Japan Focus

If you would like to support the Journal you can do so here with your contribution of $25, $50 or $100 by clicking above.

Join Us:

Display Your BOOK, FILM, OR EVENT here

Peace Philosophy Centre

Dialogue and learning for creating a peaceful, sustainable world.

The Asia-Pacific Journal is available free to all. But your contribution allows us to improve and expand our service in the wake of 3.11.

Donate - $25, $50, $100

Click a cover to order.

All Articles

New Articles Show All Articles Featured Articles Top 10 Articles
ID		To access all other articles: 1 2 3 >	Per page:

4050	Leevin Camacho	Poison In Our Waters: A Brief Overview of the Proposed Militarization of Guam and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands 毒される我らの海　グアム・北マリアナ諸島米国自治連邦区軍事化提案の概要 Read More
3908	Sakurai Kunitoshi, Gavan McCormack	Okinawans Facing a Year of Trial: the Okinawa-Japan-US Relationship and the East China Sea 沖縄が直面する試練の年ー沖日米関係と東シナ海 Read More
3815	Tom Gill	The Incident at Nishibeta Village: A Classic Manga by Tsuge Yoshiharu from the Garo Years–– 西部田村の出来事−−つげ義春ガロ時期の古典的マンガ Read More
3786	Philip J. Cunningham	Red and Yellow: Thailand's Future in Check and Balance 　　赤シャツ黄シャツ−−タイ王国の将来、突いたり躱したり Read More
3785	Jeremy Kuzmarov	Police Training, “Nation-Building,” and Political Repression in Postcolonial South Korea　　植民地独立後の韓国における警察官訓練、「国家建設」および政治的抑圧 Read More
3761	Zeljko Cipris, Minakami Tsutomu	Daffodils　　水上勉　「水仙」 Read More
3757	Philip Brasor	Japan’s Lay Judge System and the Kijima Kanae Murder Trial　　日本の裁判員制度と木嶋佳苗の連続不審死事件裁判 Read More
3756	David T. Johnson	Covering Capital Punishment: Murder Trials and the Media in Japan　　死刑取材−−日本における殺人罪裁判とその報道 Read More
3692	Andrew Rankin	Recent Trends in Organized Crime in Japan: Yakuza vs the Police, & Foreign Crime Gangs ~ Part 2 ２１世紀のやくざ ―― 日本における組織犯罪の最近動向 Read More
3688	Andrew Rankin	21st-Century Yakuza: Recent Trends in Organized Crime in Japan ~Part 1 ２１世紀のやくざ ―― 日本における組織犯罪の最近動向 Read More
3593	Miyamoto Yuki, Ninomiya Shuhei, Shin Ki-young	The Family, Koseki, and the Individual: Japanese and Korean Experiences　　時代遅れの家族制度ーー日本と韓国の場合 Read More
3590	Peter Dale Scott	Norway’s Terror as Systemic Destabilization: Breivik, the Arms-for-Drugs Milieu, and Global Shadow Elites　　体系的不安定化行動としてのノルウェイのテロ−−ブレイヴィク、武器・薬物交換の環境、世界的な影のエリート Read More
3565	David Chapman	Geographies of Self and Other: Mapping Japan through the Koseki　　自己と他者の配置−−戸籍を通して日本を見る Read More
3553	Peter Dale Scott	Coming to Jakarta and Deep Politics: How Writing a Poem Enabled Me to Write American War Machine (An Essay on Liberation)　　『ジャカルタに来て』と深層の政治−−詩作がいかにして『米国戦争機械』を書かしめたか（解放にかんするエッセー) Read More
3496	Jeff Kingston	Justice on Trial: Japanese Prosecutors Under Fire　　裁かれる司法ーー日本の検察への攻撃 Read More
3489	Andre Vltchek	Intolerance, Religious Lynchings and the Future of Indonesia　　不寛容、宗教的リンチ、インドネシアの将来 Read More
3482	Mark Caprio	Neglected Questions on the “Forgotten War”: South Korea and the United States on the Eve of the Korean War　　「忘れられた戦争」に関する顧慮されない問題点−−朝鮮戦争前夜の韓国とアメリカ　　 Read More
3436	Peter Dale Scott	Operation Paper: The United States and Drugs in Thailand and Burma　　米国とタイ・ビルマの麻薬 Read More
3410	Nobuko Adachi	Ethnic Identity, Culture, and Race: Japanese and Nikkei at Home and Abroad　　民族、文化、人種−−本土及び海外の日本人と日系日本人 Read More
3389	Catherine Lutz	US Military Bases on Guam in Global Perspective　　グアム米軍基地を世界的視野で眺める Read More
3384	Peter Dale Scott	Kyrgyzstan, the U.S.and the Global Drug Problem: Deep Forcesand the Syndrome of Coups, Drugs, and Terror　　キリギスタン、米国、世界的麻薬問題——深い勢力とクーデター・麻薬・テロ症候群 Read More
3377	Gracia Liu-Farrer	Debt, Networks and Reciprocity: Undocumented Migration from Fujian to Japan Read More
3368	Aaron Miller, Tuukka Toivonen	To Discipline or Accommodate? On the Rehabilitation of Japanese 'Problem Youth'　　訓練するのか宥め賺すのか−−日本の問題児の復帰問題 Read More
3359	John Junkerman	Making the Invisible Empire Visible　　見えない帝国を見える姿に Read More
3355	David T. Johnson	Chinese Executions and the Japanese Dog That Did Not Bark　　中国による死刑に吠えなかった日本犬 Read More
3339	Alfred W. McCoy	Can Anyone Pacify the World's Number One Narco-State? The Opium Wars in Afghanistan　　世界大の麻薬国を鎮めうるものはいるのか—アフガニスタンにおける阿片戦争 Read More
3323	Jamie Doucette, Robert Prey	Between Migrant and Minjung: The Changing Face of Migrant Cultural Activism in Korea　　移住者とミンジュン（民衆）のはざまで−−韓国における移住者の文化的政治運動の変貌 Read More
3324	Neal S. Parikh	Migrant Health in Japan: Safety-Net Policies and Advocates' Policy Solutions　　日本における移民の健康−−安全策と擁護側の解決策 Read More
3313	Mark Selden, Kim Dong-choon	South Korea's Embattled Truth and Reconciliation Commission 　困難に直面する韓国真実和解委員会 Read More
3307	Rüdiger Frank	Money in Socialist Economies: The Case of North Korea　社会主義経済における貨幣−−北朝鮮の場合 Read More

