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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
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
3807	Stephen Epstein, Rachael M. Joo	Multiple Exposures: Korean Bodies and the Transnational Imagination　　さまざまなさらし方ーー韓国の体型美志向と国境をこえる想像力 Read More
3802	Linda Hoaglund, Chim ↑Pom	The Suddenly Relevant Activist Antics of Artist Collective Chim↑Pom: Challenging Japan’s Nuclear Power Agenda　　にわかに意義を帯びるアーティスト・グループ Chim↑Pom の風狂−−日本原発問題への挑戦 Read More
3799	Noriko MANABE	The No Nukes 2012 Concert and the Role of Musicians in the Anti-Nuclear Movement　　No Nukes 2012 コンサートと反原発運動における音楽家の役割 Read More
3714	Yau Shuk-ting, Kinnia	Therapy for Depression: Social Meaning of Japanese Melodrama in the Heisei Era　　鬱への治療法−−平成時代日本のメロドラマの社会的な意味 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
3411	Roger Pulvers	A Dialogue With The Japanese People--The Life and Work of Inoue Hisashi　　日本人との対話−−井上ひさしの仕事と人生　 Read More
3393	elin o'Hara slavick, Hong-An Truong	War, Memory, the Artist and The Politics of Language　　戦争、記憶、芸術家、言語の政治学 Read More
3394	James E. Roberson	Songs of War and Peace: Music and Memory in Okinawa　　戦争と平和の歌−−沖縄の音楽と記憶 Read More
3334	Laura Hein, Nobuko TANAKA	Brushing with Authority: The Life and Art of Tomiyama Taeko　　威厳ある絵筆による権力との抵触——富山妙子の人生と芸術 Read More
3323	Jamie Doucette, Robert Prey	Between Migrant and Minjung: The Changing Face of Migrant Cultural Activism in Korea　　移住者とミンジュン（民衆）のはざまで−−韓国における移住者の文化的政治運動の変貌 Read More
3081	Stephen Epstein	The Axis of Vaudeville: Images of North Korea in South Korean Pop Culture Read More
2939	John Lie	Zainichi Recognitions: Japan's Korean Residents' Ideology and Its Discontents Read More
2930	Ruediger Frank	Has the Next Great Leader of North Korea Been Announced? [Japanese Translation Available] Read More
2762	Takeyuki Tsuda	Local Citizenship and Foreign Workers in Japan Read More
2753	Ian Buruma	Of Musical Import: East Meets West in the Art of Tan Dun Read More
2747	Tanaka Nobuko	Noda Hideki's Theater World. Acting with Joy in His Soul Read More
2701	Brian Bridges	Playing Games: The Two Koreas and the Beijing Olympics Read More
2694	Karin J. Lee	The New York Philharmonic in North Korea. A New Page in US-DPRK Relations? Read More
2660	Nissim Kadosh Otmazgin	Japanese Popular Culture in East and Southeast Asia: Time for a Regional Paradigm? Read More
2592	Mark Morris	The Question of the Other: Kara Juro and Letters from Sagawa Read More
2547	Kirk A. Denton	Heroic Resistance and Victims of Atrocity: Negotiating the Memory of Japanese Imperialism in Chinese Museums Read More
2409	Heather Bowen-Struyk	Proletarian Arts in East Asia Read More
2403	Ian Condry	Youth, Intimacy, and Blood: Media and Nationalism in Contemporary Japan Read More
2362	Sara L. M. Davis	Dance, Or Else: The Politics of Ethnic Culture on China's Southwest Borders Read More
2303	Takashima Nobuyoshi	Literature, Ideology and Japan's Revised Education Law: Kinoshita Junji's Yuzuru Read More
2284	David McNeill	Ryuichi SAKAMOTO: From Bach to Rock to Pop . . . and the Fate of the Corporate Earth Read More
2241	Tanaka Nobuko	Inoue Hisashi: Crusader with a Pen Read More
1831	C.B. Liddell	Nihonga to Nihonga : Young, fresh and traditional Japanese artists Read More

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22		The North-South Korean West Sea Border Dispute and US Responsibility Read More
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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
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