Dear all,

I am pleased to announce that the current issue of International Sociology, which featured sociological studies in Japan, is now available online.

Special Issue: Sociological Studies in Japan

Volume 36 Issue 2, March 2021

Guest Editor: Eiji Oguma, Naoto Higuchi and Shinichi Aizawa

Introduction

An indigenized sociology in a dual-structure society: An introduction to the Special Issue on Sociological Studies in Japan

Eiji Oguma

https://doi.org/10.1177/02685809211005337 <https://doi.org/10.1177/02685809211005337>

Review Essays

Modernity, postmodernity, and late modernity: A review of sociological theories in contemporary Japan

Shigeki Sato

https://doi.org/10.1177/02685809211005345 <https://doi.org/10.1177/02685809211005345>

Historical sociology in Japan: Rebalancing between the social sciences and humanities

Gen Nogami

https://doi.org/10.1177/02685809211005346 <https://doi.org/10.1177/02685809211005346>

Sociological studies on nationalism in Japan

Shunsuke Tanabe

https://doi.org/10.1177/02685809211005347 <https://doi.org/10.1177/02685809211005347>

Social movement studies in post-3.11 Japan: A sociological analysis

Naoto Higuchi

https://doi.org/10.1177/02685809211005349 <https://doi.org/10.1177/02685809211005349>

Japanese labor studies: Women and non-standard workers

Namie Nagamatsu

https://doi.org/10.1177/02685809211005350 <https://doi.org/10.1177/02685809211005350>

National vigor and international silence: The background and development of Japanese sociology of education

Shinichi Aizawa

https://doi.org/10.1177/02685809211005352 <https://doi.org/10.1177/02685809211005352>

Trends in gender studies within Japanese sociology

Fumika Sato

https://doi.org/10.1177/02685809211005353 <https://doi.org/10.1177/02685809211005353>

Family sociology in Japan: Recent developments and the current state of the field

Rokuro Tabuchi

https://doi.org/10.1177/02685809211005354 <https://doi.org/10.1177/02685809211005354>

Understanding diversity in later life and a new culture of aging: Sociology of aging in Japan

Daisuke Watanabe

https://doi.org/10.1177/02685809211005355 <https://doi.org/10.1177/02685809211005355>

Research trends in sociological studies on social security and welfare

Koichi Hiraoka

https://doi.org/10.1177/02685809211005356 <https://doi.org/10.1177/02685809211005356>

Migration: Diversifying transnational flows under neoliberal transformation

Akihiro Koido

https://doi.org/10.1177/02685809211005357 <https://doi.org/10.1177/02685809211005357>

A search for new urban narratives in the era of globalization: The case of urban sociology in Japan

Takashi Machimura

https://doi.org/10.1177/02685809211005371 <https://doi.org/10.1177/02685809211005371>

Japanese environmental sociology: Focus and issues in three stages of development

Koichi Hasegawa

https://doi.org/10.1177/02685809211005372 <https://doi.org/10.1177/02685809211005372>

Sociological research on information and communication technologies in Japan

Mito Akiyoshi

https://doi.org/10.1177/02685809211005374 <https://doi.org/10.1177/02685809211005374>

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Naoto Higuchi

School of Human Sciences, Waseda University

2-579-15, Mikajima, Tokorozawa 3591192, Japan

higuchinaoto@waseda.jp