Village Japan

Author : Malcolm Ritchie
Publisher : Tuttle Publishing
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2011-09-13
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781462902057

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Village Japan by Malcolm Ritchie Pdf

In this elegiac account that is part travelogue, part memoir, British poet and writer Malcolm Ritchie recounts his and his wife's unforgettable three-year-sojourn in Sora, a remote farming and fishing village on the Japan Sea coast. Ritchie weaves together anecdotes, conversations, lyrical verses, and unforgettable character studies to vividly and hauntingly evoke the rhythms of life in a traditional rural Japanese community. Underlying this portrait is the author's growing awareness that the aged inhabitants of Sora and the surrounding villages are the custodians of a fragile, barely surviving, way of life, one that is still informed by the cadences of the natural world, under the tutelage of its ancient gods. The book is a paean to a once noble culture all but effaced by Western industrial/technological materialism-the "cultural carcinogens" of the West-which Asian countries such as Japan have all too willingly embraced. Always profound and moving, Village Japan pays lyrical homage to a side of Japan rarely experienced or glimpsed by foreigners today.

Author : Ann Waswo,Nishida Yoshiaki
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : History
ISBN : 9780700717484

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Farmers and Village Life in Twentieth-century Japan by Ann Waswo,Nishida Yoshiaki Pdf

Rural Japan during the twentieth century has been portrayed as a vast reservoir of conservatism in much of the literature on Japan's modern development, and Japanese agriculture since the 1960s has been treated as an artificial creation sustained only by protectionism of the worst sort. This book presents a range of original, in-depth work, including work by Japanese scholars, that seeks to move beyond such stereotypes to reveal the diversity and complexities of rural life in Japan from 1900 to the present.

Author : Yoshiaki Nishida,Ann Waswo
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2003-12-08
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781135786113

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Farmers and Village Life in Japan by Yoshiaki Nishida,Ann Waswo Pdf

Rural Japan during the twentieth century has been portrayed as a vast reservoir of conservatism in much of the literature on Japan's modern development, and Japanese agriculture since the 1960s has been treated as an artificial creation sustained only by protectionism of the worst sort. This book presents a range of original, in-depth work, including work by Japanese scholars, that seeks to move beyond such stereotypes to reveal the diversity and complexities of rural life in Japan from 1900 to the present.

Author : Richard King Beardsley
Publisher : [Chicago] : University of Chicago Press
Page : 556 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1959
Category : Social Science
ISBN : UOM:39015011276790

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Village Japan by Richard King Beardsley Pdf

Author : Iain Maloney
Publisher : Birlinn Ltd
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2020-03-05
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781788852593

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The Only Gaijin in the Village by Iain Maloney Pdf

In 2016 Scottish writer Iain Maloney and his Japanese wife Minori moved to a village in rural Japan. This is the story of his attempt to fit in, be accepted and fulfil his duties as a member of the community, despite being the only foreigner in the village. Even after more than a decade living in Japan and learning the language, life in the countryside was a culture shock. Due to increasing numbers of young people moving to the cities in search of work, there are fewer rural residents under the retirement age – and they have two things in abundance: time and curiosity. Iain's attempts at amateur farming, basic gardening and DIY are conducted under the watchful eye of his neighbours and wife. But curtain twitching is the least of his problems. The threat of potential missile strikes and earthquakes is nothing compared to the venomous snakes, terrifying centipedes and bees the size of small birds that stalk Iain's garden. Told with self-deprecating humour, this memoir gives a fascinating insight into a side of Japan rarely seen and affirms the positive benefits of immigration for the individual and the community. It's not always easy being the only gaijin in the village.

Author : Ronald Dore
Publisher : Pantheon
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2013-05-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780307831934

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Shinohata by Ronald Dore Pdf

Not many foreigners have the chance to live in a Japanese village, certainly not foreigners who are sufficiently at home to do so as unobtrusively and intimately as the author of this book. Ronald Dore went to Shinohata twenty years ago when he was studying the land reform which broke the power of Japan's landlords. He went back many times thereafter to stay with friends. Now he has distilled his memories, field notes, diaries, and some recent forays with a tape recorder into a book which brings to life the village and its people, and vividly portrays the stunning transformation of Japanese village life. Shinohatais a story of extraordinary change from the traditional values and relationships to typically modern pursuits and aspirations that accompanied the post-war prosperity. Ronald Dore's gift for combining a sympathetic, and often humorous, response to unique individuals with the sociologist's ability to discern and analyze patterns make this an unusual and fascinating book.

