Drawing from research he conducted during 1992-94, Fujita (Rural Development Academy, Bogra, Bangladesh) describes how Bangladesh was not blessed with the Green Revolution until a decade or more after
The ten papers are from a 2004 conference, probably held in Japan somewhere. Economists and other social scientists look at the rise of the middle classes in Southeast Asia during the second half of t
Papers from the 2009 Kyoto Breast Cancer Consensus Conference focus on local and systemic management of early breast cancer. International contributors provide information on current topics in surgery
This volume presents the first detailed description of composite swiddening, a traditional Southeast Asian upland agricultural system that combines shifting cultivation fields on the hillsides with ir
Otani (human services, Osaka U., Japan) focuses on the plight of poor elderly citizens with no family connections who lost their homes during the Great Hanshin Earthquake of 1995 and were repeatedly r
Japan and Western industrialized nations share the challenge of a rapidly aging population combined with low birth rates. Saito (human sciences, Osaka U.) and Norwegian academics introduce eight compa
Aoki (anthropology, Hokusei Gakuen U., Sapporo) examines widowhood in Japanese society through an anthropological lens. Organized into several parts, the volume introduces Aoki's research methods and
In Japanese society, gender has long been a major determinant of individuals' work-career and life trajectory. Due to the complexity of this social phenomenon, Gender and Career in Japan probes the na
Is Japanese whaling based on national culture and tradition? Sociologist Hiroyuki Watanabe challenges this question by examining the history of whaling in modern Japan and looking at the wide range of
The well known Japanese practices of lifetime employment, seniority-based wages, and company-based labor unions have benefited the long-term employment of men, says Kimoto (social sciences, Hotsubashi
This is the third volume in a set looking at the growth of Japanese science and technology in the post-World War II period. Focused on the 1960s, the volume's 32 chapters begin with a section that doc
Marked by Minamata Disease, the oil crisis of 1973, trade friction with the US, and a general understanding that the economic and financial environment was worsening rapidly, the 1970s would appear to
Many commentators about Japanese society have suggested that it is a relatively egalitarian society with little disparity. Drawing on data collected by the Social Stratification and Mobility Survey Pr
