Contemporary Japan

1999 - 2025

Current editor(s): Isaac Gagni

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Volume 23, issue 2, 2011

Editorial pp. 129-132

Florian Kohlbacher and Carola Hommerich

Myths about Japanese employment practices: An increasing insider–outsider conflict of interests pp. 133-155

Naohiro Yashiro

Institutional barriers to work beyond retirement in an aging Japan: Evidence from a recent employee survey pp. 157-186

Atsuhiro Yamada and Masa Higo

In the midst of transition: Salaryman senryū poems and the perception of workplace change pp. 187-212

Wendy A. Spinks and Wendy Spinks

No chance for romance: Corporate culture, gendered work, and increased singlehood in Japan pp. 213-234

Akiko Yoshida and Akiko Yoshida

Volume 23, issue 1, 2011

Editorial pp. 1-4

Carola Hommerich and Florian Kohlbacher

Kiyoku, tadashiku, utsukushiku: Takarazuka Revue and the project of identity (re-)solidification pp. 5-25

Maria Gr jdian

Reinforcing identities? Non-Japanese residents, television and cultural nationalism in Japan pp. 27-47

Alexandra Hambleton

Eating disorders and self-harm in Japanese culture and cultural expressions pp. 49-69

Gitte Marianne Hansen

Spiritual safety nets and networked faith: The “liquidity” of family and work under late modernity pp. 71-92

Isaac Gagné

Autonomy, religiosity and national identification as determinants of life satisfaction: A theoretical and empirical model and its application to Japan pp. 93-127

Wolfgang Jagodzinski

Volume 22, issue 1-2, 2010

Editorial pp. 1-2

Florian Coulmas

Preface pp. 3-6

Barbara G. Holthus and Kristina Iwata-Weickgenannt

Stability and increasing fluidity in the contemporary Japanese social stratification system pp. 7-21

Yoshimichi Sato

When dismissal becomes a business transaction: Analysis of the processes and consequences of haken-giri under the global recession pp. 23-45

Shinji Kojima

Divided society model and social cleavages in Japanese politics: No alignment by social class, but dealignment of rural-urban division pp. 47-74

David Chiavacci

Eine andere Form der Ungleichheit: Behinderung und soziale Stratifikation in Japans kakusa shakai-Diskussion pp. 75-98

URS Matthias Zachmann

Understanding buraku inequality: Improvements and challenges pp. 99-113

Christopher Bondy

From the traditions of J-horror to the representation of kakusa shakai in Kurosawa’s film Tokyo Sonata pp. 115-136

Roman Rosenbaum

Gender and class in Miura Atsushi’s karyū shakai [low-stream society]: Literature review pp. 137-152

Schad-Seifert Annette

Collaboration or confrontation? Local and non-local actors in the Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennial pp. 153-178

Susanne Klien

Constructing difference in Japan: Literary counter-images of the Okinawa boom pp. 179-204

Hein Ina

The personal is political in Kinuta o utsu onna [The cloth fuller]: A ‘little narrative’ by zainichi Korean writer Lee Hoe Sung pp. 205-221

Elise Foxworth

Volume 21, issue 1, 2010

Vorwort pp. 11-11

Maren Godzik

Altern in Japan Herausforderungen und Chancen pp. 15-24

Maren Godzik

Autonomy, Reciprocity and Communication in Older Spouse Relationships pp. 25-53

Akiko Oda

Ältere Menschen und das Vormundschafts-recht für Volljährige in Japan pp. 55-71

Junko Ando

Altern und Suizidalität im heutigen Japan pp. 73-93

Julius Popp and Johannes H. Wilhelm

Zur Situation älterer Obdachloser in urbanen Räumen Japans: Ursachen, Überlebensstrategien und Hilfsmassnahmen pp. 95-124

Julia Obinger

Arbeiten bis ins hohe Alter: Institutionelle und nicht-institutionelle Einflüsse auf das Erwerbsverhalten älterer Menschen in Japan pp. 125-161

Carolina Paulsen

Gründungsdynamik in alternden Gesellschaften—das Beispiel Japan pp. 163-196

Kazue Haga

Ältere Menschen in der japanischen Fernsehwerbung: Eine umfragebasierte und inhaltsanalytische Untersuchung pp. 197-222

Michael Prieler, Florian Kohlbacher, Shigeru Hagiwara and Akie Arima

Mastery with Age: The Appeal of the Traditional Arts to Senior Citizens in Contemporary Japan pp. 223-251

Katrina Moore and Ruth Campbell

Daring to Take On Female Roles: Japanese Male Retirees as Volunteer Carers pp. 253-270

Jill Miller

„Tele-Altenpflege” und „Robotertherapie”: Leben mit Robotern als Vision und Realität für die alternde Gesellschaft Japans pp. 271-298

Cosima Wagner

Open Society, Closed Market? pp. 301-333

Stefan Lippert and Thomas Ammann

Rezensionen pp. 337-369

Ralph Lützeler, Heinrich Menkhaus, Hiromi Tanaka-Naji, Cosima Wagner and Christian Weisgerber

Volume 20, issue 1, 2009

Vorwort pp. 11-12

Die Herausgeber

Regionalentwicklung und Ungleichheit: Raumdisparitäten als Thema zur Prime Time—eine Einführung pp. 15-33

Volker Elis and Ralph Lützeler

Landes- und Regionalentwicklung zwischen Wachstum und Schrumpfung: Regionale Disparitäten und Räumliche Planung in Japan pp. 35-67

Thomas Feldhoff

Schrumpfende Städte als Herausforderung: Japan, Hokkaidō und der Fall der Stadt Yūbari pp. 69-102

Winfried Flüchter

Weite Himmel über der Kaiserstadt: Die Kehrtwende in Kyotos Stadtplanung pp. 103-128

Christoph Brumann

Ruheständler als Lebenselixier? Ruhestandswanderung und lokale Neubelebungsstrategien am Beispiel von Atami und Ishigaki pp. 129-162

Maren Godzik

Kommunale Gebietsreformen der Heisei-Zeit und lokale Identität: Das Beispiel der Kommune Arita-chō pp. 163-192

Cornelia Reiher

Eine neue Identität für Regionalstädte: Deindustrialisierung, kommunale Gebietsreform und Tourismus pp. 193-222

Carolin Funck

Japanese Rural Revitalization: The Reality and Potential of Cultural Commodities as Local Brands pp. 223-245

Anthony Rausch

Recent Developments in the Representation of National Memory and Local Identities: The Politics of Memory in Tsushima, Matsuyama, and Maizuru pp. 247-277

Tatsushi Hirano, Sven Saaler and Stefan Säbel

The Local Dimension of Energy and Environmental Policy in Japan pp. 281-305

Andrew DeWit and Tatsuhiko Tani

From Environmental Accountability to Corporate Social Responsibility? Reflections on the CSR Boom in Japan from the Perspective of Business Management and Civil Society Groups pp. 307-329

Susanne Brucksch and Carolina Grünschloß

Rezensionen pp. 333-387

Maren Godzik, Patrick Heinrich, Matthias Koch, Ralph Lützeler, Heinrich Menkhaus, Michael Prieler, Christian W. Spang, Axel Klein and Alexandra Wittig

Zu den Autorinnen und Autoren dieses Jahrbuchs pp. 388-394

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