We are pleased to inform you that the winter 2020 edition of the Journal of Japanese Studies is now online at https://muse.jhu.edu/issue/41749. It features the following articles:

Kirsten Cather, 'Noting Suicide with a Vague Sense of Anxiety'

Thomas D. Conlan, 'The "Onin War" as the Fulfillment of Propehcy'

Seong Un Kim, 'Performing Democracy: Audience Participation in Postwar Broadcasting'

There are also two "Perspectives" essays:

D. Hugh Whittaker, 'Ronald Dore's Japan' and Kenneth B. Pyle, 'The Making of Postwar Japan: a Speculative Essay'. Also included are 36 reviews of new books on Japan.

The two Perspectives essays are free to all readers for 60 days.

We hope that you will find something of interest in the new edition.

Janet Hunter & Morgan Pitelka, Co-editors, JJS