Dear SSJ-Forum subscribers,


We are pleased to announce that the latest issue of /Social Science Japan Journal/ is now available online.

Social Science Japan Journal, Volume 24, Issue 1

https://academic.oup.com/ssjj/issue/24/1 <https://academic.oup.com/ssjj/issue/24/1>

This special issue, organized by Dr. Florentine Koppenborg of the Technical University of Munich, features five new articles exploring Japan's energy transition and energy politics in the decade since 3/11. The issue also incorporates book reviews of several recent publications related to Japan's contemporary energy and environmental issues.

Also featured in this issue: a look at the challenges faced by new platforms AirBnB and Uber in the Japanese context; a data-driven look at the practice of corporate transfers (/tenkin/) at Japanese firms and its gendered effects among dual-career couples; and a data analysis of the factors affecting disaster preparedness among foreign residents of Japan based on the Nagoya City Foreign Resident Survey.


SPECIAL ISSUE: JAPAN'S ENERGY TRANSITION


Introduction: Japan's Energy Transition 10 Years after the
Fukushima Nuclear Accident
<https://academic.oup.com/ssjj/article/24/1/3/6108306>

Florentine KOPPENBORG <https://academic.oup.com/ssjj/search-results?f_Authors=Florentine+KOPPENBORG>

https://doi.org/10.1093/ssjj/jyaa052 <https://doi.org/10.1093/ssjj/jyaa052>


Breaking Iron Triangles: Beliefs and Interests in Japanese
Renewable Energy Policy
<https://academic.oup.com/ssjj/article/24/1/9/6129100>

Rie Watanabe <https://academic.oup.com/ssjj/search-results?f_Authors=Rie+Watanabe>

https://doi.org/10.1093/ssjj/jyaa048 <https://doi.org/10.1093/ssjj/jyaa048>


Losing Steam: Why Does Japan Produce So Little Geothermal
Power? <https://academic.oup.com/ssjj/article/24/1/45/6121422>

Jacques E C HYMANS <https://academic.oup.com/ssjj/search-results?f_Authors=Jacques+E+C+HYMANS>

https://doi.org/10.1093/ssjj/jyaa040 <https://doi.org/10.1093/ssjj/jyaa040>


Climate Change Policy: Can New Actors Affect Japan's
Policy-Making in the Paris Agreement Era?
<https://academic.oup.com/ssjj/article/24/1/67/6079283>

Yasuko KAMEYAMA <https://academic.oup.com/ssjj/search-results?f_Authors=Yasuko+KAMEYAMA>

https://doi.org/10.1093/ssjj/jyaa051 <https://doi.org/10.1093/ssjj/jyaa051>


Vertical and Horizontal Networks Revisited: Exploring Their
Effects on Attitudes and Advocacy Toward Nuclear Energy
<https://academic.oup.com/ssjj/article/24/1/85/6129041>

Keiichi Satoh <https://academic.oup.com/ssjj/search-results?f_Authors=Keiichi+Satoh>,Tobias Weiss <https://academic.oup.com/ssjj/search-results?f_Authors=Tobias+Weiss>

https://doi.org/10.1093/ssjj/jyaa050 <https://doi.org/10.1093/ssjj/jyaa050>


Nuclear Restart Politics: How the 'Nuclear Village' Lost
Policy Implementation Power
<https://academic.oup.com/ssjj/article/24/1/115/6053661>

Florentine KOPPENBORG <https://academic.oup.com/ssjj/search-results?f_Authors=Florentine+KOPPENBORG>

https://doi.org/10.1093/ssjj/jyaa046 <https://doi.org/10.1093/ssjj/jyaa046>


GENERAL ARTICLES


Japan Meets the Sharing Economy: Contending Frames
<https://academic.oup.com/ssjj/article/24/1/137/6042613>

Thomas G ALTURA <https://academic.oup.com/ssjj/search-results?f_Authors=Thomas+G+ALTURA>,Yuki HASHIMOTO <https://academic.oup.com/ssjj/search-results?f_Authors=Yuki+HASHIMOTO>,Sanford M JACOBY <https://academic.oup.com/ssjj/search-results?f_Authors=Sanford+M+JACOBY>,Kaoru KANAI <https://academic.oup.com/ssjj/search-results?f_Authors=Kaoru+KANAI>,Kazuro SAGUCHI <https://academic.oup.com/ssjj/search-results?f_Authors=Kazuro+SAGUCHI>

https://doi.org/10.1093/ssjj/jyaa041 <https://doi.org/10.1093/ssjj/jyaa041>


Corporate Transfers for Dual-Career Couples: From
Gendered/Tenkin/to Gender-Equal Negotiations?
<https://academic.oup.com/ssjj/article/24/1/163/6053662>

