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APJJF editorial board member Jenny Chan reflects on her own scholarly journey and highlights how APJJF serves as a platform for scholarly community, critical inquiry, and independent open-access publishing.

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December 22, 2025 at 11:12 PM
How does a fringe, anti-vaccine party come to influence national politics? In this insightful article, Romeo Marcantuoni and Robert A. Fahey examine Sanseitō, a Japanese political party founded during the pandemic.
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Fighting the Cabal from the Diet: Sanseitō and the Role of Conspiracy as Political Ideology | Asia-Pacific Journal | Cambridge Core
Fighting the Cabal from the Diet: Sanseitō and the Role of Conspiracy as Political Ideology - Volume 23
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November 5, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Kanako Kuramitsu explores the overlooked experiences of children born to Chinese mothers and Japanese fathers during and after the Second Sino-Japanese War.

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#SinoJapaneseWar #ChildrenBornOfWar #Migration #APJJF
November 29, 2025 at 5:08 AM
Can translation become a tool for historical revisionism? In this essay, Harumi Osaki examines how sympathetic translators and editors reshaped The Ōshima Memos (1942–45), allowing for wartime ideology to persist under the guise of reinterpretation. apjjf.org/2025/10/osaki #Japan #History #APJJF
Commentary, Translation, and Historical Revisionism: On The Ōshima Memos - Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus
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November 5, 2025 at 4:25 PM
How can film confront the silences surrounding workplace harassment? In conversation with art historian Asato Ikeda, filmmaker Atsushi Funahashi discusses his 2022 film Company Retreat, reflecting on trauma and solidarity in Japan’s workplaces.
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Film Director Atsushi Funahashi in Conversation with Asato Ikeda: Company Retreat (2022), Sexual Violence, and the Unconscious of the Time - Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus
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November 5, 2025 at 5:28 PM
How do we understand Japan’s wartime past through the words and silences of its emperor? David McNeill speaks with historian Ryuichi Kitano about his new book, 側近が見た昭和天皇 (The Showa Emperor as Seen by His Close Aides). #Japan #History #APJJF apjjf.org/2025/10/mcne...
“The Showa Emperor repeatedly advocated for the necessity of rearmament”: Interview with Ryuichi Kitano by David McNeill - Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus
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November 5, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Atsushi Hagihara & Hasan Topacoglu explore culture practices and generational change in Hyogo Prefecture Okinawan Association. Using surveys and interviews, they highlight how Okinawans navigate migration challenges while preserving their heritage.
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December 5, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Do criminal suspects in Japan have "a right to remain silent" in practice? David T. Johnson tackles this question and ongoing debates about legal reform in Japan.

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#Japan #APJJF #legalstudies
December 22, 2025 at 10:51 PM
In this important article, Dorothy Finan and Kaori Suetomi examine efforts to introduce child safeguarding frameworks in Japan’s entertainment industries in the wake of the Johnny Kitagawa abuse scandal.

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What Are the Barriers to Improving the Safeguarding of Children and Young People in Japan’s Entertainment Industries? | Asia-Pacific Journal | Cambridge Core
What Are the Barriers to Improving the Safeguarding of Children and Young People in Japan’s Entertainment Industries? - Volume 23
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November 11, 2025 at 4:48 PM
In this timely article Robert Mizo and J. Scott Hauger show how climate change is reshaping Indo-Pacific maritime security and what this means for the Quad.

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November 29, 2025 at 5:05 AM
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Recent Developments, Plans for the Future, and a Request for Support - Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus
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December 10, 2025 at 2:25 AM
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December 9, 2024 at 8:41 AM
How is public interest litigation evolving in Japan?

Lawrence Repeta examines CALL4, a bilingual platform highlighting public interest cases and crowdfunding litigation costs.

