Johnson In Japan

Author : Kimiyo Ogawa,Mika Suzuki
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
Page : 151 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2020-10-16
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781684482436

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Johnson in Japan by Kimiyo Ogawa,Mika Suzuki Pdf

The study and reception of Samuel Johnson’s work has long been embedded in Japanese literary culture. The essays in this collection reflect that history and influence, underscoring the richness of Johnson scholarship in Japan, while exploring broader conditions in Japanese academia today. In examining Johnson’s works such as the Rambler (1750-52), Rasselas (1759), Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets (1779-81), and Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland (1775), the contributors—all members of the half-century-old Johnson Society of Japan—also engage with the work of other important English writers, namely Shakespeare, Mary Shelley, Jane Austen, and Matthew Arnold, and later Japanese writers, including Natsume Soseki (1867-1916). If the state of Johnson studies in Japan is unfamiliar to Western academics, this volume offers a unique opportunity to appreciate Johnson’s centrality to Japanese education and intellectual life, and to reassess how he may be perceived in a different cultural context. Published by Bucknell University Press. Distributed worldwide by Rutgers University Press.

Author : Chalmers Johnson
Publisher : Stanford University Press
Page : 818 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1982-06
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780804765602

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MITI and the Japanese Miracle by Chalmers Johnson Pdf

The focus of this book is on the Japanese economic bureaucracy, particularly on the famous Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI), as the leading state actor in the economy. Although MITI was not the only important agent affecting the economy, nor was the state as a whole always predominant, I do not want to be overly modest about the importance of this subject. The particular speed, form, and consequences of Japanese economic growth are not intelligible without reference to the contributions of MITI. Collaboration between the state and big business has long been acknowledged as the defining characteristic of the Japanese economic system, but for too long the state's role in this collaboration has been either condemned as overweening or dismissed as merely supportive, without anyone's ever analyzing the matter. The history of MITI is central to the economic and political history of modern Japan. Equally important, however, the methods and achievements of the Japanese economic bureaucracy are central to the continuing debate between advocates of the communist-type command economies and advocates of the Western-type mixed market economies. The fully bureaucratized command economies misallocate resources and stifle initiative; in order to function at all, they must lock up their populations behind iron curtains or other more or less impermeable barriers. The mixed market economies struggle to find ways to intrude politically determined priorities into their market systems without catching a bad case of the "English disease" or being frustrated by the American-type legal sprawl. The Japanese, of course, do not have all the answers. But given the fact that virtually all solutions to any of the critical problems of the late twentieth century--energy supply, environmental protection, technological innovation, and so forth--involve an expansion of official bureaucracy, the particular Japanese priorities and procedures are instructive. At the very least they should forewarn a foreign observer that the Japanese achievements were not won without a price being paid.

Author : Chalmers Johnson
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 394 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0393037398

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Japan, who Governs? by Chalmers Johnson Pdf

The godfather of Japanese revisionism, author of MITI and the Japanese Miracle and president of the Japan Policy Research Institute explains how—and why—Japan has become a world power in the past 25 years. Johnson lucidly explains here how the Japanese economy will thrive as it moves from a producer-dominated economy to a consumer-oriented headquarters for all of East Asia.

Author : David Ted Johnson
Publisher : Oxford University Press on Demand
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780195119862

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The Japanese Way of Justice by David Ted Johnson Pdf

The major achievements of Japanese criminal justice are thus inextricably intertwined with its most notable defects, and efforts to fix the defects threaten to undermine the accomplishments."--BOOK JACKET.