Noriko FUJITA <https://academic.oup.com/ssjj/search-results?f_Authors=Noriko+FUJITA>

https://doi.org/10.1093/ssjj/jyaa042 <https://doi.org/10.1093/ssjj/jyaa042>


Factors Affecting Household Disaster Preparedness Among
Foreign Residents in Japan
<https://academic.oup.com/ssjj/article/24/1/185/5923864>

David GREEN <https://academic.oup.com/ssjj/search-results?f_Authors=David+GREEN>,Matthew LINLEY <https://academic.oup.com/ssjj/search-results?f_Authors=Matthew+LINLEY>,Justin WHITNEY <https://academic.oup.com/ssjj/search-results?f_Authors=Justin+WHITNEY>,Yae SANO <https://academic.oup.com/ssjj/search-results?f_Authors=Yae+SANO>

https://doi.org/10.1093/ssjj/jyaa026 <https://doi.org/10.1093/ssjj/jyaa026>


BOOK REVIEWS


NEW BOOKS ON JAPAN'S ENERGY TRANSITION


Green Japan: Environmental Technologies, Innovation Policy,
and the Pursuit of Green Growth
<https://academic.oup.com/ssjj/article/24/1/209/6104493> (Holroyd)

Gregory W NOBLE <https://academic.oup.com/ssjj/search-results?f_Authors=Gregory+W+NOBLE>

https://doi.org/10.1093/ssjj/jyaa047 <https://doi.org/10.1093/ssjj/jyaa047>


Auf der Jagd nach der Sonne. Das journalistische Feld und die
Atomkraft in Japan
<https://academic.oup.com/ssjj/article/24/1/213/6007393> (Weiß)

Fabian SCHÄFER <https://academic.oup.com/ssjj/search-results?f_Authors=Fabian+SCH%c3%84FER>

https://doi.org/10.1093/ssjj/jyaa034 <https://doi.org/10.1093/ssjj/jyaa034>


Energy Transition in East Asia: A Social Science Perspective
<https://academic.oup.com/ssjj/article/24/1/217/6031950> (Chou)

Florentine KOPPENBORG <https://academic.oup.com/ssjj/search-results?f_Authors=Florentine+KOPPENBORG>

https://doi.org/10.1093/ssjj/jyaa045 <https://doi.org/10.1093/ssjj/jyaa045>


Japan's Living Politics: Grassroots Action and the Crises of
Democracy
<https://academic.oup.com/ssjj/article/24/1/221/6053762> (Morris-Suzuki)

Anna WIEMANN <https://academic.oup.com/ssjj/search-results?f_Authors=Anna+WIEMANN>

https://doi.org/10.1093/ssjj/jyaa036 <https://doi.org/10.1093/ssjj/jyaa036>


Black Wave: How Networks and Governance Shaped Japan's 3/11
Disasters
<https://academic.oup.com/ssjj/article/24/1/225/6062381> (Aldrich)

Shingo NAGAMATSU <https://academic.oup.com/ssjj/search-results?f_Authors=Shingo+NAGAMATSU>

https://doi.org/10.1093/ssjj/jyaa032 <https://doi.org/10.1093/ssjj/jyaa032>


Nihon no chihō seifu: 1700 jichitai no jitai to kadai (Japan's
Local Governments: The State and Challenges of 1700
Municipalities)
<https://academic.oup.com/ssjj/article/24/1/229/5934670> (Soga)

Ken Victor Leonard HIJINO <https://academic.oup.com/ssjj/search-results?f_Authors=Ken+Victor+Leonard+HIJINO>

https://doi.org/10.1093/ssjj/jyaa029 <https://doi.org/10.1093/ssjj/jyaa029>


Nihon no makuro keizai seisaku: mijuku na minshu seiji no
kiketsu (Japan's Macroeconomic Policies: The Consequences of
Immature Democratic Politics)
<https://academic.oup.com/ssjj/article/24/1/233/6025111> (Kumakura)

Saori SHIBATA <https://academic.oup.com/ssjj/search-results?f_Authors=Saori+SHIBATA>

https://doi.org/10.1093/ssjj/jyaa039 <https://doi.org/10.1093/ssjj/jyaa039>


Dynasties and Democracy: The Inherited Incumbency Advantage in
Japan
<https://academic.oup.com/ssjj/article/24/1/237/5938294> (Smith)

