Social Sciences

Closed Linguistic Space
The United States postwar occupation of Japan likes to boast of having given the Japanese freedom...

The Happy Youth of a Desperate Country
Young people in present-day Japan, a socially-polarized society, have been reportedly "unhappy."...

Pilgrimages in the Secular Age
Religion and tourism seem to be an unlikely pair, but in fact, taking a look at these two human...

Saving the Mill
When Machine 8 goes down, the Japanese publishing industry goes down with it.On March 11, 2011, one...