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The Journal of Japanese Studies ( JJS) is a peer-reviewed academic journal covering new information and research on Japan. Established in 1974, the journal’s core mission is to publish original, evidence-based scholarship spanning the humanities and social sciences. JJS also features book reviews and “Perspective” essays offering ...
The Review of Japanese Culture and Society is an annual peer-reviewed academic journal covering Japanese art, literature, and society. It publishes English translations of Japanese works and perspectives from both Japanese and international scholars. Each of its annual issues is typically on a special theme, with special editors for the issue.
The cultural-anthropologist Ueno Chizuko sharply criticized the center as a calculated attempt at national branding. Ueno claimed that, despite the center's academic pretensions, the real purpose of Nichibunken was to improve the image of Japan in order to prevent criticism of Japanese trading practices and improve sales of Japanese goods abroad.
Japanese studies. Japanese studies or Japan studies ( Japanese: 日本学, Hepburn: Nihongaku), sometimes known as Japanology in Europe, is a sub-field of area studies or East Asian studies involved in social sciences and humanities research on Japan. It incorporates fields such as the study of Japanese language, history, culture, literature ...
Cullen, L. M. A History of Japan, 1582-1941: Internal and External Worlds (2003) Duus, Peter. Modern Japan (2nd ed 1998) online. Goedertier Joseph M. A Dictionary of Japanese History. 1968. Gordon, Andrew. A Modern History of Japan: From Tokugawa Times to the Present (2003) excerpt and text search. Hall, John Whitney.
The culture of Japan has changed greatly over the millennia, from the country's prehistoric Jōmon period, to its contemporary modern culture, which absorbs influences from Asia and other regions of the world. [ 1] Since the Jomon period, ancestral groups like the Yayoi and Kofun, who arrived to Japan from Korea and China, respectively, have ...
t. e. The historiography of Japan ( 日本史学史 Nihon shigakushi) is the study of methods and hypotheses formulated in the study and literature of the history of Japan . The earliest work of Japanese history is attributed to Prince Shōtoku, who is said to have written the Tennōki and the Kokki in 620 CE. The earliest extant work is the ...
East Asian studies is a distinct multidisciplinary field of scholarly enquiry and education that promotes a broad humanistic understanding of East Asia past and present. The field includes the study of the region's culture, written language, history and political institutions. East Asian studies is located within the broader field of Asian ...