APJJF editorial board member Jenny Chan reflects on her own scholarly journey and highlights how APJJF serves as a platform for scholarly community, critical inquiry, and independent open-access publishing.

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Do criminal suspects in Japan have "a right to remain silent" in practice? David T. Johnson tackles this question and ongoing debates about legal reform in Japan.

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Atsushi Hagihara & Hasan Topacoglu explore culture practices and generational change in Hyogo Prefecture Okinawan Association. Using surveys and interviews, they highlight how Okinawans navigate migration challenges while preserving their heritage.
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How is public interest litigation evolving in Japan?

Lawrence Repeta examines CALL4, a bilingual platform highlighting public interest cases and crowdfunding litigation costs.

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How does Ishimaru Shinji fit into Japan’s evolving populist landscape?

In this article Jack Northey draws on the cases of Hashimoto Tōru and Koike Yuriko and identifies a “populist playbook” shaped by Japan’s neoliberal era.

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Yoko Demelius and Yutaka Yoshida use a post-feminist lens to analyze a famous case involving a female fraudster in Japan who gained “celebrity criminal” status.

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Mi-Young Gu astutely analyzes Himizu (2012) through Foucault’s concept of heterotopia, showing how the film reveals tensions in post-3/11 Japan.

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Kanako Kuramitsu explores the overlooked experiences of children born to Chinese mothers and Japanese fathers during and after the Second Sino-Japanese War.

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In this timely article Robert Mizo and J. Scott Hauger show how climate change is reshaping Indo-Pacific maritime security and what this means for the Quad.

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What Are the Barriers to Improving the Safeguarding of Children and Young People in Japan’s Entertainment Industries? | Asia-Pacific Journal | Cambridge Core What Are the Barriers to Improving the Safeguarding of Children and Young People in Japan’s Entertainment Industries? - Volume 23

In this important article, Dorothy Finan and Kaori Suetomi examine efforts to introduce child safeguarding frameworks in Japan’s entertainment industries in the wake of the Johnny Kitagawa abuse scandal.

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Fighting the Cabal from the Diet: Sanseitō and the Role of Conspiracy as Political Ideology | Asia-Pacific Journal | Cambridge Core Fighting the Cabal from the Diet: Sanseitō and the Role of Conspiracy as Political Ideology - Volume 23

How does a fringe, anti-vaccine party come to influence national politics? In this insightful article, Romeo Marcantuoni and Robert A. Fahey examine Sanseitō, a Japanese political party founded during the pandemic.
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Kōmei School and the Path to Compulsory Education for Japan’s Children with Disabilities | Asia-Pacific Journal | Cambridge Core Kōmei School and the Path to Compulsory Education for Japan’s Children with Disabilities - Volume 23

What did “compulsory education” mean for children excluded from it? In this powerful article, Gregory S. Johnson traces the history of the Kōmei School, Japan’s first public school for children with physical disabilities. www.cambridge.org/core/journal... #DisabilityHistory #Japan #Education #APJJF

Film Director Atsushi Funahashi in Conversation with Asato Ikeda: Company Retreat (2022), Sexual Violence, and the Unconscious of the Time - Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus […]

How can film confront the silences surrounding workplace harassment? In conversation with art historian Asato Ikeda, filmmaker Atsushi Funahashi discusses his 2022 film Company Retreat, reflecting on trauma and solidarity in Japan’s workplaces.
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Commentary, Translation, and Historical Revisionism: On The Ōshima Memos - Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus […]

Can translation become a tool for historical revisionism? In this essay, Harumi Osaki examines how sympathetic translators and editors reshaped The Ōshima Memos (1942–45), allowing for wartime ideology to persist under the guise of reinterpretation. apjjf.org/2025/10/osaki #Japan #History #APJJF

“The Showa Emperor repeatedly advocated for the necessity of rearmament”: Interview with Ryuichi Kitano by David McNeill - Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus […]

How do we understand Japan’s wartime past through the words and silences of its emperor? David McNeill speaks with historian Ryuichi Kitano about his new book, 側近が見た昭和天皇 (The Showa Emperor as Seen by His Close Aides). #Japan #History #APJJF apjjf.org/2025/10/mcne...