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Book Announcement: Green with Milk and Sugar: When Japan Filled America’s Tea Cups

Posted on December 12, 2021 by Paula

Green with Milk and Sugar When Japan Filled America’s Tea Cups Robert Hellyer Today, Americans are some of the world’s biggest consumers of black teas; in Japan, green tea, especially sencha, is preferred. These national partialities, Robert Hellyer reveals, are deeply … Continue reading →

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Book Announcement: Engaging Banality: Stories of the Salaried Life

Posted on August 20, 2017 by Paula

Engaging Banality: Stories of the Salaried Life By Kuroi Senji (Brill, 2017) Engaging Banality: Stories of the Salaried Life by Kuroi Senji features three of the best-known works of Kuroi Senji’s early career. “Hole and Sky” (1968), Time (1969) and Running Family (1970) received widespread critical … Continue reading →

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Book Announcement: Labour market deregulation in Japan and Italy

Posted on April 5, 2015 by Paula

Labour market deregulation in Japan and Italy: Worker protection under neoliberal globalisation By Hiroaki Richard Watanabe Description: Japan and Italy encountered severe economic problems in the early 1990s, and the governments had to deal with those issues effectively under the … Continue reading →

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Book Announcement: The Great Transformation of Japanese Capitalism

Posted on December 7, 2014 by Paula

The Great Transformation of Japanese Capitalism Edited by Sébastien Lechevalier Translated by J. A. A. Stockwin Series: Nissan Institute/Routledge Japanese Studies Routledge Description In the 1980s the performance of Japan’s economy was an international success story, and led many economists … Continue reading →

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Call for Papers: The Japanese Political Economy

Posted on October 8, 2014 by Paula

We invite submissions for upcoming issues of The Japanese Political Economy, which aims to publish high quality, original articles that explore the many facets of and interactions between Japan’s domestic and international political economy. The journal welcomes a broad range of scholarship that … Continue reading →

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Call for Papers: The European Union and Asia. Perspectives, Challenges and Opportunities

Posted on June 9, 2014 by Paula

International Academic Conference September 16th, 2014 Call for Papers Kozminski University Asia Research Centre (KU ARC) is pleased to announce the call for papers for the The European Union and Asia. Perspectives, Challenges and Opportunities, a conference organized jointly by … Continue reading →

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Job Opening: Economy of Japan, Associate Professor

Posted on January 28, 2014 by Paula

Institution: University of Oxford, School of Interdisciplinary Area Studies Location: United Kingdom Position: Associate Professor in the Economy of Japan Nissan Institute of Japanese Studies in association with St Antonys College Grade 36S: Salary from 43,745 p.a. … Continue reading →

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Job Opening: Modern Japanese Economy, University Lecturer

Posted on January 4, 2014 by Paula

Institution: Leiden University Location: Netherlands Position: University Lecturer in Modern Japanese Economy Leiden University invites applications for a fulltime University Lectureship in modern Japanese economy in its (East-)Asian contexts, including economic history and political economy, with special … Continue reading →

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Job Opening: Political and Economic Affairs Assistant, Consulate-General of Japan in Houston

Posted on August 17, 2013 by LM

Institution: Consulate-General of Japan in Houston Location: Houston, TX Education: college degree Deadline: August 26, 2013 Title : Political and Economic Affairs Assistant Salary：Commensurate with experience Benefits : Paid vacation, medical/dental insurance, US federal and some Japanese national holidays Working hours … Continue reading →

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East-West Center Fellowships on Asia and Japan

Posted on February 6, 2012 by Paula

FELLOWSHIPS IN WASHINGTON, D.C. 2012 http://EastWestCenter.org/dcfellowships The East-West Center is now accepting applications from scholars and analysts who wish to undertake policy-relevant research and writing in Washington, D.C., in two programs. *** JAPAN STUDIES FELLOWSHIP *** This fellowship, funded by … Continue reading →

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