Issues - Musharof Chy
Paving Over the Kansai - On Dango: The Famous "Yokosuka Navy Base Toilet Job"
Two short essays on Japanese construction, including the corruption among Japanese corporations and...
The Rise of Japan - The Vocabulary of Control
Examines a few social characteristics of Japanese.
Robert Fulford's Column About Japanese Identity
Personal musings about how the Japanese identify themselves.
Defining Japan's Role in the Post-Taliban World Order Tokyo's Path to Great Power Status
An essay addressing how Japan has responded and changed through the War on Terror.
Maintaining Identities: Discourses of Homogeneity in a Rapidly Globalising Japan
Looks at the ideological tools that maintain the idea of Japan as a mono-cultural, homogeneous soci...
Media Intimidation in Japan: A Close Encounter with Hard Japanese Nationalism
Documents a close encounter with hard Japanese nationalism.
Japanese Gun Control
An article in the Asia Pacific Law Review, analyzing Japanese gun control laws and history of firea...
Japan's Neo-Nationalism: The Role of the Hinomaru and Kimigayo Legislation
Essay on the growing friction in the Japanese government's directives to use wartime nationalist sy...
Christian Science Monitor - Japanese Man Publicly Fights Grope Charge
Documents how after women started speaking out, some men now fear false accusations of groping wome...
Asia Times Online - In Japan, The Crime Rate Also Rises
Examines Japan's rising crime rate, as well as various misconceptions about it.
New York Times - Outcast Status Worsens Pain of Japan's Disabled
Article on how severely disabled in Japan are often treated as something shameful and as social par...
The Japan Times - Is 'Disability' Still a Dirty Word in Japan?
Describes how mainstream society is slowly opening up to the physically or mentally impaired.