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“Strong Societies” and “Weak Societies” in the Face of Infectious Diseases:...
Oshitani Hitoshi, Professor, Department of Virology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine Dr. Oshitani Hitoshi Since June, Japan has experienced a COVID-19 “second wave” of considerable...
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What Does “Quality” Mean for Tourism
Shimoji Yoshiro, Chairman of the Okinawa Convention & Visitors Bureau (OCVB) Interviewed by Yamada Yuichi, General Manager of the Tourism Research Department, Japan Travel Bureau Foundation on...
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From Inbound Tourism to Domestic Tourism and Workations—Can Japanese Tourism...
Azuma Toru, Professor, Rikkyo University The effect of the COVID-19 pandemic Prof. Azuma Toru Tourism has been dealt a serious blow by the COVID-19 pandemic. Not only has inbound tourism suddenly...
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Dialogue on the Gender Gap Index: Reasons why Japan is currently 121st in the...
Hayashi Kaori (Professor, University of Tokyo) and Kojima Keiko (Essayist) Goodbye to “membership system” feminism ― In 2017, the two of you created a group called MeDi, the Media and Diversity Forum,...
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The Road to a Difficult Olympics: One way or another, the Games will have to...
Raita Kyoko, Professor of Chukyo University Editorial team of Chuokoron speak with Professor Raita Kyoko about gender and the Olympics. Professor Raita is a new appointee to the executive board after...
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What Happened Next for “Tokyo University Women” —their experiences of “Tokyo...
Akamon Gate (Goshuden-mon of the former Maeda Clan’s Residence, build in 1827) is the symbol of University of Tokyo Photo: ninguru/PIXTA It is seventy-five years since women first entered the...
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Migrants in the Era of Remote Work
Sawada Akihiro, Journalist Mount Fuji and Mishima City (Shizuoka Prefecture) Photo: Yoshitaka/PIXTA Since moving from Tokyo to Awaji Island in Hyogo Prefecture because of the COVID-19 pandemic,...
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I don’t want to bother anyone… The voices of the isolated people submerged in...
Ishida Mitsunori, Professor at Waseda University “The excluded and isolated layer have been made invisible, living quietly submerged in the lower levels of the city without anyone being aware of...
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The Trends Created by the Self-Cultivation Boom: Self-Improvement in Modern...
“The self-cultivation boom in modern Japan was richly varied, ranging from cold-water bathing to meditation, reading, even savings. […] Even though the approaches have changed with the times,...
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Weaknesses Exposed by COVID-19: Can Japan Recover from the “Digital Defeat”?
Miyata Hiroaki, Professor, Keio University Confusion caused by digitalization delays ―Can you name some issues caused by digitalization delays in COVID-19 measures? Prof. Miyata Hiroaki Firstly, the...
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What Tokyo 2020 Was Really For: Host Town Exchanges and “Promoting a Peaceful...
Sasao Shinta, Associate Professor, Tokyo Women’s College of Physical Education & Tokyo Women’s Junior College of Physical Education The Olympic Charter lists “promoting a peaceful society” as its...
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The “Digital Transformation” Digitalization Policies Implemented by Japan’s...
Murai Jun, Distinguished Professor, Keio University The Digital Agency was launched on September 1, 2021, amid a COVID-19 pandemic that was highlighting the lack of progress on digitalization in...
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Land and Homes and the Japanese: The issue of vacant houses and land with...
Nozawa Chie, Professor, School of Political Science and Economics, Meiji University Prof. Nozawa Chie For many years, the dream of owning a plot of land and a home has characterized the Japanese....
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Land and Homes and the Japanese: The dream of “My Home” ownership for the...
Hirayama Yosuke, Professor, Kobe University Prof. Hirayama Yosuke The popularization of home ownership characterizes the social changes in postwar Japan. The homeowner society was formed when the...
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Beyond the COVID-19 Crisis: How “national isolation” in human resources...
Kariya Takehiko, Professor, Oxford University Key points Despite higher levels of education, labor productivity is not rising. The closed nature of the human capital market is also affecting...
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Ancestors and the Japanese People—Graves and Funerals from the Perspective of...
Toishiba Shiho, Research Fellow, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science What were ancient Japanese tombs like? Toishiba Shiho, Research Fellow All sorts of funerals have been held in Japan since...
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Eulogy: Nakane Chie— A Life of Freedom and Determination
Kawai Kaori, Nonfiction writer Nakane Chie Born in 1926, Nakane Chie was a social anthropologist. She was highly acclaimed for her analysis of Japanese society through her experience of fieldwork...
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Fourteen days as a COVID-19 in-flight close contact: Binary opposition from...
Kariya Takehiko, Professor, Oxford University “I saw a subtle transcendence of broadminded binary opposition that tolerates both good and evil during fourteen days as a COVID-19 in-flight close...
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Two Young Persons Living with Rural Migration: Through Interviews in...
Yamaguchi Ryutaro, Associate Professor, Ohtsuki City College View of Toyama-go district from Ryuenji Temple All photos: Yamaguchi Ryutaro How do young people living in rural areas make a living? We...
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Post-COVID Japanese Studies: Digital Materials, Analog Dialogue
Screenshot of the Japan Center for Asian Historical Records (JACAR) website, which was redesigned in 2021 with expanded public materials and affiliated archives. Source:...
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