Dear All,

We would like to draw your attention the first batch of Early Access articles to be made available by Japan Review.

As with all Japan Review content, they are available Open Access through Nichibunken's website via the links below.

"'Let's Becquerel!' The Political Function of Voice in Fukushima Musical Theater," by Justine Wiesinger
https://doi.org/10.15055/0002000033

"Evolutions of Ethical Paradigms and Popular Fiction: The Case of Late Edo Tales of Vengeance," by Mario Talamo
https://doi.org/10.15055/0002000030

"The All-Encompassing Inclusivity of Exclusion: Kaneko Fumiko's Universalist Tendency," by Sašo Dolinšek
https://doi.org/10.15055/0002000031

"Like Dust in the Wind: A Critical Introduction to Takagi Kyōzō's Manchurian Literature," by Joshua Solomon
https://doi.org/10.15055/0002000034

Translation of Takagi Kyōzō's "Dust in the Wind," by Joshua Solomon
https://doi.org/10.15055/0002000032


These will all be published as part of Japan Review 38, scheduled for December 2023. This bumper volume of the journal will also include:

• Our first Special Section, with an introduction and three articles examining "Auxiliaries of Empire: Children, Foot Soldiers, and Settlers in Japanese Imperial History",
• A retrospective article offering a new perspective on the life and career of Yanagita Kunio,
• Our first Review Essay looking at three books recently published on intelligence and security in Japan,
• And a bumper crop of 22 book reviews.

Japan Review solicits manuscripts relating to all aspects of Japan, past and present, and is open to submissions from across the humanities, social sciences, and beyond.
Subjects, methods and approaches of particular significance may be examined as Special Issues of the journal or as Special Sections within it.
For further details, please consult https://www.nichibun.ac.jp/en/publications/data/jare/.
For submissions and informal inquiries, get in touch at jr-editors@nichibun.ac.jp

Best wishes everyone,


Ted