Special issues are the heart of our most enduring work. Below, we present a list of all special issues published since 2011. The topics range from the Fukushima earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear meltdown, the COVID-19 pandemic, Japanese and American war crimes, the "Comfort Women" controversy, the Japanese Olympics, the legacy of the Peace Constitution, memories of the Asia-Pacific War, art and activism, Meiji history and more.
For a list of Asia-Pacific Journal articles and other resources on Fukushima "3-11" triple disasters, see this page.
- The ‘Comfort Women’ as Public History edited by Edward Vickers and Mark R. Frost, published on March 1, 2021
- Academic Integrity at Stake: The Ramseyer Article - Four Letters, edited by Alexis Dudden, published on March 1, 2021
- Race and Empire in Meiji Japan, edited by Ayelet Zohar, published on October 15, 2020
- Vulnerable Populations Under COVID-19 in Japan, edited by David H. Slater, published on April 15, 2020
- Pandemic Asia, Part II, edited by Jeff Kingston, published on August 1, 2020
- Pandemic Asia, Part I, edited by Jeff Kingston, published on July 15, 2020
- Japan’s Olympic Summer Games - Past and Present, Part II, edited by Jeff Kingston, published on March 1, 2020
- Japan’s Olympic Summer Games - Past and Present, Part I, edited by Jeff Kingston, published on February 15, 2020
- Dark Tourism and the History of Imperial and Contemporary Japan, edited by Andrew Gordon, published on March 15, 2019
- A New Constitution for Japan? edited by Tessa Morris-Suzuki and Takahashi Shinnosuke, published on March 1, 2018
Perspectives on the Bombing of Civilians From World War II to the Present, edited by Mark Selden and Claire Andrieu, published on December 1, 2016
- Nationalism in the Abe Era, edited by Jeff Kingston, published on October 15, 2016
- Japan in Translation III in Honor of Kyoko Selden, edited by Alisa Freedman, published on August 15, 2016
- Japan in Translation II in Honor of Kyoko Selden, edited by Alisa Freedman, published on August 1, 2016
- Japan in Translation I in Honor of Kyoko Selden, edited by Alisa Freedman, published on July 15, 2016
- Hallyu: The Korean Wave and Asia, edited by Jooyeon Rhee and Nissim Otmazgin, published on April 1, 2016
- 3/11 and Japanese Resilience Five Years Later, published on March 15, 2016
- Pacific Islands, Extreme Environments, published on December 14, 2015
- The Impact of “Comfort Woman” Revisionism on the Academy, the Press, and the Individual: Symposium on the U.S. Tour of Uemura Takashi, published on August 17, 2015
- Memories of the Asia-Pacific War, published on July 27, 2015
- Henoko: The Experts Report and the Future of Okinawa, published on July 20, 2015
- Art and Activism in Post-Disaster Japan, published on February 16, 2015
- Death Penalty in Japan, published on February 9, 2015
- Japan’s 3.11 Triple Disaster, edited by David McNeill and Paul Jobin, published on February 16, 2014
- The Continued Saga of the Henoko Base and Japan-US-Okinawa Relations, edited by Gavan McCormack, published on November 22, 2013
- Responding to Disaster: Japan's 3.11 Catastrophe in Historical Perspective 災害への反応−−3.11を歴史的に観る, edited by Yau Shuk-ting, Kinnia, published on March 5, 2012
- The Great East Japan Earthquake One Year On: Reports From The Field 東日本大震災より一年 − 現場よりの報告, edited by Christopher S. Thompson, published on February 27, 2012
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