What's Hot
ID		To access all other articles: 1 2 3 >	Per page:
19		China and Its Neighbors Read More
20		Forum Addresses Okinawa’s Future Read More
21		Recollections of the World War II Battlefield Read More
22		The North-South Korean West Sea Border Dispute and US Responsibility Read More
23		Missile Defense: Deploy First, Ask Questions Later Read More
24		Where is Okinawa Going? Forum at Okinawa University on December 19 フォーラム「沖縄はどこへ向かうのか？」１２月１９日　於　沖縄大学 Read More
25		McCormack, Takesada & Wada, Analysis on Korean Tension Read More
26		The Delicate Matter of Peace and the Nobel Peace Prize Read More
27		WikiLeaks & US Embassy Cables Relevant to Asia Read More
28		Stanford University Professor's Report on the Implications of North Korea's Uranium Enrichment Program Read More
29		Sinking of the South Korean Ship Cheonan Read More
35		Forum Addresses Okinawa's Future Read More
36		Birds & Bombs: US Live-Fire Air Force/Navy Training in the Pacific Centers on No'os Island in the Northern Marianas Read More
37		Tokyo High Court Rejects Teachers' Claims to Freedom of Thought Read More
38		Another Okinawa Battle Read More
39	Matthew Penney	The NHK Comfort Women Documentary -- 10 Years Later Read More
40		Japan's Neonationalists on China Read More
41		Unit 731 and Preserving the History of Wartime Medical Atrocities Read More
42		New Stage in US Use of Financial Sanctions as Strategic Weapon? Levey Departs Read More
43		Truth and Reconciliation in the Republic of Korea Read More
44		Tokyo Police Crackdown on Okinawa Protestors Read More
45		Tokyo Governor: Japan Should Build Nukes to Counter China Read More
47		Ghost of Manzanar Hangs Over US Congressional Hearing on Muslim "Radicalization" Read More
48	David McNeill	After the Quake: Journey to Fukushima Read More
49		Japan's Nuclear Crisis: A Wakeup Call for the World　　日本の核機器−−世界への警鐘 Read More
50		After the Quake: The Town That Was Washed Away　　地震の後−−洗い流された町 Read More
51		Japan's Nuclear Crisis: Status of Spent Fuel at Exploded Reactor Buildings Unclear　　日本の核危機 Read More
52		TEPCO, Credibility, and the Japanese Crisis Read More
54	Matthew Penney	Reports from Tohoku: Assessing Death, Dislocation, and Flight of the Victims　　東北より−−被害者の死亡、退去、離散の算定 Read More
55	Matthew Penney	Outpouring of International Support for Japan　　日本を支える声、各国よりほとばしる Read More