[KineJapan] New Content on the ejcjs

[Tim Iles]

The electronic journal of contemporary japanese studies is pleased to announce the release of Volume 18, Issue 3, available online at:

<http://www.japanesestudies.org.uk/ejcjs/vol18/iss3/index.html>


The content is as follows:

Peer-reviewed articles

Andrew Watson "Probation and lowering the age of Criminal Majority in Japan"

Barbara Greene "High School of the Dead and the Profitable Use of Japanese Nationalistic Imagery"

Christian Etzrodt "Nitobe Inazō’s Bushido: Science or Fiction?"

Ariunaa Enkhtur "Government sponsored Mongolian graduates from Japan: Perceptions of Learning Experience"

Discussion papers

Noboru Sakai "‘Hate speech’ in Japan as a daily-use word: its explosive expansion throughout the country"

Hiroko Matsuzaki "Dis/Re-Connecting Japan to Taiwan: The Complex Feelings of Different Japanese Generations toward Taiwan in Yoshida Shūichi’s Road"

Book reviews

Simon Paxton "Intoxicants, Stimulants and Pseudoscience: A History of Modern Japanese Alcohol and Drug Culture"

Simon Gough "Review of Lamarre, Thomas, The Anime Ecology: A Genealogy of Television, Animation, and Game Media"

H. D. P. Envall "Abe’s Doctrine: How Proactive? How Pacifist?"

Marcos P. Centeno Martin "Interrogating Forms of Dissidence: An Approach to Physical and Mental Escapes from Japan"



As ever, we are grateful for the support of our contributors, readers, and volunteer production staff around the world. Many thanks to all, and best wishes for the coming New Year.

Timothy Iles
General Editor, the ejcjs