Tag Archives: Japan
Issue 2 for 2023 published
Issue 2 of 2023’s volume 53 has been published. It includes a feature section of four articles on Domestic and Comparative Perspectives on Contemporary Vietnam, three other research articles, a review article, and four book reviews. The feature section includes: … Continue reading
Japan’s “Lost Decades”
“From the ‘Lost Decades’ to the Organic Crisis of Post-1990s Japan” (DOI: 10.1080/00472336.2022.2032280) is an article by Myles Carroll of the Faculty of Core Research, Ochanomizu University, Tokyo, Japan. The abstract states: This article argues that, since the 1990s, Japan … Continue reading
Precarious Asia: Capitalism and Work
Precarious Asia: Global Capitalism and Work in Japan, South Korea, and Indonesia is a new Stanford University Press book authored by Arne L. Kalleberg, Kevin Hewison and Kwang-Yeong Shin. It is reviewed for JCA by Jenny Chan. The book, Chan … Continue reading
Issue 1 for 2022 published
After quite a delay, Volume 52, No. 1 is out and is available electronically at the publisher’s site. This issue includes the JCA Prize announcement, six research articles, a commentary and three book reviews. The contents are: The Journal of … Continue reading
Japan’s Political Economy
The Japanese Economy is a new book by Hiroaki Richard Watanabe and published by Agenda Publishing. It is reviewed by Kwang-Yeong Shin of the Department of Sociology, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, Korea. The book covers the political economy of Japan from … Continue reading
Issue 4 for 2021 published
Issue number 4 of Volume 51 of the journal has gone to print and is available electronically at the publisher’s site. This issue features six articles and five book reviews. The articles are: Challenging Hegemony: Nurhadi-Aldo and the 2019 Election … Continue reading
Issue 3 for 2021 published
Issue number 3 of Volume 51 of the journal has gone to print and is available electronically at the publisher’s site. This issue features six articles, a Commentary and three book reviews. The articles are: After the Grab? Land Control … Continue reading
Civil Society and State in Democratic East Asia
Civil Society and the State in Democratic East Asia: Between Entanglement and Contention in Post High Growth is a collection edited by David Chiavacci, Simona Grano and Julia Obinger, published by Amsterdam University Press in 2020. It is reviewed for … Continue reading
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