For those of you interested in social change in Japan in general and changing lifestyles in particular, the latest issue of "Contemporary Japan", the peer reviewed journal of the German Institute for Japanese Studies Tokyo, may be of interest.
Guest edited by Carola Hommerich & Florian Kohlbacher, Volume 23 of Contemporary Japan presents papers that cover diverse facets of a pluralization of lifestyles witnessed in Japan in recent years. For further information, please visit the journal's website at:
www.contemporary-japan.org

Best Wishes,

Axel Klein
Managing Editor
"Contemporary Japan"