January 2007 - Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus

Volume 5 | Issue 1

Japan’s Korean Residents Caught in the Japan-North Korea Crossfire

H Matsubara, John Feffer, M Tokita

January 2, 2007

Research Article

Volume 5 | Issue 1

First into Nagasaki: George Weller’s Censored Eyewitness Dispatches on the atomic bombing and Japan’s POWs

Anthony Weller

January 2, 2007

Research Article

Volume 5 | Issue 1

Crime and Punishment in Japan: From Re-integrative Shaming to Popular Punitivism

K. HAMAI, Tom Ellis

January 2, 2007

Research Article

Volume 5 | Issue 1

Can a Japanese Official Criticize George W. Bush? U.S. protests Kyuma’s criticism of Iraq invasion, but Japan’s Defense Chief raps Washington again

Kyodo News

January 2, 2007

Research Article

Volume 5 | Issue 1

China’s Tortuous Middle East Journey: Israel, Iran, and Saudia Arabia

M K Bhadrakumar

January 2, 2007

Research Article

Volume 5 | Issue 1

Geopolitics of the Afghanistan War: US Elevates Pakistan to Regional Kingpin. Implications for Russia, NATO, Iran and the Arab States

M K Bhadrakumar

January 2, 2007

Research Article

Volume 5 | Issue 1

China’s Durable Inequality: Legacies of Revolution and Pitfalls of Reform

C.K. Lee, Mark Selden

January 2, 2007

Research Article

Volume 5 | Issue 1

China Moves Oil Up the Mekong: What price the environment?

Marwaan Macan-Markar

January 2, 2007

Research Article

Volume 5 | Issue 1

The End of Overtime Pay: More Production or Just More Work for Japan’s White Collar Workers?

Charles Weathers, Scott North

January 2, 2007

Research Article

Volume 5 | Issue 1

The Euro-American Psyche and the Imaging of Samoa in the Early 20th Century

Max Quanchi

January 2, 2007

Research Article

Volume 5 | Issue 1

Love Your State, Love Your Boss: Whither Japan?

Nagata Minoru

January 2, 2007

Research Article

Volume 5 | Issue 1

Al Qaeda’s Southeast Asia, Jamaah Islamiyah and Regional Terrorism: Kinship and Family Links　　アルカイダの東南アジア、ジャマー・イスラミヤー、および地域テロ−−王建と家族的つながり

Noor Huda Ismail

January 2, 2007

Research Article

Volume 5 | Issue 1

Can Economic Theory Demystify North Korea?

Rüdiger Frank

January 2, 2007

Research Article

Volume 5 | Issue 1

Remake Politics, Not Nature: Tanaka Shozo’s Philosophies of ‘Poison’ and ‘Flow’ and Japan’s Environment

Robert Stolz

January 2, 2007

Research Article

Volume 5 | Issue 1

Japan’s Wishful Nuclear Thinking: What Price Power?

Tony Barrell

January 2, 2007

Research Article

Volume 5 | Issue 1

A Strategic Partnership Between Japan and India?

Vivek Pinto

January 2, 2007

Research Article

Volume 5 | Issue 1

Strategic Errors of Monumental Proportions: Lessons for Iraq from Vietnam, El Salvador and the Middle East

William E. Odom

January 2, 2007

Research Article

Volume 5 | Issue 1

Natural Farming Greening the Deserts: Japanese Farmer-Philosopher Fukuoka Masanobu

Yoneda Yuriko

January 2, 2007

Research Article

Volume 5 | Issue 1

The End of Overtime Pay: More Production or Just More Work for Japan’s White Collar Workers?

Charles Weathers, Scott North

January 2, 2007

Research Article

Volume 5 | Issue 1

Taiji: Japan’s Dolphin Cull and the Clash of Cultures

David McNeill

January 2, 2007

Research Article

Volume 5 | Issue 1

A Foot soldier in the War Against Forgetting Japanese Wartime Atrocities

David McNeill

January 2, 2007

Research Article

Volume 5 | Issue 1

Yokohama and Seoul: Dealing With Crimes of State in Japan and South Korea

Gavan McCormack, S Kamiya, Yonhap News

January 2, 2007

Research Article

Volume 5 | Issue 1

Little Birds: A Japanese Filmmaker’s Devastating Window on the Iraq War

Gregory Elich

January 2, 2007

Research Article

Volume 5 | Issue 1

Indonesia: Natural Disasters or Mass Murder?

