Dear All,

We are pleased to announce that the newest issue of /Contemporary Japan/ is now available online:

Volume 33 Issue 1 (March 2021)

https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/rcoj20/33/1?nav=tocList <https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/rcoj20/33/1?nav=tocList>

This issue features a range of articles exploring: Nikkei Brazilian migrants in Japan and their use of online platforms to stay connected, war memories and Japanese citizens' views toward the self-defense forces, English language education and national identity, and the nuclear power debate in Japanese newspapers, 1973-2014. This issue also features a Review Article of Kanamori Osamu (金森修) and the history and philosophy of science in Japan. In addition, it has three reviews of recently published books on the Soka Gakkai, the anime boom in the United States, and professional baseball in modern Japan.

Please explore the articles through the links below.

Table of Contents:

*Message from the Editor-in-Chief *

/Franz Waldenberger/

https://doi.org/10.1080/18692729.2021.1891497 <https://doi.org/10.1080/18692729.2021.1891497>

*Articles*

"Staying connected: Effects of online platforms on transnational family relations and social capital"

/Rumika Suzuki Hillyer/

https://doi.org/10.1080/18692729.2020.1847389 <https://doi.org/10.1080/18692729.2020.1847389>

"War memories and Japanese citizens' views toward the self-defense forces"

/Satoshi Machida/

https://doi.org/10.1080/18692729.2020.1852369 <https://doi.org/10.1080/18692729.2020.1852369>

"Japanese national identity and the positioning of English as opportunity or obstruction"

/Damien J. Rivers/

https://doi.org/10.1080/18692729.2020.1792188 <https://doi.org/10.1080/18692729.2020.1792188>

"Uniformity or polarization? The nuclear power debate in Japanese newspapers and political coalitions, 1973-2014"

/Tobias Weiss/

https://doi.org/10.1080/18692729.2020.1824647 <https://doi.org/10.1080/18692729.2020.1824647>

*Review Article*

"/Épistémologie à la japonaise/: Kanamori Osamu and the history and philosophy of science in Japan"

/Hansun Hsiung/

https://doi.org/10.1080/18692729.2020.1847390 <https://doi.org/10.1080/18692729.2020.1847390>

*Book Reviews*

/Soka Gakkai's human revolution: The rise of a mimetic nation in modern Japan/,//by Levi McLaughlin//(University of Hawaii Press 2019)//

/Mark Teeuwen /

https://doi.org/10.1080/18692729.2019.1671662 <https://doi.org/10.1080/18692729.2019.1671662>

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/The Anime Boom in the United States: lessons for global creative industries/, by Michal Daliot-Bul and Nissim Otmazgin (Harvard University Press 2017)

/Eyal Ben-Ari/

https://doi.org/10.1080/18692729.2019.1708635 <https://doi.org/10.1080/18692729.2019.1708635>

/The sportsworld of the Hanshin Tigers: Professional baseball in modern Japan/, by William W. Kelly (University of California Press 2019)

/Lee Thompson/

https://doi.org/10.1080/18692729.2020.1735081 <https://doi.org/10.1080/18692729.2020.1735081> //

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We hope that you are staying safe, healthy, and hopeful in these challenging times.

With Best Wishes,

Isaac Gagné
Managing Editor, /Contemporary Japan/

me@contemporary-japan.org <mailto:me@contemporary-japan.org>
Franz Waldenberger
Editor-in-Chief, /Contemporary Japan/