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3285	Feng Chongyi	Charter 08 Framer Liu Xiaobo Awarded Nobel Peace Prize. The Troubled History and Future of Chinese Liberalism　零八憲章、中国リベラリズムの悩みある歴史と将来 Read More
3279	David H. Slater	The Making of Japan's New Working Class: “Freeters” and the Progression From Middle School to the Labor Market 日本の新しい労働者階級の形成−−フリーターおよび中学から労働市場への参入 Read More
3280	Masano Atsuko	The Immense Cost of Japanese Dams and Dam-Related Landslides and Earthquakes [Chinese text available] ダムと地すべりに浪費される巨費まさのあつこ Read More
3270	Richard Tanter, David von Hippel, Geoffrey Gunn, Arabella Imhoff	Nuclear Power, Risk Management and Democratic Accountability in Indonesia: Volcanic, regulatory and financial risk in the Muria peninsula nuclear power proposal Read More
3264	Elizabeth Kolbert	The Copenhagen Diagnosis: Sobering Update on the Science Read More
3257	Yuki TANAKA, Tsukishita Miki	A Letter to the Citizens of Hiroshima and Nagasaki From a Hibakusha residing in Okinawa Read More
3258	Georgy Toloraya	Engaging the DPRK: A “Deferred Delivery” Option? Read More
3244	Lawrence Repeta	Transfer of Power at Japan's Justice Ministry Read More
3232	Tze M. Loo	Shuri Castle's Other History: Architecture and Empire in Okinawa Read More
3212	David T. Johnson	Early Returns from Japan’s New Criminal Trials Read More
3211	Vivian Blaxell	Designs of Power: The “Japanization” of Urban and Rural Space in Colonial Hokkaidō Read More
3193	Tessa Morris-Suzuki	Remembering the Unfinished Conflict: Museums and the Contested Memory of the Korean War Read More
3183	Zhou Yu	Building a New Old City in Kashgar: China, Central Asia, Cultural Clash [Video update] Read More
3181	Yingjie Guo	Farewell to Class, except the Middle Class: The Politics of Class Analysis in Contemporary China Read More
3174	David McNeill	The Terminators. Police Death Squads in the Philippines Read More
3154	Herbert P. Bix	The Israeli-U.S. Gaza War and Its Aftermath: the Hobbesian Test Read More
3133	David McNeill	Tokyo's Mean Streets Read More
3134	Mike Davis	Global Agribusiness, SARS and Swine Flu Read More
3085	Radhika Desai	The Inadvertence of Benedict Anderson: Engaging Imagined Communities Read More
3070	David McNeill, T. Taniguchi	A Solution to the Whaling Issue? Former MOFA spokesman speaks out Read More
3062	Miyume TANJI	Community, Resistance, and Sustainability in an Okinawan Village: Yomitan Read More
3058	Norma Field	Commercial Appetite and Human Need: The Accidental and Fated Revival of Kobayashi Takiji's Cannery Ship Read More
3059	Gavan McCormack	Hillary in Japan - The Enforcer Read More
3057	Bruce Cumings, Selig S. Harrison	North Korea, the US, and the Bottom Line in Negotiating the Future Read More
3053	Lee Jae-Bong	US Deployment of Nuclear Weapons in 1950s South Korea & North Korea's Nuclear Development: Toward Denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula Read More
3054	Michael Hsiao, A. Yang	Soft Power Politics in the Asia Pacific: Chinese and Japanese Quests for Regional Leadership Read More
3055	Q. Edward Wang	Globalization, Global History and Local Identity in 'Greater China' Read More
3048	Andre Vltchek	Jihad, Orthodox Islam and Religious Intolerance in Indonesia Read More
3044	Hideki YOSHIKAWA	Dugong Swimming in Uncharted Waters: US Judicial Intervention to Protect Okinawa's "Natural Monument" and Halt Base Construction Read More
3036	Honda Katsuichi	From the Nanjing Massacre to American Global Expansion: Reflections on Japanese and American Amnesia Read More

