If the dominant view of modern Japanese society were correct, then Multiethnic Japan would
be either an oxymoron or an occasion for a very short essay. The received wisdom is that …

In this welcome brand new fifth edition of the bestselling textbook Understanding Japanese
Society, Joy Hendry takes the reader into the heart of Japanese life. Providing a clear and …

What Muscovites get in a soup kitchen run by the Christian Church of Moscow is something
far more subtle and complex—if no less necessary and nourishing—than the food that feeds …

Winner of the 2010 Japan NPO Research Association Book Award The global discourse on
civil society is both complicated and enriched in this participant study of Japan's volunteers …

This article explores how religion shapes civic cultures through a cross‐national study of
voluntary association membership. I adopt a multi‐level approach to examine the influence …

For many decades, Japan was the only advanced industrial country in the world that did not
rely on unskilled foreign labor. For many observers, the Japanese case demonstrated that a …

This classic introduction to the Japanese political system has been revised and updated to
take the account of a time of turmoil in the country's political life. It incorporates new …

In Japan today over 30,000 children are in the care of the state because their parents or
guardians cannot, will not, or are not considered competent to look after them. Drawing on …

Because of severe domestic labor shortages, Japan has recently joined the increasing
number of advanced industrialized nations that have begun importing large numbers of …

Japan and National Anthropology: A Critique is an empirically rich and theoretically
sophisticated study which challenges the conventional view of Japanese studies in general …