From the Electronic Journal of Contemporary Japanese Studies, Joselito Jimenez (Osaka): Irregular Migration and the Democratisation Process: A Postregular Challenge to the Nation State; Mitsutoshi Horii (Shumei): Why Do the Japanese Wear Masks? A Short Historical Review; and Motoko Tanaka (Miyazaki Sangyo-keiei): Trends of Fiction in 2000s Japanese Pop Culture. Linus Hagstrom and Karl Gustafsson (SIIA): Japan and Identity Change: Why It Matters in International Relations. From e-flux, mutation of the triad: Sabu Kohso on totalitarianism, fascism, and nationalism in Japan. Kristin Surak on the new Japanese nationalism: The nationalist pride and neoliberal economics peddled by Shinzo Abe promise only cheap escape from Japan’s problems. Japan's economy is in a recession — and the U.S. is making the same mistakes. Japan is boosting its economy with a simple idea you won't believe we're not trying. These three words could save Japan’s economy. Paul Krugman apologizes to Japan. Ian Buruma on the Coca-Colonization of Japan. From The Economist, an article on the sad tale of Japan's electronics companies: Eclipsed by Apple — can they recover? Japan’s birth rate problem is way worse than anyone imagined. It is important that women can combine work and family obligations, we don't need more kids: Japan edition. Achieving the 21st century “depopulation dividend”: Peter Matanle on Japan as the world’s research laboratory for a more sustainable future. Why does Tokyo have a rate of homelessness 67 times lower than the largest American city?
