SPECIALS ARCHIVE
Special issues are the heart of our most enduring work. Below is 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.
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Volume 22 | Issue 2 | Number 4
Introduction to the Special Issue: Food Charity, Religion, and Care in Vietnam
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Volume 21 | Issue 8 | Number 1
The 100th Anniversary of the 1923 Great Kantō Earthquake
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Volume 20 | Issue 10
Re-examining Asia-Pacific War Memories: Grief, Narratives, and Memorials
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Volume 19 | Issue 17
Legacies of Fukushima: 3.11 in Context
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Volume 19 | Issue 9 | Number 1
Japan’s Burakumin (Outcastes) Reconsidered: A Special Issue Refuting Ramseyer’s Interpretation
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Volume 19 | Issue 5 | Number 1
The ‘Comfort Women’ as Public History
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Volume 19 | Issue 5 | Number 2
Supplement to Special Issue: Academic Integrity at Stake: The Ramseyer Article – Four Letters
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Volume 18 | Issue 20 | Number 1
Race and Empire in Meiji Japan
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Volume 18 | Issue 18 | Number 1
Vulnerable Populations Under COVID-19 in Japan
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Volume 18 | Issue 17 | Number 5
The “End of Poverty” Illusion: Global and East Asian Realities in the COVID-19 Pandemic
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Volume 18 | Issue 15 | Number 1
Pandemic Asia, Part II
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Volume 18 | Issue 14 | Number 1
Pandemic Asia, Part I
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Volume 18 | Issue 5 | Number 2
Introduction to the Special Issue on Japan’s Olympic’s Summer Games — Past and Present, Part II
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Volume 18 | Issue 5 | Number 1
Japan’s Olympic Summer Games – Past and Present, Part II
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Volume 18 | Issue 4 | Number 1
Japan’s Olympic Summer Games – Past and Present, Part I
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Volume 18 | Issue 4 | Number 2
Introduction to the Special Issue on Japan’s Olympic’s Summer Games — Past and Present, Part I
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Volume 16 | Issue 5
A New Constitution for Japan?
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Volume 14 | Issue 23
Perspectives on the Bombing of Civilians From World War II to the Present
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Volume 14 | Issue 20
Nationalism in the Abe Era
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Volume 14 | Issue 16
Japan in Translation III in Honor of Kyoko Selden
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Volume 14 | Issue 15
Japan in Translation II in Honor of Kyoko Selden
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Volume 14 | Issue 14
Japan in Translation I in Honor of Kyoko Selden
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Volume 14 | Issue 7
Hallyu: The Korean Wave and Asia
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Volume 13 | Issue 50
Pacific Islands, Extreme Environments
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Volume 13 | Issue 30
Memories of the Asia-Pacific War
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Volume 13 | Issue 29
Henoko: The Experts Report and the Future of Okinawa=
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Volume 13 | Issue 7
Art and Activism in Post-Disaster Japan
