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The Complete Works of T. Arthur 35 Complete Works of T. Arthur Feb 11, Get it Tue, Oct 2 - Wed, Oct Only 4 left in stock - order soon. Only 10 left in stock - order soon. Many people in the West portray Japan as being fixed in its ways, and unable to change, and consequently risking national decline and international loss of prestige.
However, in fact, Japan is at present in a significant transition period, comparable to the Meiji Restoration of or the period…. Edited by David Leheny , Kay Warren. Instead of asking the usual questions about Japanese aid — Why is Japanese aid so different from that of other donors? Is Japanese aid effective? Political Reform in Japan argues that the quality of political leadership is the crucial determinant of whether parties in positions of dominance, like the Liberal Democratic Party in Japan, pass or reject policies such as electoral system and campaign finance reforms that could harm the party's….
Over the past two decades, non-governmental organizations NGOs have exploded in number and emerged as a new force in international and transnational politics. Why, however, do some countries nonetheless have more active NGO sectors than others? Using the case of Japan, this book uncovers…. Edited by Nina Cornyetz , J.
How did nerves and neuroses take the place of ghosts and spirits in Meiji Japan? Edited by Ralf Bebenroth , Toshihiro Kanai. Human resource management systems differ across corporations around the world. Japan has unique characteristics that create specific challenges for HRM and there is currently a lack of research focusing on Japanese HR issues available to westerners.
This book examines the major challenges and…. This is the first book in recent years to explore the….
Read "A Life Adrift Soeda Azembo, Popular Song and Modern Mass Culture in Japan" by Soeda Azembo with series Routledge Contemporary Japan Series. A Life Adrift: Soeda Azembo, Popular Song and Modern Mass Culture in Japan Routledge. 1 As these categories attest, he embedded in his songs contemporary A Life Adrift stands out as the only memoir of its kind, one written first-hand by a leader in the world of enka singing. . Paula J. Giddings.
This book provides a comprehensive survey of Japanese-Russian relations from the end of the Russo-Japanese War until the present. Based on extensive original research in both Japanese and Russian sources, it traces the development of relations from the tumultuous pre-war period, through the Second…. Publicly declaring the beauty and normality of homosexual desire, Barazoku electrified the male homosexual world whilst scandalising….
Did all three experience parallel reactions to national trauma and reconstruction? History education shaped how these nations reconceived their national identities. Because the content of history education…. Focusing particularly on onwards, the period starts with the normalization of relations with China and…. Drawing on theories of place, consumption and identity, Sarah Chaplin details the evolution of the love hotel in urban Japan since the s.
Love hotels emerged in the late s following a ban of licensed prostitution, then were extremely popular in the s, were then legislated against in the…. This book is the first full-length study in English to examine the use of discriminatory language in Japan. As in other countries, there has been much debate about the public use of language deemed demeaning to certain groups within society especially in relation to the issue of minority rights….
Edited by Indra Levy. The role of translation in the formation of modern Japanese identities has become one of the most exciting new fields of inquiry in Japanese studies. This book marks the first attempt to establish the contours of this new field, bringing together seminal works of Japanese scholarship and criticism…. Edited by Carola Hein , Philippe Pelletier. Adding a new perspective to the current literature on decentralization in Japan, Cities, Autonomy and Decentralization in Japan, approaches the subject from an urban studies and planning approach.
The essays in the collection present a cogent compilation of case studies focusing on the past,…. Edited by Marcus Rebick , Ayumi Takenaka. 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….
This book presents a comprehensive analysis of one of the most pressing challenges facing Japan today: