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How a reverse sankin kōtai will change Japan – how to simultaneously aim for work reform and regional revitalization 逆转三金台将如何改变日本——如何同时致力于工作改革和地区振兴

Contemporary Japan Pub Date : 2021-03-16 DOI: 10.1080/18692729.2021.1885585

S. Klien

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Sacred heritage in Japan 日本的神圣遗产

Contemporary Japan Pub Date : 2021-03-15 DOI: 10.1080/18692729.2021.1899566

Ernils Larsson

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Disruptions of daily life: Japanese literary modernism in the world 日常生活的中断:世界上的日本文学现代主义

Contemporary Japan Pub Date : 2021-02-15 DOI: 10.1080/18692729.2021.1885118

Angela Yiu

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Making Xavier’s dream real: Vernacular writings of catholic missionaries in modern Japan 使泽维尔的梦想成真:近代日本天主教传教士的白话写作

Contemporary Japan Pub Date : 2021-01-25 DOI: 10.1080/18692729.2020.1863054

S. Hull

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Staying connected: Effects of online platforms on transnational family relations and social capital 保持联系：网络平台对跨国家庭关系和社会资本的影响

Contemporary Japan Pub Date : 2021-01-02 DOI: 10.1080/18692729.2020.1847389

Rumika Suzuki Hillyer

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War memories and Japanese citizens’ views toward the self-defense forces 战争记忆与日本国民对自卫队的看法

Contemporary Japan Pub Date : 2021-01-02 DOI: 10.1080/18692729.2020.1852369

S. Machida

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Message from the editor 编辑留言

Contemporary Japan Pub Date : 2021-01-02 DOI: 10.1080/18692729.2021.1891497

F. Waldenberger

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Crime prevention in a low-crime nation: an enquiry into Japanese bōhan initiatives 低犯罪率国家的犯罪预防：对日本bōhan倡议的调查

Contemporary Japan Pub Date : 2020-12-29 DOI: 10.1080/18692729.2020.1852363

Christoph Schimkowsky

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Christian sorcerers on trial: Records of the 1827 Osaka incident 审判中的基督教巫师：1827年大阪事件记录

Contemporary Japan Pub Date : 2020-12-17 DOI: 10.1080/18692729.2020.1857898

William J. Farge

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Uniformity or polarization? The nuclear power debate in Japanese newspapers and political coalitions, 1973–2014 均匀还是极化?1973-2014年，日本报纸和政治联盟中的核电辩论

Contemporary Japan Pub Date : 2020-12-13 DOI: 10.1080/18692729.2020.1824647

Tobias Weiss

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