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JJS Coeditor Sabine Frühstück took part in a panel offered by the Modern Japan History Association: youtube.com/watch?v=QxfUob… Sabine discusses issues authors should think about when submitting an essay to JJS, with a focus on authors for whom English is not their first language.

For anyone interested, a video of the recent MJHA "New Books on Japan" conversation between Matthew Augustine (Kyushu) and Deokhyo Choi (Maryland) about Augustine's new book  "From Japanese Empire to American Hegemony" is now available! youtu.be/_xmiroIlai0

In one week! A roundtable on Colonial Taiwan in Japanese Studies, featuring Paul Barclay (Lafayette College), Kirsten Ziomek (Adelphi University), John Kanbayashi (University of Pennsylvania), and Seiji Shirane (City College of New York). Register here: mjha.org/event-5881869

Very happy to see my new article published in RIS today: “Unravelling military aggression: Ontological insecurity, great power narcissism, and Japan’s international relations, 1868–1971”. cambridge.org/core/journals/… #SecurityStudies #InternationalRelations🧵

NEW ARTICLE: In his latest work, Naoto Higuchi explores what is new in Japan’s evolving migration policy, focusing on the changes in legal status for fourth-generation Japanese descendants (Nikkeijin) and technical interns. Read more: academic.oup.com/ssjj/advance-a…

Why were Tokyo’s trains absent from Japan’s COVID-19 health messaging—even though they fit the “3C” definition of high-risk spaces? My new article dives into this question, examining how public transport was extracted from discourses of viral risk. 1/ ➡️doi.org/10.1080/168347…

On Monday! Nobuko Yamasaki (Lehigh University) on her new book “Prostitutes, Hostesses, and Actresses at the Edge of the Japanese Empire: Fragmenting History” in conversation with Michiko Suzuki (UC Davis). Register for Zoom here: mjha.org/event-5763592

New Book Review: Koichi Kawai discusses Yu Wakabayashi’s new book, 日本気象行政史の研究 東京大学出版会, which explores the historical role of expertise and reputation within Japan’s bureaucratic structures, focusing on the Meteorological Agency. Read more here academic.oup.com/ssjj/advance-a…

Dr Ian Rapley’s new book "Green Star Japan: Esperanto and the International Language Question, 1880–1945" is being published by the University of Hawai’i Press this month.

Meet the authors of The New Nanzan Guide to Japanese Religions, @Matthew55Mc and Jolyon Baraka Thomas, along with contributor Dr. Kaitlyn Ugoretz @kaitlynugoretz.bsky.social, at #SBLAAR2024! This highly anticipated guide is now available. Order by February 28, 2025, and save 30%: go.hawaii.edu/zkb

Dr Marius Palz has published a new article titled "Negotiating Extirpation: On the Political Implications of Declaring Dugongs Extinct in Okinawan Waters" in Cambridge Prisms: Extinction.

Central bank digital currency, crypto assets, and cash demand: evidence from Japan Hiroshi Fujiki buff.ly/4ebAH8c

Check out CJ36(2) incl articles on national apologies; income inequality; depopulation and local elections Ken Hijino; disability policies; post-3.11 Japanese literature; 2023 VSJF award-winning paper on Japan’s security policy David Adebahr Japan Social Science Research tandfonline.com/toc/rcoj20/36/2

#OpenAccess Aimi Muranaka Uni Duisburg-Essen @unidue.bsky.social analyzes how Vietnamese IT professionals managed their daily work and family lives in Japan during the #COVID-19 pandemic, dealing with pressure to undergo "nearly (im)mobile" work practices Japan Social Science Research Taylor & Francis Group Japan doi.org/10.1080/186927…

My book Black Wave on the ways that networks and governance shape disaster outcomes is the best price: zero dollars! amazon.com/Black-Wave-Net…

W. Manzenreiter Japanese Studies Vienna reviews Women and Martial Art in Japan Routledge Books by Kate Sylvester Perspectives: ethnographic study at university kendo club shows how athletes resist & comply with normative femininity via 'sporting masculinity' Japan Social Science Research doi.org/10.1080/186927…

NEW ARTICLE: In her new article, Ofra Goldstein-Gidoni examines the impact of #Covid19 on #Japan's corporate culture. Read the full paper here #OpenAccess: academic.oup.com/ssjj/advance-a…

#OpenAccess What factors contribute to an individual experiencing #ijime? Using PISA 2018 data, Teruki SANADA assesses the relationship between school bullying, socioeconomic status & academic achievement in Japanese schools Japan Social Science Research Taylor & Francis Group Japan doi.org/10.1080/186927…

#OpenAccess HelenaHof MPI MMG Göttingen examines knowledge-intensive/"innovation-driven" migrant entrepreneurship in Japan. Her article suggests how positive deviance can contribute to transforming social norms and improving Japan's startup ecosystem Japan Social Science Research doi.org/10.1080/186927…

My book on the history of Russian espionage against Japan is now available for purchase. (Also available via Amazon). hurstpublishers.com/book/cracking-…