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3956	Joanna Elfving-Hwang	Cosmetic Surgery and Embodying the Moral Self in South Korean Popular Makeover Culture 韓国のイメージチェンジ文化における整形手術と道徳的主体の体現 Read More
3921	Anders Pape Møller, Timothy A. Mousseau	Uncomfortable Questions in the Wake of Nuclear Accidents at Fukushima and Chernobyl チェルノブイリと福島原発事故が突き付けるいやな問い Read More
3917	Richard Falk	The 10th Anniversary of the Iraq War イラク戦争10年 Read More
3916	Christopher T. Nelson	Dances of Memory, Dances of Oblivion: The Politics of Performance in Contemporary Okinawa 記憶の踊り、忘却の踊り—現代沖縄においてパフォーマンスの政治学 Read More
3913	Roger Pulvers	Tohoku Has Been Rent Asunder for Future Generations 引き裂かれた東北を後世に残す Read More
3907	Arudou Debito	Japan’s Rightward Swing and the Tottori Prefecture Human Rights Ordinance 日本の右傾化と鳥取県人権条例 Read More
3903	Michele Mason, Komori Yoichi, Helen J.S. Lee	Rule in the Name of Protection: The Japanese State, the Ainu and the Vocabulary of Colonialism 「保護」という名の支配ー植民地主義のボキャブラリー Read More
3889	Noriko MANABE	Straight Outta Ichimiya: The Appeal of a Rural Japanese Rapper 一宮から来たぞ！　田舎ラッパーの魅力 Read More
3850	Paul Christensen	Darvish in Texas: Haafu identity and athletic celebrity　　テキサスのダルヴィッシュ−−ハーフであることと球界の寵児であること Read More
3846	Andre Vltchek	It Is Not Chittagong Here – It Is Indonesia　チッタゴンの話ではない、インドネシアのことだ Read More
3839	David Chapman	No More ‘Aliens’: Managing the Familiar and the Unfamiliar in Japan　　ノーモア「外来人」−−日本におけるウチ・ソトの管理 Read More
3830	Davinder Bhowmik	Fractious Memories in Medoruma Shun’s Tales of War　　目取真俊の戦争作品におけるまつろわぬ記憶 Read More
3828	Gavan McCormack, Satoko NORIMATSU	Ryukyu/Okinawa, From Disposal to Resistance　　琉球／沖縄、処分から抵抗へ Read More
3791	Jonathan Watts, Robert Marks	China’s Green Power Experiment: Whither the Environment?　　中国のグリーン発電実験−−環境の行方は？ Read More
3786	Philip J. Cunningham	Red and Yellow: Thailand's Future in Check and Balance 　　赤シャツ黄シャツ−−タイ王国の将来、突いたり躱したり Read More
3775	Mark McLelland	Death of the “Legendary Okama” Tōgō Ken: Challenging Commonsense Lifestyles in Postwar Japan　　「伝説的オカマ」東郷健の死−−戦後日本における常識的生活様式への挑戦 Read More
3771	Sonia Ryang	North Koreans in South Korea: In Search of Their Humanity　　韓国の北朝鮮人−−人間性を求めて　 Read More
3720	Steve Rabson	Being Okinawan in Japan: The Diaspora Experience　　日本において沖縄人であることーーディアスポラ経験 Read More
3692	Andrew Rankin	Recent Trends in Organized Crime in Japan: Yakuza vs the Police, & Foreign Crime Gangs ~ Part 2 ２１世紀のやくざ ―― 日本における組織犯罪の最近動向 Read More
3688	Andrew Rankin	21st-Century Yakuza: Recent Trends in Organized Crime in Japan ~Part 1 ２１世紀のやくざ ―― 日本における組織犯罪の最近動向 Read More
3677	Hiroshi Onitsuka	Hooked on Nuclear Power: Japanese State-Local Relations and the Vicious Cycle of Nuclear Dependence 原子力に繋ぎとめられて−−国対地方の関係と原子力依存の悪循環 Read More
3642	Simon Cotterill	Documenting Urban Indigeneity: TOKYO Ainu and the 2011 survey on the living conditions of Ainu outside Hokkaido　　都市に住む先住民––記録映画「東京アイヌ」および北海道外に住むアイヌの2011年度生活実態調査 Read More
3622	Yoshio SHIMOJI	Futenma: Tip of the Iceberg in Okinawa’s Agony　　普天間−−沖縄の苦悶の氷山の一角 Read More
