Lessons from the 116 years (1902–2018) of history of the Japanese Society of Neurology in establishing its identity: Secondary publication

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shigeki Kuzuhara
Keyword(s):  
Japanese Society ◽  
History Of

Social movement studies in post-3.11 Japan: A sociological analysis

2021 ◽  
pp. 026858092110053
Author(s):  
Naoto Higuchi
Keyword(s):  
Social Movements ◽  
Social Movement ◽  
Japanese Society ◽  
Radical Right ◽  
Common Phenomenon ◽  
Sociological Analysis ◽  
Approaches To Studying ◽  
Social Protests ◽  
History Of ◽  
Mass Protest

Between the decline of mass protests in the 1970s and the Great East Japan Earthquake and Fukushima nuclear meltdown in the 2010s, which resulted in the resurgence of mass demonstrations, social movements were widely regarded as uncommon in Japan. In this essay, the author reviews Japan’s social movement studies in the last decade, focusing on the influence of the lack of mass protest since the 1970s on scholarly interests. The essay examines the following four topics: (1) slow responses to the resurgence of mass demonstrations in post-3.11 Japan, (2) quick responses to the rise of the radical right movement, (3) the emergence of cynical approaches to studying social movements, and (4) the redemption of the history of Japan’s postwar social movements. Despite some twists and turns, we can see how social protests are a perpetual element of Japanese society that sociologists study as a common phenomenon.

The practice of surrogacy as a phenomenon of ‘bare life’: An analysis of the Japanese case applying Agamben’s theory

2021 ◽  
pp. 001139212096489
Author(s):  
Yoshie Yanagihara
Keyword(s):  
Japanese Society ◽  
The United States ◽  
Cultural Representations ◽  
Bare Life ◽  
Negative Attitudes ◽  
Surrogate Mothers ◽  
Political Perspective ◽  
Mothers And Children ◽  
History Of ◽  
Magazine Articles

This article elaborates the cultural and political structures that inform the belief among Japanese that surrogacy is legitimate. It argues that this belief reflects a transition from previously negative attitudes toward surrogacy practices developed in the United States. The article first elaborates the history of the Japanese recognition of surrogacy by introducing early forms of East Asian surrogacy that lasted until the first half of the 20th century. Second, it explores the recent shift in Japanese discussions about surrogacy through an analysis of cultural representations on the topic, mainly referring to a dataset of magazine articles published from 1981 to the present. The author then calls upon Giorgio Agamben’s theoretical framework to discuss the juridico-political perspective of ‘bare life’ as it relates to surrogacy, and argues that considering surrogate mothers and children conceived through surrogacy as bare life makes surrogate practice seem reasonable in modern Japanese society. To conclude, the article stresses the importance of incorporating women’s reproductive functions into law to prevent women and their conceived children from becoming bare life, and being exposed to violence, in the form of a surrogacy contract.

Peran Perempuan Dalam Melestarikan Nilai-Nilai Moral Tradisional Pada Masyarakat Jepang

KIRYOKU ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 283-300
Author(s):  
Sri Sudarsih
Keyword(s):  
Family Environment ◽  
Japanese Society ◽  
Moral Values ◽  
Japanese Women ◽  
Research Field ◽  
Material Object ◽  
Distinctive Character ◽  
The Family ◽  
History Of ◽  
Modern Era

The purpose of this study is to explore traditional moral values in Japanese society that are able to survive and be implemented in everyday life in the modern era. In addition, it is able to shape the distinctive character of the Japanese, including the role of women who contribute to maintaining traditional moral values. This research is a qualitative research field of philosophy with the object of formal values and the material object is the development of women's position in Japanese society. The results achieved in the study: Japanese women played an important role in the history of the struggle until Japan achieved prosperity and glory until now. This is based on the reason that Japanese women are able to maintain and preserve traditional moral values that still exist through early education in the family environment. These values can shape the character of children from an early age in the family. A family with character brings logical consequences to the life of a community with character so that it affects the culture as a whole.

History of the Japanese Society of Dental Radiology

1985 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 17-21
Author(s):  
Syoichi Ando
Keyword(s):  
Japanese Society ◽  
Dental Radiology ◽  
History Of

scholarly journals Japanese Culture in Modern Malay Literature: Experiences and Observations of Malay Writers

2015 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 91-106
Author(s):  
Siti Hajar Che Man ◽  
◽  
Ratna Roshida Ab Razak ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Studies ◽  
Social History ◽  
Japanese Society ◽  
Japanese Culture ◽  
National Pride ◽  
History Of

