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The Care of the Elderly in Japan

By Yongmei Wu

The problems of an ageing population are particularly acute in Japan. These problems include people living longer, with many needing more care, and the problems…

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2004 | Hardback: 978-0-415-32319-2 (Routledge)

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Japan and National Anthropology: A Critique

By Sonia Ryang

Japan and National Anthropology: A Critique is an empirically rich and theoretically sophisticated study which challenges the conventional view of Japanese studies in general and…

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2004 | Paperback: 978-0-415-40579-9 (Routledge)

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The Tea Ceremony and Women's Empowerment in Modern Japan

Bodies Re-Presenting the Past

By Etsuko Kato

The subject of the tea ceremony is well researched both in and outside of Japan, but the women who practice it are hardly ever discussed.…

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2004 | Hardback: 978-0-415-31703-0 (Routledge)

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Collected Writings of J. A. A. Stockwin

Part 1

By J.A.A. Stockwin

The volume opens with a detailed autobiographical sketch of the author's original 'meeting with Japan', which began in 1961after taking up a post at ANU,…

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2004 | Hardback: 978-1-903350-15-7 (Routledge)

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Collected Writings of J. Thomas Rimer

By J. Thomas Rimer

Widely acknowledged as the doyen of twentieth-century Japanese literature, fine art and the performing arts, as well as being renowned for his translations of Zeami

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2004 | Hardback: 978-1-903350-16-4 (Routledge)

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Collected Writings of Gordon Daniels

By Gordon Daniels

Originally a student of Meiji Japan, Gordon Daniels is widely known for his work on the Pacific War and the Occupation of Japan, with particular…

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2004 | Hardback: 978-1-903350-17-1 (Routledge)

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The Tôkaidô Road

Travelling and Representation in Edo and Meiji Japan

By Jilly Traganou

The Tôkaidô Road offers a comparative study of the Tôkaidô road's representations during the Edo (1600-1868) and Meiji (1868-1912) eras. Throughout the Edo era, the…

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2003 | Hardback: 978-0-415-31091-8 (Routledge)

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Japanese Cybercultures

Edited by Nanette Gottlieb, Mark McLelland

Japan is rightly regarded as one of the most technologically advanced countries in the world, yet the development and deployment of Internet technology in Japan…

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2002 | Paperback: 978-0-415-27919-2 (Routledge)

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Globalizing Japan

Ethnography of the Japanese presence in Asia, Europe, and America

By Harumi Befu, Sylvie Guichard-Anguis

Globalizing Japan explores the social and cultural dimensions of Japan's global presence. Japan's expansion and presence as an economic giant is witnessed on an everyday…

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2002 | Paperback: 978-0-415-28566-7 (Routledge)

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Britain and Japan

Biographical Portraits, Vol. IV

Edited by Hugh Cortazzi

The continuing success of this series, highly regarded by scholars and the general reader alike, has prompted The Japan Society to commission this fourth volume,…

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2002 | Hardback: 978-1-903350-14-0 (Routledge)

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Forthcoming Titles:

A Life Adrift: Soeda Azembo, Popular Song and Modern Mass Culture in Japan
By Azembo Soeda
To be published November 21st 2008

Japan's Minorities: The illusion of homogeneity
Edited by Michael Weiner
To be published November 25th 2008

Japan's Minorities: The illusion of homogeneity
Edited by Michael Weiner
To be published November 25th 2008

Japanese Tourism and Travel Culture
Edited by Sylvie Guichard-Anguis, Okpyo Moon
To be published November 27th 2008

The Novels of Oe Kenzaburo
By Yasuko Claremont
To be published December 1st 2008

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