3621	Kyoko Selden, Kayano Shigeru	The Goddess of the Wind and Okikurmi　萱野茂　風の神とオキクルミ　 Read More
3618	Miyagi Yasuhiro	“Unacceptable and Unendurable:” Local Okinawa Mayor Says NO to US Marine Base Plan　　稲嶺進名護市長　沖縄への過重負担は「許容の範囲、受忍の範囲を通り越している」 Read More
3617	Miyamoto Teru, Robert K. Thomas	A Tale of Tomatoes　　「トマトの話」　宮本輝 Read More
3595	Kang Sang Jung, Tessa Morris-Suzuki	Tunneling Through Nationalism: The Phenomenology of a Certain Nationalist　　ナショナリズムをくぐり抜けて－あるナショナリストの現象学 Read More
3597	David Adam Stott	Would An Independent West Papua Be A Failing State?　　西パプアが独立しても国として破綻に向かうだろうか Read More
3529	Philip Hirsch	China and the Cascading Geopolitics of Lower Mekong Dams　　中国とメコン川下流ダム地政学的奔流 Read More
3503	Robert Y. Eng	China-Korea Culture Wars and National Myths: TV Dramas as Battleground　　中国対コリアの文化戦争と民族神話−−戦場としてのテレビドラマ Read More

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20		Forum Addresses Okinawa’s Future Read More
21		Recollections of the World War II Battlefield Read More
22		The North-South Korean West Sea Border Dispute and US Responsibility Read More
23		Missile Defense: Deploy First, Ask Questions Later Read More
24		Where is Okinawa Going? Forum at Okinawa University on December 19 フォーラム「沖縄はどこへ向かうのか？」１２月１９日　於　沖縄大学 Read More
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28		Stanford University Professor's Report on the Implications of North Korea's Uranium Enrichment Program Read More
29		Sinking of the South Korean Ship Cheonan Read More
35		Forum Addresses Okinawa's Future Read More
36		Birds & Bombs: US Live-Fire Air Force/Navy Training in the Pacific Centers on No'os Island in the Northern Marianas Read More
37		Tokyo High Court Rejects Teachers' Claims to Freedom of Thought Read More
38		Another Okinawa Battle Read More
39	Matthew Penney	The NHK Comfort Women Documentary -- 10 Years Later Read More
40		Japan's Neonationalists on China Read More
41		Unit 731 and Preserving the History of Wartime Medical Atrocities Read More
42		New Stage in US Use of Financial Sanctions as Strategic Weapon? Levey Departs Read More
43		Truth and Reconciliation in the Republic of Korea Read More
44		Tokyo Police Crackdown on Okinawa Protestors Read More
45		Tokyo Governor: Japan Should Build Nukes to Counter China Read More
47		Ghost of Manzanar Hangs Over US Congressional Hearing on Muslim "Radicalization" Read More
48	David McNeill	After the Quake: Journey to Fukushima Read More
49		Japan's Nuclear Crisis: A Wakeup Call for the World　　日本の核機器−−世界への警鐘 Read More
50		After the Quake: The Town That Was Washed Away　　地震の後−−洗い流された町 Read More
51		Japan's Nuclear Crisis: Status of Spent Fuel at Exploded Reactor Buildings Unclear　　日本の核危機 Read More
52		TEPCO, Credibility, and the Japanese Crisis Read More
54	Matthew Penney	Reports from Tohoku: Assessing Death, Dislocation, and Flight of the Victims　　東北より−−被害者の死亡、退去、離散の算定 Read More
55	Matthew Penney	Outpouring of International Support for Japan　　日本を支える声、各国よりほとばしる Read More