This article aims to examine the beauty of the values still adhered to in Japanese society as traceable in creative works based on the experiences and observations of Malay writers. Values such as beauty, silence, refinement, internal strength and civilized living have been adapted from the ontological transformations and pathetic beauty inherited from the glory days of Matsuo Basho (1644- 1694) and Yasunari Kawabata (1899-1972). This study draws on the cultural studies theory of Chris Barker. The discussion is centred on the experiences of several Malay writers who have fictionalized their experiences of life in Japan. Muhammad Haji Salleh follows Basho’s footsteps and is inspired by a love for nature and the soul and character of the Japanese, as recorded in his poems in the anthology Salju Shibuya ( The Snows of Shibuya ), while Arena Wati delves into the national pride and social history of the Japanese and Malays in his novel Sakura Mengorak Kelopak ( The Sakura Sheds its Petals ), and Abu Yazid Abidin shares the ups and downs of immigrant Malays in Japan in his own novel, Sejuk-sejuk Tokyo ( Frosty Tokyo ). Keywords: Japanese culture, modern Malay Literature, Malay writers, experience, observation Abstrak Makalah ini bertujuan untuk melihat keindahan nilai murni yang diamalkan oleh masyarakat Jepun sebagai gaya hidup yang dapat dikesan menerusi karya kreatif hasil pengamatan dan pengalaman pengarang Melayu. Nilai keindahan, kesunyian, kehalusan, semangat dalaman, kesantunan gaya hidup yang diamalkan merupakan adaptasi daripada unsur transformasi ontologikal dan keindahan patetik yang diwarisi sejak zaman keagungan Matsuo Basho (1644-1694) dan Yasunari Kawabata (1899-1972). Penelitian ini disandarkan pada teori kajian budaya yang disarankan oleh Chris Barker. Perbincangan bertunjangkan pengalaman yang pernah dilalui oleh beberapa orang pengarang Melayu yang pernah mengilhamkan pengalaman hidup mereka sewaktu berada di Jepun. Muhammad Haji Salleh mengilhami rasa percintaan alam, jiwa dan budi bangsa Jepun dengan mengikut langkah Basho menerusi puisinya dalam antologi Salju Shibuya , Arena Wati menyelami maruah bangsa, sejarah sosial bangsa Jepun dan Melayu dalam novel Sakura Mengorak Kelopak , dan Abu Yazid Abidin berkongsi rencah hidup orang Melayu di perantauan daerah Jepun dalam Sejuk-sejuk Tokyo . Kata kunci: budaya Jepun, sastera Melayu moden, pengarang Melayu, pengalaman, pengamatan

Locating Transcendence in Japanese Minzoku Geinô

Ethnologies ◽  
2003 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 191-208
Author(s):  
Lisa Kuly
Keyword(s):  
Performing Arts ◽  
Japanese Society ◽  
Social Attitudes ◽  
Community Members ◽  
Meiji Period ◽  
History Of

Abstract Contemporary minzoku geinô (folk performing arts) in Japanese society is associated with the matsuri, or festival. Community members, such as workers and students, practise and perform various types of minzoku geinô in preparation for local festivals. However, a look at the history of minzoku geinô reveals that originally its practitioners were marginalized members of society, who used ecstatic expression to perform various rites such as healings, exorcisms, and blessings. Furthermore, the attitude toward ritual specialists was often negative; indeed, shamanistic practices were prohibited during the Meiji period (1868-1912). In response to social attitudes, ecstatic performers of Japan’s premodern period negotiated their expressive powers in a variety of ways in order to survive. This article introduces the reader to the typology of minzoku geinô that involves ecstatic performance presented by yamabushi, male mountain-dwelling ascetics, and miko, female shamans generally associated with Shinto shrines. Moreover, the discussion in this paper illustrates how ecstatic performance changed throughout history to the extent that it is now seldom performed by marginalized ritual specialists. Performers of contemporary minzoku geinô are accepted members of society. Furthermore, both the performers and the audience of minzoku geinô are affected by the transformative nature of ecstatic expression.

History of the Comfort Women Movement

2020 ◽  
pp. 13-48
Author(s):  
Eika Tai
Keyword(s):  
Japanese Society ◽  
War Crimes ◽  
Public Attitude ◽  
Comfort Women ◽  
Sexual Slavery ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Government ◽  
International War ◽  
Sincere Apology ◽  
Historical Periods

I trace the history of the comfort women movement, describing what activists in Japan have done collectively for the movement’s major objectives, the Japanese government’s sincere apology and legal compensations. In doing so, I provide sociopolitical contexts for understanding the activist narratives, which are about what they have thought and felt personally. The activists have modified strategies according to the shifting positions of the government and the international community and the changing public attitude in Japanese society toward the issue. I discuss seven topics chronologically ordered with some overlaps in their historical periods: the rise of the movement; the spread of the movement; the Asian Women’s Fund; the Women’s International War Crimes Tribunal on Japan’s Military Sexual Slavery; lawsuits; legislative resolution; and fighting in isolated Japan.

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