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Contemporary Japan Pub Date : 2022-01-02 DOI: 10.1080/18692729.2022.2032544

F. Waldenberger

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The deepening divide In Japanese employment: The increasing marginalization of contract workers as explained by path dependence, vested interests, and social psychology 日本就业分化加深:路径依赖、既得利益和社会心理解释了合同工日益边缘化

Contemporary Japan Pub Date : 2022-01-02 DOI: 10.1080/18692729.2022.2028229

P. Robinson, C. Sibala, Kiyohiko Ito, Vicki L. Beyer

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Family-run universities in Japan: Sources of inbuilt resilience in the face of demographic pressure, 1992-2030 日本家族经营的大学：面对人口压力时内在韧性的来源，1992-2030

Contemporary Japan Pub Date : 2021-12-29 DOI: 10.1080/18692729.2021.2022573

U. Teichler

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Robotic devices and ICT in long-term care in Japan: Their potential and limitations from a workplace perspective 日本长期护理中的机器人设备和信息通信技术:从工作场所的角度看它们的潜力和局限性

Contemporary Japan Pub Date : 2021-12-17 DOI: 10.1080/18692729.2021.2015846

Gabriele Vogt, Anne-Sophie L. König

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Education and social justice in Japan 日本的教育与社会正义

Contemporary Japan Pub Date : 2021-11-06 DOI: 10.1080/18692729.2021.1999885

P. Cave

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Immigrant Japan: mobility and belonging in an ethno-nationalist society 移民日本：民族主义社会中的流动与归属

Contemporary Japan Pub Date : 2021-10-11 DOI: 10.1080/18692729.2021.1988195

Gabriele Vogt

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Cultural manifold analysis on national character 民族性格的文化多元分析

Contemporary Japan Pub Date : 2021-10-08 DOI: 10.1080/18692729.2021.1989132

F. Coulmas

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Gender and the Koseki in contemporary Japan: Surname, power, and privilege 当代日本的性别与关社:姓氏、权力与特权

Contemporary Japan Pub Date : 2021-09-24 DOI: 10.1080/18692729.2021.1985222

Anna Lughezzani

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Redesigning What is National: The Politics of Education and the New Moral Education Initiative in Globalizing Japan 重新设计什么是国家:全球化日本的教育政治与新的道德教育倡议

Contemporary Japan Pub Date : 2021-09-19 DOI: 10.1080/18692729.2021.1971362

Kazuya Fukuoka

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Urban migrants in rural Japan: Between agency and anomie in a post-growth society 日本农村的城市移民:后成长社会的代理与失范之间

Contemporary Japan Pub Date : 2021-07-24 DOI: 10.1080/18692729.2021.1957543

Antonia Miserka

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