Satoshi MACHIDORI <https://academic.oup.com/ssjj/search-results?f_Authors=Satoshi+MACHIDORI>

https://doi.org/10.1093/ssjj/jyaa027 <https://doi.org/10.1093/ssjj/jyaa027>


The Self-Defense Forces and Postwar Politics in Japan
<https://academic.oup.com/ssjj/article/24/1/241/6025110> (Sado)

Robert D ELDRIDGE <https://academic.oup.com/ssjj/search-results?f_Authors=Robert+D+ELDRIDGE>

https://doi.org/10.1093/ssjj/jyaa043 <https://doi.org/10.1093/ssjj/jyaa043>


Jinkō Mondai to Imin: Nihon no Jinkō - Kaisō Kōzoku wa Dō
Kawaru ka (Population Problems and Immigration: How Is Japan's
Population and Social Structure Changing?)
<https://academic.oup.com/ssjj/article/24/1/245/6007483> (Korekawa)

David CHIAVACCI <https://academic.oup.com/ssjj/search-results?f_Authors=David+CHIAVACCI>

https://doi.org/10.1093/ssjj/jyaa033 <https://doi.org/10.1093/ssjj/jyaa033>


Ideorogī to Nihon Seiji: Sedai de Kotonaru Hoshu to Kakushin
(Generational Gap in Japanese Politics: A Longitudinal Study
of Political Attitudes and Behaviour)
<https://academic.oup.com/ssjj/article/24/1/249/6017190> (Endo
and Jou)

Hirofumi MIWA <https://academic.oup.com/ssjj/search-results?f_Authors=Hirofumi+MIWA>

https://doi.org/10.1093/ssjj/jyaa030 <https://doi.org/10.1093/ssjj/jyaa030>


Beyond the Gender Gap in Japan
<https://academic.oup.com/ssjj/article/24/1/253/6017189> (Steel)

Robin M LEBLANC <https://academic.oup.com/ssjj/search-results?f_Authors=Robin+M+LEBLANC>

https://doi.org/10.1093/ssjj/jyaa031 <https://doi.org/10.1093/ssjj/jyaa031>


Living on the Streets in Japan: Homeless Women Break their
Silence
<https://academic.oup.com/ssjj/article/24/1/257/5921947> (Maruyama)

Johannes KIENER <https://academic.oup.com/ssjj/search-results?f_Authors=Johannes+KIENER>

https://doi.org/10.1093/ssjj/jyaa028 <https://doi.org/10.1093/ssjj/jyaa028>


Waste: Consuming Postwar Japan
<https://academic.oup.com/ssjj/article/24/1/261/6025106> (Siniawer)

Simon AVENELL <https://academic.oup.com/ssjj/search-results?f_Authors=Simon+AVENELL>

https://doi.org/10.1093/ssjj/jyaa037 <https://doi.org/10.1093/ssjj/jyaa037>


Japanese Culture Through Videogames
<https://academic.oup.com/ssjj/article/24/1/265/6025113> (Hutchinson)

Nissim OTMAZGIN <https://academic.oup.com/ssjj/search-results?f_Authors=Nissim+OTMAZGIN>

https://doi.org/10.1093/ssjj/jyaa044 <https://doi.org/10.1093/ssjj/jyaa044>


Pachinko sangyōshi: shūen keizai kara kyodai shijo e (Pachinko
Industry: From a Black Market to a Mass Market)
<https://academic.oup.com/ssjj/article/24/1/269/6025107> (Han)

Tomonori ISHIOKA <https://academic.oup.com/ssjj/search-results?f_Authors=Tomonori+ISHIOKA>

https://doi.org/10.1093/ssjj/jyaa035 <https://doi.org/10.1093/ssjj/jyaa035>


A Bowl for a Coin: A Commodity History of Japanese Tea
<https://academic.oup.com/ssjj/article/24/1/273/6031952> (Farris)

Penelope FRANCKS <https://academic.oup.com/ssjj/search-results?f_Authors=Penelope+FRANCKS>

https://doi.org/10.1093/ssjj/jyaa038 <https://doi.org/10.1093/ssjj/jyaa038>



Dr. Meredith Shaw
Managing Editor, Social Science Japan Journal
Associate Professor, Institute of Social Science
University of Tokyo
Email: mshaw@iss.u-tokyo.ac.jp <mailto:mshaw@iss.u-tokyo.ac.jp>