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88	Asia-Pacific Journal Feature	Ban Ki-moon's Visit to Chernobyl　　潘基文のチェルノブイリ訪問 Read More
89		Fukushima Burning: Anatomy of a Nuclear Disaster　　福島炎上−−核災害の構造 •Japanese text available. Updated Read More
90	Asia-Pacific Journal Feature	Resign now, Prime Minister Kan　　菅首相、貴方は、即刻、首相を辞任すべきです Read More
91	Asia-Pacific Journal Feature	Learning From Japan's Nuclear Disaster　　日本の核災害から学ぶ Read More
92		Worldwide Responses to the 20 Millisievert Controversy　　20ミリシーベルト論争への世界的反響 Read More
94		Songs for Fukushima　　福島のための歌数曲 Read More
96	Asia-Pacific Journal Feature	Alternatives to the IAEA: Greenpeace and Japanese Municipalities Measure Radiation　　国際原子力機関に替わる手段−−グリーンピースと地方自治体、放射線を計量 Read More
97	Matthew Penney	Okinawa’s Fukushima Connection: Nuclear Workers at Risk　　沖縄の福島とのつながり−−原発作業員no Read More
98	Asia-Pacific Journal Feature	74% of Japanese Favor Nuclear Phase-out 　　日本人の７４％が原子力廃止に賛成 Read More
99	Cara O'Connell	Feeling the Heat in Fukushima　　福島第一原発、高温での作業 Read More
100	Matthew Penney	Nuclear Workers and Fukushima Residents at Risk: Cancer Expert on the Fukushima Situation　　原発作業員と福島住民のさらされる危険−−ガン専門家の福島観 Read More
101	Andrew DeWit	Japan's Richest Man Challenges Nuclear Future　　日本第一の億万長者、核の将来を問題視 Read More
102	Matthew Penney	The Voices of Ten Million: Anti-Nuclear Petition Movement Launched in Japan　　千万人の声−−反原子力陳情運動、日本で始まる Read More
103	Asia-Pacific Journal Feature	A Solar Future? Prospects, Problems, and Japan’s Solar Energy Plans　　太陽熱による将来？期待、問題、および日本の太陽エネルギー計画 Read More
105	Asia-Pacific Journal Feature	US Nuclear Technology as a Cure for Japanese Ignorance?　日本人への療法としての米国核技術 Read More
106	Asia-Pacific Journal Feature	Tokyo Shimbun's Devastating Critique of Fukushima Compensation Bill　　東京新聞社説「東電賠償案株主責任はどうする」 Read More
107	David McNeill	A young man sacrificing his future to shut down Fukushima　　福島第一廃炉化のために自分の将来を犠牲にする若い男 Read More
108	John Eperjesi	Jeju: From peace island to war island　　済州島−−平和の島から戦争の島へ Read More
109	Pio d'Emilia	Dispatches from the No-Go Zone　　立ち入り禁止地帯からの特報 Read More
110	Greg Mitchell	From Hiroshima to Fukushima: Japan Set to Declare Wide Area Uninhabitable Due to Radiation　　ヒロシマからフクシマ−−日本政府、放射線による居住不可能の広域設定発表へ Read More
112	Matthew Penney	Contamination Outside Fukushima　　福島の範囲を超える汚染 Read More
113	Koide Hiroaki	Japanese Radiation Expert Koide on Fukushima Dangers　原子核物理学専門家小出裕章、福島の危険を語る　 Read More
114	Asia-Pacific Journal Feature	What are the Consequences of the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant Meltdown? Japanese Press Assessments　　福島原発炉心溶融のもたらす結果は？−−日本の諸新聞記事による評価 Read More
115	Hase Michiko	“We want genpatsu in Tokyo!” – The new sarcastic edge of Japan’s anti-nuclear demos　　「東京に原発を！」−−日本の反原発デモに見える新たな風刺性 Read More
116	David McNeill	Blood Money - Fukushima Victims Bitter Over Compensation　　涙金−−補償額を不服とする福島の犠牲者たち Read More
117	David H. Slater	Fukushima women against nuclear power: finding a voice from Tohoku　　福島の女性対原子力発電−−東北からの声 Read More
118	William Underwood	Overseas Hibakusha Lawsuit: Lee Keun-mok's Legacy　　在外被爆者訴訟：三菱徴用工判決から４年　元原告の李さん死去、その足跡 Read More
119	Andrew DeWit	Japan’s Nuclear Village Wages War on Renewable Energy and the Feed-in Tariff　　日本の原発村、再生可能エネルギーと固定価格買取り制度に対し戦闘へ Read More
120	Hirose Takashi	Farewell to Nuclear Power – A Lecture on Fukushima　　原発を即時廃炉に Read More
121	Asia-Pacific Journal Feature	Japan Nuclear Safety Agency: Radioactive Water Leaks to the Ocean 'Zero' 　　保安院　海への汚染水、ゼロ扱い　「緊急」で法適用外 Read More