28 September 2004
Dr Yamamoto contends that the peace movement, which was organised in tandem with other activities to promote democratic, economic and humanitarian issues, served as a popular lever which helped to eliminate feudal remnants that lingered in Japanese society and individual attitudes after the war, thereby modernizing the political process and the outlook of the ordinary Japanese.
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Five different spear blades were displayed, including, for the first time in public, a highly important and rare Kikuchi-Yari made around 1335 and a Nagamaki blade smithed in 1360 by Hojoji Kunimitsu, one of the foremost pupils of Sadamune. Roald Knutsen’s accompanying informal talk elaborated on the position of So-jutsu as one of the Four Pillars of the classic arts of the battlefield.
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This richly illustrated work offers controversial new evidence through its cross-cultural examination of a wide range of materials in Japanese, English, Korean and Chinese, bringing about startling new conclusions concerning Japanese modernization and cultural authenticity. This new interpretation of the Mingei movement will appeal to scholars of Japanese art history as well as those with interests in cultural identity in non-Western cultures.
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Dr Dobson explores the motivation of the Japanese government and non-governmental actors’ aims and objectives and examines how and to what extent they have been achieved. Presenting a wealth of new research, this theoretically informed book will be of interest to those studying international relations and Japanese politics.
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Japanese Capitalism and Modernity in a Global Era investigates the key themes surrounding the lifetime employment system, including the attitudes and values of Japanese company employees and whether or not Japan is converging with Western forms of capitalist organisation.
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The Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution previously announced that its next major study would be on the urban environment. The Commission held a seminar at the end of March 2004 to determine the exact focus of the study.
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This comprehensive study looks at how the employment system is adapting to its new economic environment. Using the latest statistical evidence, the book focuses on the growing use of part-time and other forms of atypical employment relationships, and illustrates how this is expressed in several different parts of the labour market. Particular attention is given to the changing situation of women, the decline of the family enterprise, the problems faced by older workers, the poor prospects for recent high school graduates, and the recent rise in unemployment.
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Although best known for his landscape print series, Hokusai also excelled in book illustration, erotica, privately commissioned woodcuts, and paintings of historical and legendary themes. This volume provides new insights into the diverse aspects of Hokusai’s life and work in essays by Asano Shugo, Gian Carlo Calza, John T Carpenter, Timothy Clark, Doris Croissant, Julie Nelson Davis, Roger Keyes, Kobayashi Fumiko, Kobayashi Tadashi, Kubota Kazuhiro, Naito Masato, David Pollack, John M Rosenfield, Timon Screech, Henry D Smith II and Tsuji Nobuo.
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‘New Paradigm in Macroeconomics’ is published by Palgrave Macmillan. It is both a powerful and important book, which challenges both much received wisdom and the role of the Bank of Japan.
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‘Political Philosophy in Japan’ is published by Routledge and is the first in the series ‘The Leiden Series in Modern East Asian Politics and History’.
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