Routledge Contemporary Japan Series
About the Book Series
The aim of this series is to publish original, high-quality work by both new and established scholars on all aspects of contemporary Japan.
The Changing Japanese Family
1st Edition
Edited
By Marcus Rebick, Ayumi Takenaka
May 14, 2009
The Japanese family is shifting in fundamental ways, specifically in terms of attitudes towards family and societal relationships, and also the role of the family in society. Changing Japanese Family explores these significant changes which include an ageing population, delayed marriages, a fallen ...
War Memory, Nationalism and Education in Postwar Japan: The Japanese History Textbook Controversy and Ienaga Saburo's Court Challenges
1st Edition
By Yoshiko Nozaki
May 12, 2009
The controversy over official state-approved history textbooks in Japan, which omit or play down many episodes of Japan’s occupation of neighbouring countries during the Asia-Pacific War (1931-1945), and which have been challenged by critics who favour more critical, peace and justice perspectives,...
Population Decline and Ageing in Japan - The Social Consequences
1st Edition
By Florian Coulmas
September 30, 2008
This book presents a comprehensive analysis of one of the most pressing challenges facing Japan today: population decline and ageing. It argues that social ageing is a phenomenon that follows in the wake of industrialization, urbanization and social modernization, bringing about changes in values,...
The Ethics of Aesthetics in Japanese Cinema and Literature: Polygraphic Desire
1st Edition
By Nina Cornyetz
May 01, 2008
This is an innovative, scholarly and original study of the ethics of modern Japanese aesthetics from the 1930s, through the Second World War and into the post-war period. Nina Cornyetz embarks on new and unprecedented readings of some of the most significant literary and film texts of the Japanese ...
Shinkansen: From Bullet Train to Symbol of Modern Japan
1st Edition
By Christopher Hood
July 06, 2007
The image of the shinkansen – or ‘bullet train’ – passing Mount Fuji is one of the most renowned images of modern Japan. Yet, despite its international reputation for speed and punctuality, little is understood about what makes it work so well and what its impact is. This is a comprehensive ...
Japan's Foreign Aid: Old Continuities and New Directions
1st Edition
Edited
By David Arase
September 20, 2005
Filling a gap in the existing literature, this book analyzes the distinctive features of Japan’s development aid, especially technical co-operation, in comparison with other donors’ aid. Incorporating a wealth of research, it discusses whether Japan is behind other leading donor countries...
Japanese Company in Crisis
1st Edition
By Fiona Graham
May 19, 2005
Japanese white-collar workers have been characterised by their intense loyalty and life-long commitment to their companies. This book is based on very extensive ethnographic research inside a Japanese insurance company during the period when the company was going through a major crisis which ended ...