Janet Hunter

Taishūka to Meritocracy: Kyōikusenbatsu o meguru Shiken to Suisen no paradox (Educational Expansion and Meritocracy: The Paradox of Examination and Recommendation in Educational Selection) pp. 164-167

Ryoji Matsuoka

Rōdōhō Nyūmon (Introduction to Labor Law) pp. 167-170

Ryo Kambayashi

Shakaiteki Keizai ga Hiraku Mirai: Kiki no Jidai ni ‘Hōsetsu Shakai’ o Motomete (Beyond the Horizons of the Social Economy: Demands for an ‘Inclusive Society’ in an Age of Economic Crisis) pp. 170-173

Masafumi Arata

Making Japanese Citizens: Civil Society and the Mythology of the Shimin in Postwar Japan pp. 173-176

Shigeki Uno

A Natural Experiment on Electoral Law Reform: Evaluating the Long Run Consequences of 1990s Electoral Reform in Italy and Japan pp. 176-179

Yoshikuni Ono

Reisen Kōzō no Henyō to Nihon no tai Chū Gaikō (The Transformation of the Framework of the Cold War and Japan’s China Policy) pp. 179-182

Madoka Fukuda

Teikoku Nihon to Zaibatsu Shōsha: Kyōkō—Sensōka no Mitsui Bussan (Imperial Japan and Zaibatsu Trading Companies: Mitsui & Co. in Times of Panic and War) pp. 182-184

Keishi Okabe

Dealing with Disaster in Japan: Responses to the Flight JL123 Crash pp. 185-188

Junko Otani

Bonds of the Dead: Temples, Burial, and the Transformation of Contemporary Japanese Buddhism pp. 188-191

Scott Schnell

Food and Fantasy in Early Modern Japan pp. 191-194

David Eason

Passionate Friendship: The Aesthetics of Girl’s Culture in Japan pp. 195-198

Patrick W. Galbraith

Empire of Dogs: Canines, Japan, and the Making of the Modern Imperial World pp. 198-201

Paul S. Hansen

Fabricating Consumers: The Sewing Machine in Modern Japan pp. 201-203

M. William Steele

Songs from the Edge of Japan: Music-making in Yaeyama and Okinawa pp. 204-206

Hugh de Ferranti