Author : richard k. beardsley, john w. hall, robert e. ward
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 552 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1959
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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village japan by richard k. beardsley, john w. hall, robert e. ward Pdf

Author : Florentine Koppenborg
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 151 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2023-06-15
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781501770067

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Japan's Nuclear Disaster and the Politics of Safety Governance by Florentine Koppenborg Pdf

In Japan's Nuclear Disaster and the Politics of Safety Governance, Florentine Koppenborg argues that the regulatory reforms taken up in the wake of the Fukushima disaster on March 11, 2011, directly and indirectly raised the costs of nuclear power in Japan. The Nuclear Regulation Authority resisted capture by the nuclear industry and fundamentally altered the environment for nuclear policy implementation. Independent safety regulation changed state-business relations in the nuclear power domain from regulatory capture to top-down safety regulation, which raised technical safety costs for electric utilities. Furthermore, the safety agency's extended emergency preparedness regulations expanded the allegorical backyard of NIMBY demonstrations. Antinuclear protests, mainly lawsuits challenging restarts, incurred additional social acceptance costs. Increasing costs undermined pronuclear actors' ability to implement nuclear power policy and caused a rift inside the "nuclear village." Small nuclear safety administration reforms were, in fact, game changers for nuclear power politics in Japan. Koppenborg's findings contribute to the vibrant conversations about the rise of independent regulatory agencies, crisis as a mechanism for change, and the role of nuclear power amid global interest in decarbonizing our energy supply.

Author : Sonja Ganseforth,Hanno Jentzsch
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2021-07-20
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781000415360

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Rethinking Locality in Japan by Sonja Ganseforth,Hanno Jentzsch Pdf

This book inquires what is meant when we say "local" and what "local" means in the Japanese context. Through the window of locality, it enhances an understanding of broader political and socio-economic shifts in Japan. This includes demographic change, electoral and administrative reform, rural decline and revitalization, welfare reform, as well as the growing metabolic rift in energy and food production. Chapters throughout this edited volume discuss the different and often contested ways in which locality in Japan has been reconstituted, from historical and contemporary instances of administrative restructuring, to more subtle social processes of making – and unmaking – local places. Contributions from multiple disciplinary perspectives are included to investigate the tensions between overlapping and often incongruent dimensions of locality. Framed by a theoretical discussion of socio-spatial thinking, such issues surrounding the construction and renegotiation of local places are not only relevant for Japan specialists, but also connected with topical scholarly debates further afield. Accordingly, Rethinking Locality in Japan will appeal to students and scholars from Japanese studies and human geography to anthropology, history, sociology and political science.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1264 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1941
Category : Japan
ISBN : MINN:31951D00383205P

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Japan-Manchoukuo Year Book ... by Anonim Pdf

Includes sections: Who's who and Business directory.

Author : Richard K. Beardsley,John W. Hall,Robert E. Ward
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 498 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1969
Category : Japan
ISBN : OCLC:246396967

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Village Japan by Richard K. Beardsley,John W. Hall,Robert E. Ward Pdf

Author : Ezra F. Vogel
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1971-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0520020928

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Japan's New Middle Class; the Salary Man and His Family in a Tokyo Suburb by Ezra F. Vogel Pdf

Report on a social research field study, conducted in the Tokyo urban area between 1958 and 1960, on the emergence to middle class status of the nonmanual worker and his family in Japan - covers family budget and income, the role of educational level and the examination system, child care practices, living conditions, the social status of women, the impact of social change, etc. Bibliography pp. 301 to 305 and statistical tables.

Author : Joy Hendry
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0415263832

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Understanding Japanese Society by Joy Hendry Pdf

As Japan enters the 21st century with a new emperor, this title continues to be an indispensable guide through often enigmatic and historical idiosyncrasies of Japanese culture and politics that are often confusing to the outsider. This title includes information on the latest social developments, customs, rituals, business culture, medicine and arts.

Author : Ishwaran
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2022-09-12
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789004476196

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Politics and Social Change by Ishwaran Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Global Oriental
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2008-07-03
Category : Art
ISBN : 9789004213197

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Performing Japan by Anonim Pdf

Timing & Time Perception Review is the forum for all psychophysical, neuroimaging, pharmacological, computational, and theoretical advances on the topic of timing and time perception in humans and other animals. Timing & Time Perception Review has a multidisciplinary approach to the synergy of: Neuroscience and Philosophy for understanding the concept of time, Cognitive Science and Artificial Intelligence for adapting basic research to artificial agents, Psychiatry, Neurology, Behavioral and Computational Sciences for neuro-rehabilitation and modeling of the disordered brain, to name just a few.