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Korean Herald - Japanese Nationalism: Old News or New Worry? Korean Herald - Japanese Nationalism: Old News or New Worry?: Editorial giving a warning that there is a current radicalization of an otherwise stable and healthy Japanese nationalism, and it could cause strong friction in the future. [Free registration required]. (Issues) http://www.koreaherald.co.kr/SITE/data/html_dir/2003/12/10/200312100023.asp Japan's Neo-Nationalism: The Role of the Hinomaru and Kimigayo Legislation Japan's Neo-Nationalism: The Role of the Hinomaru and Kimigayo Legislation: Essay on the growing friction in the Japanese government's directives to use wartime nationalist symbols to bolster student patriotism, and their possible connotations and effects. (Issues) http://www.jpri.org/publications/workingpapers/wp79.html Tokyo Trains Tackle Groping Problem Tokyo Trains Tackle Groping Problem: Article on train cars in Tokyo for women only to address the growing problem of men groping women commuters. (Issues) http://www.zipadeeday.com/viewarticle.asp?article=35 Defining Japan's Role in the Post-Taliban World Order Tokyo's Path to Great Power Status Defining Japan's Role in the Post-Taliban World Order Tokyo's Path to Great Power Status: An essay addressing how Japan has responded and changed through the War on Terror. (Issues) http://www.japanesestudies.org.uk/discussionpapers/HamaiandMauch.html Japan Under the US Nuclear Umbrella Japan Under the US Nuclear Umbrella: Investigation on the stationing of nuclear weapons in Japan on US military bases and vessels, violating Japan's stand to be a nuclear weapon free nation. (Issues) http://www.nautilus.org/archives/nukepolicy/ Paving Over the Kansai - On Dango: The Famous "Yokosuka Navy Base Toilet Job" Paving Over the Kansai - On Dango: The Famous "Yokosuka Navy Base Toilet Job": Two short essays on Japanese construction, including the corruption among Japanese corporations and obstruction of US firms resulting in the fleecing of American taxpayers. (Issues) http://www.jpri.org/publications/occasionalpapers/op1.html The Japan Times - Opening of Labor Market Delayed The Japan Times - Opening of Labor Market Delayed: Editorial on the nation's deep-seated reluctance to open the labor market wider to foreigners. (Issues) http://www.japantimes.com/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?ed20030717a1.htm The Rise of Japan - The Vocabulary of Control The Rise of Japan - The Vocabulary of Control: Examines a few social characteristics of Japanese. (Issues) http://www.newint.org/issue231/control.htm The Really Big Questions The Really Big Questions: Examines the Japanese characteristic of "nihonjinron", a kind of ethnic nationalism. (Issues) http://acadprojwww.wlu.edu/vol4/BlackmerH/public_html/easia/really.html Maintaining Identities: Discourses of Homogeneity in a Rapidly Globalising Japan Maintaining Identities: Discourses of Homogeneity in a Rapidly Globalising Japan: Looks at the ideological tools that maintain the idea of Japan as a mono-cultural, homogeneous society and investigates multiculturalism and internationalization in Japan. (Issues) http://www.japanesestudies.org.uk/articles/Burgess.html Christian Science Monitor - Japanese Man Publicly Fights Grope Charge Christian Science Monitor - Japanese Man Publicly Fights Grope Charge: Documents how after women started speaking out, some men now fear false accusations of groping women on trains. Explores Japan's legal system and culture of losing face. (Issues) http://www.csmonitor.com/2003/0627/p08s01-woap.html The Japan Times - Running the Sex Trade Gantlet The Japan Times - Running the Sex Trade Gantlet: Article on shady bait-and-switch tactics used to force Southeast Asian women into prostitution in Japan's 2.37 trillion yen a year entertainment industry. (Issues) http://www.japantimes.com/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?fl20031111zg.htm Mainichi - Schoolgirls Sniff Gold in Pantie Crackdown Mainichi - Schoolgirls Sniff Gold in Pantie Crackdown: The Tokyo Metropolitan Government outlaws the trade in soiled knickers from the underaged, but some school girls see another opportunity arise. (Issues) http://mdn.mainichi.co.jp/waiwai/0406/0619sniff.html Complicit Exoticism: Japan and its Other Complicit Exoticism: Japan and its Other: Examines how Japanese view eachother and how westerners have viewed Japan through the 20th century. (Issues) http://wwwmcc.murdoch.edu.au/ReadingRoom/8.2/Iwabuchi.html Media Intimidation in Japan: A Close Encounter with Hard Japanese Nationalism Media Intimidation in Japan: A Close Encounter with Hard Japanese Nationalism: Documents a close encounter with hard Japanese nationalism. (Issues) http://www.japanesestudies.org.uk/discussionpapers/McNeill.html Kyodo News - Japan Ranks 14th Among OECD members in Quality of Life Survey Kyodo News - Japan Ranks 14th Among OECD members in Quality of Life Survey: Article documenting how Japan's quality of life rates compared to other countries, through factors including infant mortality, health care, education, and labor conditions. (Issues) http://home.kyodo.co.jp/all/display.jsp?an=20040402237 Robert Fulford's Column About Japanese Identity Robert Fulford's Column About Japanese Identity: Personal musings about how the Japanese identify themselves. (Issues) http://www.robertfulford.com/identity.html Asia Times Online - In Japan, The Crime Rate Also Rises Asia Times Online - In Japan, The Crime Rate Also Rises: Examines Japan's rising crime rate, as well as various misconceptions about it. (Issues) http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Japan/FH28Dh01.html Freed From Captivity in Iraq, Japanese Return to More Pain Freed From Captivity in Iraq, Japanese Return to More Pain: Young Japanese civilians taken hostage and nearly killed in Iraq return home to be treated like criminals. (Issues) http://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/23/international/asia/23JAPA.html Re-thinking Rural Japan Re-thinking Rural Japan: Examines several characteristics of modern farming in Japan along with changing situations, trends, and its economic future. (Issues) http://japanfocus.org/129.html Japanese Gun Control Japanese Gun Control: An article in the Asia Pacific Law Review, analyzing Japanese gun control laws and history of firearms in Japan. (Issues) http://www.guncite.com/journals/dkjgc.html The Japan Times - Time Running Out for Shrinking Japan The Japan Times - Time Running Out for Shrinking Japan: Proposes opening up Japan to more third world immigrants to solve its population crisis. (Issues) http://www.japantimes.com/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?fl20030902zg.htm