Author : Akemi Johnson
Publisher : The New Press
Page : 283 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2019-06-18
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781620973325

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Night in the American Village by Akemi Johnson Pdf

"A lively encounter with identity and American military history in Okinawa. Night in the American Village is by turns intellectual, hip, and sexy. I admire it for its ferocity, style, and vigor. A wonderful book." —Anthony Swofford, author of Jarhead A beautifully written examination of the complex relationship between the women living near the U.S. bases in Okinawa and the servicemen who are stationed there At the southern end of the Japanese archipelago lies Okinawa, host to a vast complex of U.S. military bases. A legacy of World War II, these bases have been a fraught issue in Japan for decades—with tensions exacerbated by the often volatile relationship between islanders and the military, especially after the brutal rape of a twelve-year-old girl by three servicemen in the 1990s. But the situation is more complex than it seems. In Night in the American Village, journalist Akemi Johnson takes readers deep into the "border towns" surrounding the bases—a world where cultural and political fault lines compel individuals, both Japanese and American, to continually renegotiate their own identities. Focusing on the women there, she follows the complex fallout of the murder of an Okinawan woman by an ex–U.S. serviceman in 2016 and speaks to protesters, to women who date and marry American men and groups that help them when problems arise, and to Okinawans whose family members survived World War II. Thought-provoking and timely, Night in the American Village is a vivid look at the enduring wounds of U.S.-Japanese history and the cultural and sexual politics of the American military empire.

Author : Sheila K. Johnson
Publisher : Stanford University Press
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : History
ISBN : 0804719594

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The Japanese Through American Eyes by Sheila K. Johnson Pdf

Largely based on the information conveyed by bestselling novels, magazines, cartoons, movies and television shows, this is an illuminating look at American attitudes and stereotypes about Japan since World War II. The book is illustrated with one photograph and sixteen cartoons.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1954
Category : Okinawa Island (Japan)
ISBN : OCLC:1336115726

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Okinawa by Anonim Pdf

Author : David T. Johnson
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 139 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2019-11-18
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783030320867

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The Culture of Capital Punishment in Japan by David T. Johnson Pdf

This open access book provides a comparative perspective on capital punishment in Japan and the United States. Alongside the US, Japan is one of only a few developed democracies in the world which retains capital punishment and continues to carry out executions on a regular basis. There are some similarities between the two systems of capital punishment but there are also many striking differences. These include differences in capital jurisprudence, execution method, the nature and extent of secrecy surrounding death penalty deliberations and executions, institutional capacities to prevent and discover wrongful convictions, orientations to lay participation and to victim participation, and orientations to “democracy” and governance. Johnson also explores several fundamental issues about the ultimate criminal penalty, such as the proper role of citizen preferences in governing a system of punishment and the relevance of the feelings of victims and survivors.

Author : Chalmers Johnson,Chalmers A. Johnson,Laura D'Andrea Tyson,John Zysman
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UCSC:32106009957157

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Politics and Productivity by Chalmers Johnson,Chalmers A. Johnson,Laura D'Andrea Tyson,John Zysman Pdf

Author : Kimiko Tanaka,Nan E. Johnson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : Aging
ISBN : 1531018610

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Successful Aging in a Rural Community in Japan by Kimiko Tanaka,Nan E. Johnson Pdf

"This book discusses the aging populations in rural Japan. The plan of the book is as follows: In Chapter 1, we describe how rural Japan has changed socially and demographically. We explain how rural depopulation has led to political consolidation, and how the welfare system in Japan is placing more responsibility and autonomy on the municipalities. Some rural towns in Japan, such as Kawanehonchō, are actively responding to the demographic challenges initiated by municipal governments that have the advantage of developing unique programs reflecting the voices of local residents. Chapter 2 describes Kawanehonchō, explains how it became a rural depopulated town, and discusses why the town provides an important example to understand and discuss rural aging comparatively. In Chapter 3, we review theoretical frameworks (collective efficacy theory and social capital) to understand the inseparability of successful aging from the quality of neighborhoods and communities. We explain our research methods in Chapter 4. In Chapter 5, we examine Kawanehonchō with secondary data. Chapter 6 summarizes the findings based on observations of activities provided for the elderly in this town, and Chapter 7 sheds light on rural aging through the eyes and words of its leaders. Chapter 8 presents our findings from our survey of elders participating in two community programs developed locally and specifically for them. Finally, in Chapter 9, we discuss the possibility of net inmigration of older adults to Kawanehonchō, and Chapter 10 includes discussions on challenges in rural depopulation and healthy aging"--