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December 5, 2025 at 7:07 PM
13年前に書かれた論文で、2016年に翻訳して公認いただいた翻訳集。掲載から10年が経過しましたが今まさに読むべき論文だと思い、GW作業完了を目指して転載作業を始めました。国民が全く期待していない憲法改正を推進する高市政権の動きをけん制します。現在、第四弾まで作業完了済み。

【緊急転載】明大レペタ教授が警告する『 #自民党憲法改正案 の最も危険な10の項目』①(その1と2)|Asia Pacific Journal @apjjf (2013.7.15) #憲法改正 |戦いのノート @tkatsumi06j note.com/tkatsumi06j/...
【緊急転載】明大レペタ教授が警告する『 #自民党憲法改正案 の最も危険な10の項目』①(その1と2)|Asia Pacific Journal @apjjf (2013.7.15) #憲法改正 |戦いのノート
[Infographic制作提供: @Felismanul777 氏] はじめに 2013年7月、明治大学法学部のローレンス・レペタ特任教授は『アジア太平洋ジャーナル』にある論文を寄せた。それは、自民党の2012年憲法改正草案の「最も危険な10の項目」を詳述したものだった。2016年2月、当時の安倍政権下で憲法改正の政治的機運が高まるなか、私はこの記事を発見して独自に翻訳作業を始め、同年5...
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April 27, 2026 at 1:24 AM
What did “compulsory education” mean for children excluded from it? In this powerful article, Gregory S. Johnson traces the history of the Kōmei School, Japan’s first public school for children with physical disabilities. www.cambridge.org/core/journal... #DisabilityHistory #Japan #Education #APJJF
Kōmei School and the Path to Compulsory Education for Japan’s Children with Disabilities | Asia-Pacific Journal | Cambridge Core
Kōmei School and the Path to Compulsory Education for Japan’s Children with Disabilities - Volume 23
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November 5, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Yoko Demelius and Yutaka Yoshida use a post-feminist lens to analyze a famous case involving a female fraudster in Japan who gained “celebrity criminal” status.

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#Japan #Postfeminism #GenderStudies #APJJF
November 29, 2025 at 5:15 AM
Mi-Young Gu astutely analyzes Himizu (2012) through Foucault’s concept of heterotopia, showing how the film reveals tensions in post-3/11 Japan.

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#Himizu #SonoShion #Post311 #DisasterCinema #Heterotopia #APJJF
November 29, 2025 at 5:11 AM
How does Ishimaru Shinji fit into Japan’s evolving populist landscape?

In this article Jack Northey draws on the cases of Hashimoto Tōru and Koike Yuriko and identifies a “populist playbook” shaped by Japan’s neoliberal era.

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December 5, 2025 at 6:55 PM
(日英併記)明大レペタ教授が警告する『自民党憲法改正案の最も危険な10の項目』(その1と2)|Asia Pacific Journal: Japan Focus(2013.7.15) |戦いのノート
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Noteへの転載作業を始めました。
第一弾です。
(日英併記)明大レペタ教授が警告する『自民党憲法改正案の最も危険な10の項目』(その1と2)|Asia Pacific Journal @apjjf (2013.7.15) |戦いのノート
はじめに 2013年7月、明治大学法学部のローレンス・レペタ特任教授は『アジア太平洋ジャーナル』にある論文を寄せた。それは、自民党の2012年憲法改正草案の「最も危険な10の項目」を詳述したものだった。2016年2月、当時の安倍政権下で憲法改正の政治的機運が高まるなか、私はこの記事を発見して独自に翻訳作業を始め、同年5月に全ての項目ごとの翻訳を終え、ポータルページを作成した。翻訳はレペタ教授自身...
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April 18, 2026 at 10:10 AM
Reading Ian Neary's @apjjf intro on refutations to Ramseyer's burakumin research and the commentary by scholars is 🔥🔥🔥 https://apjjf.org/2021/9/Neary.html
November 9, 2024 at 1:55 AM
The original fact-checking work so rigorously and expertly done by @astanley711 @SayakaChatani @SzendiChelsea @hannahjshepherd and @dambaras can be found here at @apjjf : https://apjjf.org/2021/5/ConcernedScholars.html
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November 8, 2024 at 1:32 PM