Return to the top. This journal will cover articles not only in English, but also in Japanese, Portuguese, and Spanish. Its general purpose is broadly conceived as encouraging research and discussion in the interdisciplinary study of China and Japan together, irrespective of discipline or time period. Social Science Japan Journal Social Science Japan Journal is a new forum for original scholarly papers on contemporary Japan. It publishes papers that cover Japan in a comparative perspective and papers that focus on international issues that affect Japan.
All papers are refereed.
The journal includes a book review section with substantial reviews of books on Japanese society, written in both English and Japanese. The journal occasionally publishes reviews of the current state of social science research on Japanese society in different countries. Akira Suehiro Return to the top.