The Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus
In-depth critical analysis of the forces shaping the Asia-Pacific . . . and the world. The Asia-Pacific Journal seeks to illuminate the geopolitics, economics, history, society, culture, international relations and forces for change in the modern and contemporary Asia-Pacific.
In addition to articles prepared for the journal, it offers translations from Japanese, Chinese, Korean and other languages. This peer-reviewed, open source journal is a fully indexed resource. Its website contains more than 2,000 articles. What's Hot is a special section on fast-breaking contemporary events. Subscribers receive a free weekly newsletter published each Monday, normally linking to four to seven new articles. More than 100,000 articles are accessed each month with readers from more than 180 countries on six continents. More than 6,000 people in 195 countries presently subscribe to APJ, including 2,700 who follow us through Facebook or Twitter, and their numbers are growing steadily. All articles are fully indexed by author, title and key word. Peer review process recognized by Ulrich's Global Serial Directory.
Subscribers to the Newsletter receive a weekly announcement with links to new articles. Facebook and Twitter subscribers receive immediate information about new articles as they are posted.
To Contribute to the Journal
To contribute an article to The Asia-Pacific Journal contact info.japanfocus@gmail.com
Coordinators
The coordinators chart the day to day operations of the journal, and, in consultation with the associates, shape its longterm editorial direction. The coordinators are
Andrew DeWit Rikkyo University, Tokyo, dewit@rikkyo.ne.jp
Geoffrey Gunn Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, nag-gunn@net.nagasaki-u.ac.jp
Laura Hein Northwestern University, Chicago, l-hein@northwestern.edu
Gavan McCormack Australian National University, Canberra, gavan@coombs.anu.edu.au
John McGlynn, Independent Political and Economic Analyst, Tokyo, jmcgl@gol.com
David McNeill Sophia University, Tokyo, davidaamcneill@hotmail.com
R.Taggart Murphy Tsukuba University, Tokyo, murphy@mbaib.gsbs.tsukuba.ac.jp
Matthew Penney Concordia University, Montreal, penneym@hotmail.com
Norimatsu Satoko, Peace Philosophy Center, Vancouver, info@peacephilosophy.com
Mark Selden Cornell University, Ithaca, mark.selden@cornell.edu
Yuki Tanaka Hiroshima Peace Institute, Hiroshima, tanaka-t@peace.hiroshima-cu.ac.jp
Associates
The Asia-Pacific Journal is made possible by the contributions of associates on four continents who recommend material to publish and translate, review manuscripts, provide translations, and contribute their own writing. The associates are
Nobuko Adachi, Yonson Ahn, Matthew Allen, Andrea Arai, Cemil Aydin, Tim Beal, Herbert Bix, Vivian Blaxell, Heather Bowen-Struyk, John Breen, Mark Caprio, Zeljko Cipris, Bruce Cumings, John de Boer, John Dower, Aya Ezawa, John Feffer, Norma Field, Ruediger Frank, Sabine Fruhstuck, Aaron Gerow, Andrew Gordon, Nanyan Guo, Kimie Hara, Peter Hayes, Julie Higashi, Linda Hoaglund, Asato Ikeda, Jean Inglis, Sheila Miyoshi Jager, Rebecca Jennison, Paul Jobin, David Johnson, Eric Johnston, John Junkerman, Cary Karacas, Jeff Kingston, Victor Koschmann, Heonik Kwon, Adam Lebowitz, Douglas Lummis, Richard Minear, Jon Mitchell, Mark Morris, Tessa Morris-Suzuki, Chris Nelson, Yoshiko Nozaki, James Orr, Emanuel Pastreich, Michael Penn, Roger Pulvers, Miguel Quintana, Steve Rabson, Lawrence Repeta, Sonia Ryang, Rumi Sakamoto, Peter Dale Scott, Philip Seaton, Kyoko Selden, Ae-Gyung Shim, Aaron Skabelund, David Slater, Gregory Smits, David Adam Stott, Jae-Jung Suh, Akiko Takenaka, Mariko Tamanoi, Miyume Tanji, Richard Tanter, William Underwood, Andre Vltchek, Vanessa Ward, Brian Yecies.
Sustainers
Sustainers enable the Journal to publish, improve the quality of the website and circulate our weekly Newsletter. For more information about financially supporting the journal, see Sustaining APJ at the home page.
Contact us at info.japanfocus@gmail.com
We invite contributions and queries about the journal.
Comment on articles
Readers are invited to comment and discuss all articles at the site. To comment, go to the end of the article. This is a moderated list that welcomes discussion but eliminates flames. We ask those who wish to comment to give their full real name.
Recommended citation
All articles since 2009 contain a recommended citation at the end of the article in the following form:
Recommended citation: Author, "Title," The Asia-Pacific Journal, Vol 8, Issue 51 No 2, December 20, 2010 where Vol 8 refers to 2010, issue 51 to the 51st issue of the year and No 2 to the second article. For earlier articles, the recommended citation consists of author, title and date of publication where noted.
Index/Abstracts
Directory of Open Access Journals, Asia-Studies Research, Ebsco Host Political Science.
Search engine
The Asia-Pacific Journal has a powerful search engine at the top left of the home page. The top box allows you to search by author, the second box by title. Entering an author's surname or given name brings up all articles by the author. Entering a term such as China, Japan, Korea, or war, peace, or immigration, or a phrase like Battle of Okinawa or atomic bomb in the second box will bring up all articles whose title includes that word or phrase. To search within articles, click on keyword search and enter the word or phrase you are searching for such as atomic bomb, Korean War, mass suicide or worker rights. (do not put the word or phrase in "quotes".) This brings up a list of all articles which include the word or phrase. If you open any article on the list and do a search for the word or phrase, when you scroll down the item will be highlighted. Close the article to go to another article by clicking on the arrow at the top of the screen. You will be told "To display this page, Firefox must send information . . . etc." (Other browsers may use a different method.) Hit resend and you will return to the list of articles and you can continue to search. You can also use the Advanced Search function to search beyond our site using Google. For best results, use Firefox or Safari search engines. We welcome questions about the search engine and suggestions for improvement of our system.
The Asia-Pacific Journal is the recipient of The Ryukyu Shimpo's first Ikemiyagi Syuui Prize. The award recognizes that "Japan Focus has made an outstanding worldwide contribution to proposing solutions to problems confronting Okinawa."
Website Manager
Allen Schmaltz
Intern
Yayoi Koizumi
ISSN Number
1557-4660
Reprinting
Articles at The Asia-Pacific Journal are published under a Creative Commons license. Permission is granted to forward electronically to others and to post Asia-Pacific Journal texts for non-commercial purposes following Open Source guidelines, provided they are reproduced intact and the source indicated and linked. To publish Asia-Pacific Journal texts in electronic, printed and/or other forms, including course use, contact info.japanfocus@gmail.com