Author : Manami Okazaki,Geoff Johnson
Publisher : National Geographic Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2013-04-17
Category : Photography
ISBN : 9783791347271

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Kawaii! by Manami Okazaki,Geoff Johnson Pdf

Showcasing Japan's astonishingly varied culture of cute, this volume takes the reader on a dazzling and adorable visual journey through all things kawaii. Although some trace the phenomenon of kawaii as far back as Japan's Taisho era, it emerged most visibly in the 1970s when schoolgirls began writing in big, bubbly letters complete with tiny hearts and stars. From cute handwriting came manga, Hello Kitty, and Harajuku, and the kawaii aesthetic now affects every aspect of Japanese life. As colorful as its subject matter, this book contains numerous interviews with illustrators, artists, fashion designers, and scholars. It traces the roots of the movement from sociological and anthropological perspectives and looks at kawaii's darker side as it morphs into gothic and gloomy iterations. Best of all, it includes hundreds of colorful photographs that capture kawaii's ubiquity: on the streets and inside homes, on lunchboxes and airplanes, in haute couture and street fashion, in cafés, museums, and hotels.

Author : Chalmers A. Johnson
Publisher : Berkeley : University of California Press
Page : 460 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1972-01
Category : Matsukawa Railroad Accident, 1949
ISBN : 0520020634

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Conspiracy at Matsukawa by Chalmers A. Johnson Pdf

Author : Chalmers A. Johnson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Japan
ISBN : 0393314502

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Japan by Chalmers A. Johnson Pdf

Author : Kij Johnson
Publisher : Tor Books
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2004-10-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781466800656

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Fudoki by Kij Johnson Pdf

In her skillful debut novel, Kij Johnson took the classic Japanese myth of the fox who dared to become a woman to win true love and created The Fox Woman, a luminous, lyrical tale of love, desire, joy, and the nature of the soul. Set in the same universe as The Fox Woman, this time Kij Johnson takes on another animal totem and enters the world of the creature who comes to be known as Kagaya-hime, a sometime woman warrior, occasional philosopher, and reluctant confidante to noblemen. And who may or may not be the figment of the imagination of an aging empress who is embarking on the last journey of her life, setting aside the trappings of court life and reminiscing as she follows the paths that are leading her to the nunnery and death. Fudoki is the tale of a being who starts her journey on the kami, or spirit road, as a humble-if ever a being such as a Cat can be humble-small tortoiseshell feline. She has seen her family destroyed by a fire that decimated most of the Imperial city. This loss renders her taleless, the only one left alive to pass on such stories as The Cat Born the Year the Star Fell, the Cat with a Litter of Ten, the Fire-Tailed Cat. Without her fudoki-self and soul and home and shrine-she cannot keep the power of her clan together. And she cannot join another fudoki because, although she might be able to win a place within another clan, to do so would mean that she would cease to be herself. So a small cat begins an extraordinary journey. Along the way she will attract the attention of old and ancient powers, including gods who are curious about this creature newly come to Japan's shores, and who choose to give the tortoiseshell a human shape. And who set her on a new kami road, where Kagaya-hime will have to choose a way to find what happiness she can. Weaving a haunting story of one being's transformation and journey of discovery with the telling of another's long life set against the backdrop of the courtly rituals of Imperial power, Kij Johnson has written a powerful novel about the nature of freedom and the redemptive power of transformation--if only one is brave enough to risk it all. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1966
Category : Electronic
ISBN : PSU:000018645163

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Nominations of Robert R. Bowie and U. Alexis Johnson by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations Pdf

Considers nominations of Robert R. Bowie to be State Dept Counselor and U. Alexis Johnson to be Ambassador to Japan. Focuses on prior State Dept service of Robert R. Bowie.