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3919	Roger Witherspoon	A Lasting Legacy of the Fukushima Rescue Mission: Cat and Mouse with a Nuclear Ghost 福島救援活動の永続する遺産—核の幽霊といたちごっこ 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
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
3887	Peter Lee	Mongolian Coal's Long Road to Market: China, Russia and Mongolia モンゴルの石炭　市場到達までの長い道のり　中国、ロシア、そしてモンゴル国 Read More
3840	Partha Chatterjee, Ayça Çubukçu	Empire as a Practice of Power: An Interview　　権力行使としての帝国 Read More
3824	Kimura Satoru	Japanese Nuclear Power Generation Comes to a Vietnamese Village　　日本の原発がやってくる村−−いまベトナムにある「安全神話」 Read More
3822	Jeff Kingston	Japan's Nuclear Village　　日本の原子ムラ Read More
3816	Tuukka Toivonen, Noritoshi FURUICHI, Mikito Terachi, Tomu Ogawa	Japanese Youth: An Interactive Dialogue: Towards Comparative Youth Research　　日本の若者−−四者対談−−比較若者文化へ向けて Read More
3815	Tom Gill	The Incident at Nishibeta Village: A Classic Manga by Tsuge Yoshiharu from the Garo Years–– 西部田村の出来事−−つげ義春ガロ時期の古典的マンガ Read More
3808	Aileen Mioko Smith	Post-Fukushima Realities and Japan’s Energy Future　　フクシマ後の現実と日本のエネルギーの将来 Read More
3804	Oguma Eiji, David H. Slater	From a 'Dysfunctional Japanese-Style Industrialized Society' to an “Ordinary Nation”?　　「なりたたなくなる」日本式工業社会から「普通の国」へ？ Read More
3790	Karel van Wolferen	Japan’s Political Upheaval and Massive Public Dissent　　日本の政治的変動と市民の大規模な反対運動 Read More
3777	Caroline S. Hau	Becoming “Chinese”—But What “Chinese”?—in Southeast Asia　　東南アジアでの「中国性」びいき−−その「中国性」の意味合い Read More
3768	Vaclav Smil	Japan’s Economy in 2012: Multiple Challenges　　２０１２年における日本の経済−−幾多の難題 Read More
3729	Paul Jobin	Fukushima One Year On: Nuclear workers and citizens at risk　福島一周年−−危険にさらされる作業員と市民　 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
3715	Timothy S. George	Fukushima in Light of Minamata　　フクシマを水俣と照らし合わせる 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
3687	Bruce Cumings	Dominion From Sea to Sea: America's Pacific Ascendancy Read More
3671	Tom Gill	Failed Manhood on the Streets of Urban Japan: The Meanings of Self-Reliance for Homeless Men　　日本都市部路傍に男を下げて−−ホームレス男性にとって自助の意味とは Read More
3668	Barry Sautman, Yan Hairong	Gilded Outside, Shoddy Within:The Human Rights Watch report on Chinese copper mining in Zambia　　表面は金ぴか、内実は粗悪−−ザンビアにおける中国の銅山についてのＨＲＷ報告 Read More
3666	Arjun Makhijani, Ferenc Dalnoki-Veress, Taira Tomoyuki, Hatoyama Yukio	Nuclear Energy: Nationalize the Fukushima Daiichi Atomic Plant　　福島第一原発を国有化せよ Read More
3643	Joshua Roth	Harmonizing Cars and Humans in Japan’s Era of Mass Automobility　　日本の大量自動時代において車と人の調和をはかるには Read More
3644	tammy ko Robinson	South Korea’s 300 Day Aerial Sit-in Strike Highlights Plight of Precarious Workers in Korea and the Philippines　　韓国の３００日間空中坐り込みストライキ、コリアとフィリピンの労働者の苦境を浮かび上がらせる　 Read More
3648	Sachie MIZOHATA	Amartya Sen's Capability Approach, Democratic Governance and Japan’s Fukushima Disaster アマルティア・センのケイパビリティ・アプローチ、民主政と福島の大惨事 Read More
3649	Nicola Liscutin	Indignez-Vous! ‘Fukushima,’ New Media and Anti-Nuclear Activism in Japan　　「腹を立てよ！」フクシマ、新しい伝達手段、日本における反核運動 Read More
3625	Philip Brasor	Gender, Equity and the Japanese Welfare System　　ジェンダー、公正、日本の福祉制度 Read More
3617	Miyamoto Teru, Robert K. Thomas	A Tale of Tomatoes　　「トマトの話」　宮本輝 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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39	Matthew Penney	The NHK Comfort Women Documentary -- 10 Years Later Read More
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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