Category: Japanese Studies
Between West and East: Japanese Mangas as World Literature
The following essay proposes intertextuality in Japanese mangas as a bridge between Europe and Asia, it proposes the relationship betwixt …
Japanese Leadership in Combatting Chinese Organ Transplant Abuse
The G7 is meeting in Hiroshima on May 19 to 21, 2023. Japan is the president of the G7 for …
Persuasive Strategies in Debates on Japan’s Constitution and Article 9: The Gulf War Case Study
This article presents a qualitative analysis of persuasive strategies used in debates on Japan's security policy, related, in particular, to …
Masculinities in Doraemon: A Critical Discourse Analysis
This study conducts a critical discourse analysis of the masculinities of male characters in Doraemon, a famous Japanese manga series. …
Japanese Characteristics as Seen in Iroha Karuta
Iroha Karuta is a card game that originated in the mid-Edo period in Japan. It is played especially in new …
Shindo Jujo’s Island of Treasures: A Rebel Myth for Okinawa
In his novel Island of Treasures (Takarajima) (2017), Shindo Junjo creates a mythical world of youthful Robin-Hood heroes, the "senka …
Punica Granatum (Zakuro in Japanese) – Basis for a Reflection on Cultural History
Punica Granatum is at least 4,000 years old, in the wild or cultivated state. Some researchers put the figure as …
Gross Domestic Product and Gross Domestic Happiness: A Review of Asian Economic Development Models
Comparative analysis of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and Gross Domestic Happiness (GDH) is a strategic approach towards adding value to …
Invention of “Self-Mummified Buddhas” in Japan and Its Historical Significance
Self-mummification is an aesthetic practice in which a monk goes into a hole underground and remains there without food, a …
Japan and Ukraine: Strengthening Friendship and Partnership Ties in the Era of Reiwa
Notwithstanding the fact that Japan and Ukraine are separated by a great geographic distance, the two countries have many things …
Popular Mexican Snacks Originated in Japan
Japanese immigrants played a prominent role in Mexican snack culture. Cacahuate japones, muegano, jamonsillo, chamoy, and habas are all snacks …
Improvement of Environment for Tourists in Japan from the World Complying with ISO Standards on Translation and Interpreting Services
The purpose of this paper is to make an appropriate suggestion of environment improvement that visitors to Japan from the …
Social Project Management Method for Creating Business to Solve the Social Issues
To reclaim the future, it is necessary to solve the social issues such as poverty alleviation, democratic governance and peacebuilding, …
Paionia Retsuden (The Biographies of Pioneers): Accounts of 127 Japanese Immigrants in Mexico
Paionia Retsuden, or The Biographies of Pioneers (1975) by Kenichi Murai, outlines the personal histories of 127 Japanese immigrants to …
Implications of the Japanese 2014 Election
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe led his conservative Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) to a landslide victory in the snap election …
Positive Disciplinary Power
For decades now, academics have developed analyses for uncovering oppressive forms of power in society. These investigations often reveal conscious …
Re-Heating’ Hope through Recognition in Japanese Late Capitalism: A Sociological Analysis of Ryo Asai’s “The Kirishima Thing”
How is invisible power exerted through recognition? By adopting Ulrich Beck’s social theory of reflexive modernisation, this paper analyses Ryo …
Awakening from Dream, Back to the Pre-Modern: Satoh Makoto’s “The Dance of Angels Who Burns Their Own Wings”
Japanese playwright and stage director Satoh Makoto (shows an acute insight that human suffering is the outcome of the illusion …
Japan, the Global Novel and the Question of Responsibility
Recent years have seen the arrival of a number of novels, which, while they thematically touch on Japan to some …