Symposium: Social Movements in Post-3.11 Japan


Since the Great East Japan Earthquake from March 11, 2011, large scale demonstrations against nuclear energy and the country's new security legislation began to shake politics. Prior, Japanese social movements suffered from almost complete invisibility and inexistence for almost forty years. We ask who these people were that joined the movements and demonstrated and discuss what larger social significance the demonstrations have? The symposium presents the analysis of data gathered from close to 80.000 people in 2017.


Date: January 27, 2019 (Sun) 13:00-18:00


Venue: Auditorium in Buildung 10, Sophia University, 7-1, Kioicho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo

Five-minute walk from Yotsuya station https://www.sophia.ac.jp/jpn/info/access/accessguide/access_yotsuya.html




Program


Chair: Nanako Inaba (Sophia University)


Venue opens at 12:30 p.m.


13:00 Introductory remarks

13:10-13:35 Social Movements at the Age of Individualization? 3.11 as Alarm Signal

Keiichi Sato (JSPS)

13:35-14:00 Are Protest Waves in the Making? On the Changing Profiles of Demonstrators

Naoto Higuchi (Tokushima University)

14:00-14:25 Do Youths Dream of SNS? Movement Participation of the 'Movement-Free' Generation

Mitsuru Matsutani (Chukyo University)

14:25-14:50 Participating Together? Participating Alone? On the Organizational and Non-Organizational Basis of Movement Participation

Shun Harada (Kinjo Gakuin University)

14:50-15:00 Coffee Break

15:00-15:30 *Gender-gap in Social Movement Participation and Mobilization in Post-3.11 Japan?

Barbara Holthus (German Institute for Japanese Studies)

15:30-15:55 Limits to Mobilization? Movement baseline and the spread of support

Kikuko Nagayoshi (Tohoku University)

15:55-16:20 Beyond Post-3.11 Social Movements: Towards a "heritage" of demonstrations

Hiroshi Ohata (Meiji University)

16:20-16:30 Coffee Break

16:30-17:15 Comments from discussants

Chizuko Ueno (Director, NPO Women's Action Network)

Eiji Oguma (Keio University)

Takashi Matsui (Musashi University)

17:15-17:30 Reply

17:30-18:00 Discussion

Presentations are in Japanese if not otherwise noted (* means presentation is in English).

Organizer: Institute of Global Concern, Sophia University

Admission: free

Contact: higuchinaoto@yahoo.co.jp (Email), 070-6519-4426 (PHS <mailto:higuchinaoto@yahoo.co.jp%20(Email),%20070-6519-4426%20(PHS>)



Dr. Dr. Barbara G. Holthus
Deputy director
German Institute for Japanese Studies
Jochi Kioizaka Bldg. 2F, 7-1 Kioicho,
Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo
102-0094, Japan
http://www.dijtokyo.org
Ph: ++81-3-3222-5145 (secretariat -5077)
Email: holthus@dijtokyo.org



New books:
Parental well-being. Satisfaction with work, family life, and family policy in Germany and Japan. https://www.dijtokyo.org/publication/parental-well-being-satisfaction-with-work-family-life-and-family-policy-in-germany-and-japan/ ed by B. Holthus and H. Bertram. Munich. Iudicium 2018. 309 pp. DIJ Monograph Series 62.


Life course, Happiness and Well-being in Japan. https://www.routledge.com/Life-Course-Happiness-and-Well-being-in-Japan/Holthus-Manzenreiter/p/book/9781138290594 ed by B. Holthus and W. Manzenreiter. London/New York. Routledge 2017. 280 pp. (Nissan Institute / Routledge Japanese Studies Series)


Happiness and the Good Life in Japan. https://www.routledge.com/Happiness-and-the-Good-Life-in-Japan/Manzenreiter-Holthus/p/book/9781138956612 ed. by W. Manzenreiter and B. Holthus. London/New York. Routledge 2017. 262 pp. (JAWS series)


In the media:
B. Holthus. "Introduction to the work of the DIJ" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9LQzduXgDI&t=319s
B. Holthus. "The future of Japanese Studies. Roundtable discussion". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1c_XMmTUVDE&t=1822s at Monumenta Nipponica 80th anniv. symposium