The Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus
In-depth critical analysis of the forces shaping the Asia-Pacific . . . and the world. The Asia-Pacific Journal seeks to illuminate the geopolitics, economics, history, society, culture, international relations and forces for change in the Asia-Pacific.
In addition to articles prepared for the journal, it offers translations from Japanese, Chinese, Korean and other languages. This peer-reviewed, open source journal is a fully indexed resource. Its website contains more than 1,500 articles. 4,000 subscribers receive a free weekly newsletter linking to three to seven new articles. More than 400,000 articles are accessed each month with more than 170,000 reader visits from 180 countries on six continents. Recently, our 17 millionth article was accessed. All articles are fully indexed by author, title and key word.
We pride ourselves on the rigor and speed of our peer-review process.
Sustainers make it possible for us to provide this service free by providing financial support which enables us to maintain and upgrade the site and provide the Newsletter to readers. We invite readers and authors to support the Journal by clicking on Sustainers on the home page.
We have created a data base on contemporary financial and economic crisis in the Asia-Pacific and plan to expand to other areas in future. By clicking on the first of the links below in the right vertical bar on the home page, you will be taken to major articles and debates, both those that have been published here and others published elsewhere.
To Contribute to the Journal
To contribute or discuss an article, write to info.japanfocus@gmail.com
Coordinators
The coordinators chart the day to day operations of the journal, and, in consultation with the associates, shape its longterm editorial direction. The coordinators are
Andrew DeWit Rikkyo University, Tokyo, dewit@rikkyo.ne.jp
Geoffrey Gunn Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, nag-gunn@net.nagasaki-u.ac.jp
Laura Hein Northwestern University, Chicago, l-hein@northwestern.edu
Gavan McCormack Australian National University, Canberra, gavan@coombs.anu.edu.au
R.Taggart Murphy Tsukuba University Tokyo, murphy@mbaib.gsbs.tsukuba.ac.jp
David McNeill Sophia University, Tokyo, davidaamcneill@hotmail.com
Mark Selden Cornell University, Ithaca, mark.selden@cornell.edu
Yuki Tanaka Hiroshima Peace Institute, Hiroshima, tanaka-t@peace.hiroshima-cu.ac.jp
William Underwood, Independent Scholar, Sacramento, kyushubill@yahoo.com
Associates
The Asia-Pacific Journal is made possible by the contributions of associates on four continents who recommend material to publish and translate, review manuscripts, provide translations, and contribute their own writing. The associates are
Nobuko Adachi, Yonson Ahn, Matthew Allen, Andrea Arai, Cemil Aydin, Tim Beal, Herbert Bix, Heather Bowen-Struyk, John Breen, Mark Caprio, T. Matthew Ciolek, Zeljko Cipris, Edan Corkill, Bruce Cumings, John de Boer, John Dower, Mark Ealey, Aya Ezawa, John Feffer, Norma Field, Ruediger Frank, Sabine Fruhstuck, Aaron Gerow, Andrew Gordon, Nanyan Guo, Kimie Hara, Julie Higashi, Linda Hoaglund, Jean Inglis, Sheila Miyoshi Jager, Rebecca Jennison, David Johnson, Eric Johnston, John Junkerman, Jeff Kingston, Victor Koschmann, Heonik Kwon, Adam Lebowitz, Douglas Lummis, John McGlynn, Ben Middleton, Richard Minear, Michael Molasky, Mark Morris, Tessa Morris-Suzuki, Atsuko Nelson, Chris Nelson, Yoshiko Nozaki, James Orr, Emanuel Pastreich, Michael Penn, Matthew Penney, Roger Pulvers, Steve Rabson, Lawrence Repeta, Sonia Ryang, Rumi Sakamoto, Philip Seaton, Kyoko Selden, Ann Sherif, Aaron Skabelund, David Adam Stott, Akiko Takenaka, Mariko Tamanoi, Miyume Tanji, Richard Tanter, Andre Vltchek, Vanessa Ward, and Melissa Wender.
Sustainers
Sustainers enable the Journal to publish, improve the quality of the website, and make available a weekly Newsletter to subscribers. For more information, see Sustainers at the top of the site.
Contact the Journal: write to info.japanfocus@gmail.com
We invite contributions addressing large global processes playing out in the Asia-Pacific and the world. We have now begun to expand our data base on financial and economic crisis and plan to expand to other areas as soon as possible. By clicking on the first of the links below, you will be taken to the titles of major articles and debates, both those that have been published here and others published elsewhere.
Access our fully indexed archive by region, topic, author and title in the left column.
Recommended citation
All articles contain a recommended citation in the following form:
Recommended citation: Author, "Title," The Asia-Pacific Journal, 34-1-09, August 24, 2009, where 34-1-09 refers to weekly Newsletter 34, item 1 of 2009.
Graphics collage
We thank Yonson Ahn, Kjeld Duits, Jeff Kingston, Agnes Ku and Andre Vltchek for photographs incorporated in the collage of images of Asia on our home page. Please consult the photographs of these artists via the above hot links.
Japan Focus is the recipient of The Ryukyu Shimpo's first Ikemiyagi Syuui Prize. The award recognizes that "Japan Focus has made an outstanding worldwide contribution to proposing solutions to problems confronting Okinawa."
Website Manager
Allen Schmaltz
Intern
Yayoi Koizumi
ISSN Number
1557-4660
Reprinting
Articles at The Asia-Pacific Journal are published under a Creative Commons license. Permission is granted to forward electronically to others and to post Asia-Pacific Journal texts for non-commercial purposes following Open Source guidelines, provided they are reproduced intact and the source indicated and linked. To publish Asia-Pacific Journal texts in electronic, printed and/or other forms, including course use, contact info.japanfocus@gmail.com