Andre Vltchek

January 2, 2007

Research Article

Volume 5 | Issue 1

Government, the Military and Business in Japan’s Wartime Comfort Woman System

Hayashi Hirofumi

January 2, 2007

Research Article

Volume 5 | Issue 1

Internationalizing the Okinawan Struggle: Implications of the 2006 Elections in Okinawa and the US

Yoshikawa Hideki

January 2, 2007

Research Article

Volume 5 | Issue 1

Is Japan a Cultural Looter?

Hisane MASAKI

January 2, 2007

Research Article

Volume 5 | Issue 1

Restoring Order: Conquering Iraq in the 13th and 21st Centuries. Could Genghis Khan teach the US?

Jack Weatherford

January 2, 2007

Research Article

Volume 5 | Issue 1

Sanctions and the Road to War in Korea

John Feffer, M Hart-Landsberg

January 2, 2007

Research Article

Volume 5 | Issue 1

Hubris, Intransigence, and the North Korean Nuclear Crisis

Anthony DiFilippo

January 2, 2007

Research Article

Japan’s Korean Residents Caught in the Japan-North Korea Crossfire

First into Nagasaki: George Weller’s Censored Eyewitness Dispatches on the atomic bombing and Japan’s POWs

Crime and Punishment in Japan: From Re-integrative Shaming to Popular Punitivism

Can a Japanese Official Criticize George W. Bush? U.S. protests Kyuma’s criticism of Iraq invasion, but Japan’s Defense Chief raps Washington again

China’s Tortuous Middle East Journey: Israel, Iran, and Saudia Arabia

Geopolitics of the Afghanistan War: US Elevates Pakistan to Regional Kingpin. Implications for Russia, NATO, Iran and the Arab States

China’s Durable Inequality: Legacies of Revolution and Pitfalls of Reform

China Moves Oil Up the Mekong: What price the environment?

The End of Overtime Pay: More Production or Just More Work for Japan’s White Collar Workers?

The Euro-American Psyche and the Imaging of Samoa in the Early 20th Century

Love Your State, Love Your Boss: Whither Japan?

Al Qaeda’s Southeast Asia, Jamaah Islamiyah and Regional Terrorism: Kinship and Family Links　　アルカイダの東南アジア、ジャマー・イスラミヤー、および地域テロ−−王建と家族的つながり

Can Economic Theory Demystify North Korea?

Remake Politics, Not Nature: Tanaka Shozo’s Philosophies of ‘Poison’ and ‘Flow’ and Japan’s Environment

Japan’s Wishful Nuclear Thinking: What Price Power?

A Strategic Partnership Between Japan and India?

Strategic Errors of Monumental Proportions: Lessons for Iraq from Vietnam, El Salvador and the Middle East

Natural Farming Greening the Deserts: Japanese Farmer-Philosopher Fukuoka Masanobu

The End of Overtime Pay: More Production or Just More Work for Japan’s White Collar Workers?

Taiji: Japan’s Dolphin Cull and the Clash of Cultures

A Foot soldier in the War Against Forgetting Japanese Wartime Atrocities

Yokohama and Seoul: Dealing With Crimes of State in Japan and South Korea

Little Birds: A Japanese Filmmaker’s Devastating Window on the Iraq War

Indonesia: Natural Disasters or Mass Murder?

Government, the Military and Business in Japan’s Wartime Comfort Woman System

Internationalizing the Okinawan Struggle: Implications of the 2006 Elections in Okinawa and the US

Is Japan a Cultural Looter?

Restoring Order: Conquering Iraq in the 13th and 21st Centuries. Could Genghis Khan teach the US?

Sanctions and the Road to War in Korea

Hubris, Intransigence, and the North Korean Nuclear Crisis

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