Publications

JPRI publishes scholarly and journalistic works, in a variety of formats, on Japan and the Pacific Rim.

Working Papers

Critiques

Occasional Papers

Books

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The Japanese Way of Death: A Funeral in Sapporo David Aldwinckle , , asia-pacific japan northeast-asia occasionalpapers buddhism culture customs
SPECIAL REPORT: OKINAWA AND THE AMERICAN MILITARY Why Are American Troops Still in Okinawa? / Supreme Court of Japan Testimony on U.S. Troop Presence Chalmers Johnson, Governor Masahide Ota , , , asia-pacific critiques japan korea north-america northeast-asia okinawa philippines southeast-asia usa land-aquisition ryukyu-islands ryukyu-kingdom us-military
Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan Herbert P. Bix , , asia-pacific japan north-america northeast-asia occasionalpapers usa hirohito modern-japan post-american-administration
Opening Up Japan to American Lawyers Thomas Flannigan , , , asia-pacific critiques japan north-america northeast-asia usa bengoshi law legal post-war-era
The Armitage Report: Reading Between the Lines Steven C. Clemons , , , , , asia-pacific japan north-america northeast-asia occasionalpapers usa armitage-report clinton george-w-bush saco special-action-committee-on-okinawa us-military
U.S.-Australia Relations and the Rise of Southeast Asia Andrew MacIntyre , , asia-pacific australia north-america oceania philippines southeast-asia thailand usa workingpapers geopolitics policy trade
Foreclosing A Japanese Hong Kong: Okinawa, 1967-1972 Thomas R. Howell , , , , asia-pacific hong-kong japan north-america northeast-asia occasionalpapers okinawa usa economy ministry-of-international-trade-and-industr miti ryukyu-islands us-military
State Suppression of New Religions in Prewar Japan and Its Lessons for Today/ Aum Shinrikyo and Oklahoma Sheldon Garon, Sheila K. Johnson , , , , asia-pacific critiques japan north-america northeast-asia usa aum-shinrikyo oklahoma omotokyo religion state-suppression
Denying History: Cancelling the A-Bomb Stamp/ Prospects for U.S.-Japan Relations in 1995/ A Spark in North Korea: “This Tragic Loss of Life Was Unnecessary” Sheila K. Johnson, Chalmers Johnson , , , china critiques europe japan north-america north-korea northeast-asia russia usa asia-pacific carter cold-war pacific-war xiaoping
American Inertia and Drift in Asia Alan Tonelson , , , , , , asia-pacific critiques japan north-america northeast-asia southeast-asia usa apec clinton cold-war economy gulf-war nixon sino-soviet
Japanese Cartels Still Block Imports/ Tokyo Bureaucrats Rule as Leaders Come and Go Mark Tilton, E.B. Keehn , , , asia-pacific critiques japan north-america usa northeast-asia bureaucracy economics japanese-cartels miti
Being “Japanese” in Brazil and Okinawa Kozy K. Amemiya , , asia-pacific brazil guam japan northeast-asia occasionalpapers oceania philippines southeast-asia latin-america culture immigration nationalism
Machiavellian Politics and Japanese Ideals: The Enigma of Japanese Power Eight Michael Mosher , , asia-pacific china germany japan northeast-asia occasionalpapers europe karel-van-wolferen machiavellian-politics politics
A Future for Japanese Women Managers? / Role Narcissism and Suicide in Japan Jean R. Renshaw, Sheila K. Johnson , , , , , asia-pacific critiques japan northeast-asia culture economy narcissim society suicide women
Okinawa Update: Japan Policy Research Institute Special Report JPRI Staff , , , , asia-pacific critiques japan north-america northeast-asia okinawa usa sexual-assault us-air-force us-marin us-military us-navy
Divided Lenses: Screen Memories of War in East Asia Chiho Sawada and Michael Berry , , , asia-pacific book china japan korea north-america northeast-asia taiwan usa east-asian-cinema korean-war pacific-war sino-japanese-war
South Korea’s Academic Lobby Bruce Cumings , asia-pacific korea north-korea northeast-asia occasionalpapers south-korea education history
A Glimpse into the Abyss: The Life of a Keiretsu Contractor/ Tom Clancy’s Debt of Honor Tamae Prindle, Sheila K. Johnson , , , asia-pacific critiques japan northeast-asia keiretsu taisei tokyo-motors tom-clancy
The Bolivan Connection: U.S. Bases and Okinawan Emigration Kozy K. Amemiya , , , asia-pacific bolivia japan north-america northeast-asia okinawa usa workingpapers latin-america nanbei-zakura ryukyu-government tigner us-military
The Current U.S. Debate over China Policy Alan Wm. Wolff , , , , asia-pacific china critiques north-america northeast-asia usa mfn most-favored-nation nafta trade-imbalance wto
Group-Think Meets Individualism: The Saga of Dr. Masao Miyamoto and the Japanese Bureaucracy JPRI Staff, Masao Miyamoto , , , asia-pacific critiques japan northeast-asia bureaucracy group-think individualism maso-miyamoto
Postwar Japan - A Reminiscence Hans H. Baerwald , , , asia-pacific japan northeast-asia occasionalpapers ghq jcp post-war-japan scap
Perspective on Violence: Explaining America to the Japanese / How to Open a Rice Market and Still Keep it Closed Sheila K. Johnson / Ulrike Schaede , asia-pacific critiques japan north-america usa northeast-asia trade-conflicts u-s-japan-relations
Paving Over the Kansai/ On Dango: The Famous "Yokosuka Navy Base Toilet Job" Gavan McCormack, Tom Logan , , asia-pacific japan north-america northeast-asia occasionalpapers usa dango kansai us-military
The Okinawan Rape Incident and the End of the Cold War in East Asia Chalmers Johnson , , asia-pacific china europe japan north-america northeast-asia okinawa russia usa workingpapers japanese-american-relations us-marines us-military