In India, you can still find the kabaadiwala, the rag-and-bone man. He wanders from house
to house buying old newspapers, broken utensils, plastic bottles—anything for which he can …

Integrating political events with cultural, economic, and intellectual movements, Modern
Japan provides a balanced and authoritative survey of modern Japanese history. A …

This thoroughly revised and updated third edition of Modern Japan provides a concise and
fascinating introduction to the social, cultural and political history of modern Japan. Ranging …

Since the 1980s, arguments for a multicultural Japan have gained considerable currency
against an entrenched myth of national homogeneity. Working Skin enters this conversation …

Despite domestic constitutional provisions and international treaty promises, Japan has no
law against racial discrimination. Consequently, businesses around Japan display …

Winner of the American Sociological Association's 2019 Asia and Asian American Section
Book Award Winner of the American Sociological Association's 2019 Political Sociology …

" The Burakumin. Stigmatized throughout Japanese history as an outcaste group, their
identity is still “risky,” their social presence mostly silent, and their experience marginalized …

Japan's Household Registration System (koseki seido) is an extremely powerful state
instrument, and is socially entrenched with a long history of population governance, social …

Despite the pervasive social constructivist turn, regardless of some exceptions, discussions
of race, racialization and racism continue to focus on the relatively essentialist White/non …

The special issue 'Rethinking Race and Racism from Japanese Experiences' explores how
racism operates in modern Japan. This article contributes to that exploration by examining …