Routledge Contemporary Japan Series

New and Published Books

1-10 of 48 results in Routledge Contemporary Japan Series

1. Diplomacy in Japan-EU Relations

   From the Cold War to the Post-Bipolar Era

   By Oliviero Frattolillo

   Series: Routledge Contemporary Japan Series

   Since the 1950s, Japan-Europe relations have been characterised by a mutual coldness in terms of diplomatic dialogue, punctuated by a number of trade disputes. This book analyses the development of the political and diplomatic relationship between Japan and Europe, and shows that – especially...

   Published June 16th 2013 by Routledge
2. Dealing with Disaster in Japan

   Responses to the Flight JL123 Crash

   By Christopher Hood

   Series: Routledge Contemporary Japan Series

   Just as the sinking of the Titanic is embedded in the public consciousness in the English-speaking world, so the crash of JAL flight JL123 is part of the Japanese collective memory. The 1985 crash involved the largest loss of life for any single air crash in the world. 520 people, many of whom had...

   Published May 6th 2013 by Routledge
3. Japan and the High Treason Incident

   Edited by Masako Gavin, Ben Middleton

   Series: Routledge Contemporary Japan Series

   The ‘High Treason Incident’ rocked Japanese society between 1910 and 1911, when police discovered that a group of anarchists and socialists were plotting to assassinate the Emperor Meiji. Following a trial held in camera, twelve of the so-called conspirators were hanged, but while the executions...

   Published April 28th 2013 by Routledge
4. Negotiating Censorship in Modern Japan

   Edited by Rachael Hutchinson

   Series: Routledge Contemporary Japan Series

   Censorship in Japan has seen many changes over the last 150 years and each successive system of rule has possessed its own censorship laws, regulations, and methods of enforcement. Yet what has remained constant through these many upheavals has been the process of negotiation between censor and...

   Published April 15th 2013 by Routledge
5. Language Life in Japan

   Transformations and Prospects

   Edited by Patrick Heinrich, Christian Galan

   Series: Routledge Contemporary Japan Series

   Despite its monolingual self-image, Japan is multilingual and growing more so due to indigenous minority language revitalization and as an effect of migration. Besides Japan's autochthonous languages such as the Ainu and Ryukyuan languages, there are more than 75,000 immigrant children in the...

   Published April 14th 2013 by Routledge
6. EU-Japan Relations, 1970-2012

   From Confrontation to Global Partnership

   Edited by Jörn Keck, Dimitri Vanoverbeke, Franz Waldenberger

   Series: Routledge Contemporary Japan Series

   This book presents a comprehensive overview of EU-Japan relations from 1970 to the present. It charts developments over the period, analyses key specific areas of importance to the relationship, and concludes by assessing how the relationship is likely to develop going forward. Throughout, the book...

   Published April 1st 2013 by Routledge
7. Small Firms and Innovation Policy in Japan

   Edited by Cornelia Storz

   Series: Routledge Contemporary Japan Series

   This new book discusses the extent to which the Japanese economy encourages entrepreneurship and innovation. Although Japan has a strong reputation as an innovator, some people argue that this reputation is misplaced. Contrary to earlier expectations, the USA rather than Japan emerged as the...

   Published November 14th 2012 by Routledge
8. Institutional and Technological Change in Japan's Economy

   Past and Present

   Edited by Janet Hunter, Cornelia Storz

   Series: Routledge Contemporary Japan Series

   Institutional and technological change is a highly topical subject. At the theoretical level, there is much debate in the field of institutional economics about the role of technological change in endogenous growth theory. At a practical policy level, arguments rage about how Japan and the Japanese...

   Published November 14th 2012 by Routledge
9. Manga and the Representation of Japanese History

   Edited by Roman Rosenbaum

   Series: Routledge Contemporary Japan Series

   This edited collection explores how graphic art and in particular Japanese manga represent Japanese history. The articles explore the representation of history in manga from disciplines that include such diverse fields as literary studies, politics, history, cultural studies, linguistics,...

   Published September 3rd 2012 by Routledge
10. Japanese Apologies for World War II

    A Rhetorical Study

    By Jane Yamazaki

    Series: Routledge Contemporary Japan Series

    Post-war Japan offers a compelling case study of national apologies for past wrongdoings. Actions of the Japanese Army and government during the Second World War caused enormous suffering and distress throughout Asia, leaving a legacy of resentment and distrust. Beginning in the mid-1980s, apology...

    Published August 1st 2012 by Routledge