Handbooks on Japanese Studies
About the Book Series
The Handbook on Japanese Studies series focuses on the broad field of Japanese Studies, aimed at the worldwide English language scholarly market, to be published in English. The aim is to publish an average of six such volumes per annum initially. Each Handbook will contain an average of 20 newly written contributions (not exceeding about 8,000 words each) on various aspects of the topic, which together will comprise an up-to-date survey of use to scholars and students. The focus will be on Humanities and Social Sciences.
Handbook of Sport and Japan
1st Edition
Edited
By Helen Macnaughtan, Verity Postlethwaite
December 01, 2025
The Handbook of Sport and Japan presents a fascinating collection of established and new scholarship, a valuable text for readers who want to use sport as lens to look more closely into a nation. The handbook draws on a diversity of perspectives, disciplines and experiences all of which respond to ...
Reconsidering Postwar Japanese History: A Handbook
1st Edition
Edited
By Simon Avenell
December 01, 2025
After war defeat in 1945, Japan underwent historic political, economic and social transformations resulting in the country’s rebirth as an economic powerhouse and exemplar of liberal democracy in East Asia. This handbook expands and enriches our understanding of this tumultuous contemporary era in ...
Teaching Japan: A Handbook
1st Edition
Edited
By Ioannis Gaitanidis, Gregory Poole
December 01, 2025
This book aims to offer ideas and examples of pedagogy in the undergraduate classroom. The basic premise taken by the authors begins with a question: What if stereotypes surrounding Japan were not pushed to the margins in teaching but took center stage and were exposed for the multiple ways that ...
The Annotated Constitution of Japan: A Handbook
1st Edition
Edited
By Colin Jones
December 01, 2025
The Annotated Constitution of Japan: A Handbook for the first time makes the entirety of Japan’s constitution accessible in English. The book consists of a historical and contextual overview of how the constitution came into being, followed by descriptions of each of its 103 articles; the meaning ...
Handbook of Feminisms in Japan
1st Edition
Edited
By Andrea Germer, Ulrike Wöhr
May 20, 2025
The Handbook of Feminisms in Japan seeks to give a broad and, even without prior knowledge of Japan, easily accessible introduction to a range of feminisms in this non-Western context. With a useful comparative framework, it aims to advance transnational and international perspectives on feminisms ...