We are happy to announce that the latest issue of Contemporary Japan has just been published online. It is an open issue edited by Tim Tiefenbach and Chris Winkler.

This issue as all previous issues are available OPEN ACCESS at
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Contemporary Japan 26(1)

“We must learn from Germany”: gliders and model airplanes as tools for Japan’s mass mobilization Jürgen Melzer
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Constructed heritage and co-produced meaning: the re-branding of wines from the Koshu grape Aaron Kingsbury
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“Who will care for me when I am dead?” Ancestors, homeless spirits, and new afterlives in low-fertility Japan Satsuki Kawano
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Effects of investments in out-of-school education in Germany and Japan Steve R. Entrich
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The death penalty in a changing society: a survey of recent developments in Japan Silvia Croydon
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The end of salaryman tax reduction: Japan’s tax policy and its social background Miki Toyofuku
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Self and salvation: visions of hikikomori in Japanese manga Ulrich Heinze & Penelope Thomas
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