Social Sciences

The Happy Youth of a Desperate Country
Young people in present-day Japan, a socially-polarized society, have been reportedly "unhappy."...

Human Resource Development in Twentieth-Century Japan
For Japan, where natural resources are not abundant, the importance of human resources cannot be...

The Lure of Pokémon
Video games are often thought to draw children out of nature and into isolated, closed spaces. In...

Pilgrimages in the Secular Age
Religion and tourism seem to be an unlikely pair, but in fact, taking a look at these two human...

Saving the Mill
When Machine 8 goes down, the Japanese publishing industry goes down with it.On March 11, 2011, one...