Minamida (Musashi University, Tokyo, Japan) and Tsuji (Chuo University, Tokyo, Japan) invite Japanese sociologists to consider the best approaches for examining contemporary Japanese society and cultu
In the "world system" of anthropology, the narratives of the colonizer American, British, and French scholarship has been privileged in academia, argues Kuwayama (history and anthropology, Hokkaido U.
Amano (president, Tokyo Kasei-Gakuin U., Japan) traces how the term "seikatsusha" has been understood and used in different social, political, and economic contexts in recent Japanese history and what
This book presents the personal struggles of two remarkable men who have publicly declared their homosexuality and dedicated their lives to combating the discrimination and prejudice directed at same
Nihonjinron is the Japanese term for Japanese national character, or the way the Japanese characterize themselves. Befu, a bilingual anthropologist who has studied Japan for 40 years, examines hundr
Based on fieldwork spanning two decades, this book presents a longitudinal study of deviance and crime among youths in Kanagawa-ken, with a focus upon two groups of young people a?? a working class gr
This book presents a counter-argument to the widely held view that the Japanese have believed that they are a homogeneous nation since the Meiji period. Eiji Oguma demonstrates that the myth of ethnic
With a focus on Brazilian migrant workers in Japan, this study - now available in paperback - produces a comprehensive picture of the forces driving transnational labor migration, both in the countrie
'It finally dawned on us. The government was unreliable. Politicians and bureaucrats were unreliable. The media were untrustworthy. The brutal reality hit us that we had to protect ourselves... otherw
In this study, eight young Japanese sociologists analyze quantitative social survey data to understand the new phase of Japanese nationalism. They asked ordinary Japanese people to share their views o
With a focus on Brazilian migrant workers in Japan, this study produces a comprehensive picture of the forces driving transnational labor migration, both in the countries of origin of foreign workers
