In an era of irregular labor, nagging recession, nuclear contamination, and a shrinking population, Japan is facing precarious times. How the Japanese experienc

"A joint publication of the Social Science Research Council and New York University Press."

This book, based on extensive original research, presents a detailed analysis of the varying opportunities and challenges experienced by Japanese women with pro

Recent natural as well as man-made cataclysmic events have dramatically changed the status quo of contemporary Japanese society, and following the Asia-Pacific

This book is a one-man ethnography that seeks to understand life at the bottom of Japanese society through the personality of day laborer and street-philosopher