With a growing economy and rising living standards, China witnessed both increased levels of private homeownership and increased public protests during the last two decades. How have China’s provincial and…
The First World War had an enormous effect on Japanese politics and society. Riding the wave of anti-militarism in Europe, Japan promoted political democratization. Interwar Japan has, however, also been regarded as…
Amid questions about a broader shift to the right in Japanese politics, this paper considers the view from the street: how have rightist activists retooled to engage the changing terrain of civil society, from the…
Nominated for Best Animated Film of 2015 by the Japanese Academy, Director Mizuho Nishikubo's ambitious tale is set on the far north island of Shikotan at the end of WWII. Junpei and his family are trying to adapt to…
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The “rise of Japan” and the “fall of China” in the late 19th century are story lines that dominated Sinology and Japanology in the 20th century. The competing/complementary narratives constructed by the victors and…
Among different cultural elements which formed and developed Koguryŏ tomb murals, the so called "sŏyŏk 西域"(the western region) culture has not been fully explored yet. As part of the process of expanding the…
