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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...
To Be Published June 3rd 2013 by Routledge
Series: Routledge Studies in the Modern History of Asia
Bernice Archer's comparative study of the experiences of the Western civilians interned by the Japanese in mixed family camps and sexually segregated camps in the Far East, combines a wide variety of conventional and unconventional source material. This includes contemporary War, Foreign and...
To Be Published June 19th 2013 by Routledge
Since the end of the Cold War China and Japan have faced each other as powers of relatively equal strength for the first time in their long history. As the two great powers of East Asia the way they both compete and cooperate with each other and the way they conduct their relations in the new era...
To Be Published August 15th 2013 by Routledge
Series: Routledge/Asian Studies Association of Australia (ASAA) East Asian Series
The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident that followed the March 2011 tsunami and earthquake in Japan shocked the world. In the wake the of the disaster, questions were asked as to why Japanese antinuclear movements were not able to prevent those with vested interests, such as businesses, bureaucrats...
To Be Published August 19th 2013 by Routledge
The Chinese Hsinhai Revolution explores and explains for the first time the important role of G. E. Morrison in great power diplomacy in China from the end of the Russo-Japanese War to the overthrow of the Qing Dynasty. The work is based on a wide range of multinational scholarly sources and in...
To Be Published September 26th 2013 by Routledge
American merchants established trading firms in the ports of Yokohama, Kobe and Nagasaki which operated from 1859-1899 until the repeal of the Unequal Treaties. Members of a privileged, semi-colonial community, the merchants formed the largest group of Americans in 19th century Japan. In this first...
To Be Published September 26th 2013 by Routledge
Series: Routledge Studies in the Early History of Asia
It is crucial to an understanding of the modern world that the evolution of Asian polities be explored not only in terms of political systems, but also in terms of how their territories expanded. This book is path-breaking in that it analyses Asian historical experiences of polity expansion,...
To Be Published September 29th 2013 by Routledge
Series: Routledge Studies in the Modern History of Asia
This book examines Japan’s Household Registration System (koseki seido), which despite its ubiquitous influence and historical significance, has not yet been dealt with comprehensively. By looking through the lens of the koseki system, the book takes both an historical as well as a contemporary...
To Be Published October 30th 2013 by Routledge
Series: Routledge Studies in Education and Society in Asia
In the decades since her defeat in the Second World War, Japan has continued to loom large in the national imagination of many of her East Asian neighbours. While for many, Japan still conjures up images of rampant military brutality, at different times and in different communities, alternative...
To Be Published October 30th 2013 by Routledge
Clouds above the Hill, a long-time best-selling novel in Japan, is now translated into English for the first time. An epic portrait of Japan in crisis, it combines graphic military history and highly readable fiction to depict an aspiring nation modernizing at breakneck speed. Acclaimed author...
To Be Published November 4th 2013 by Routledge
