This text rethinks the contours of Japanese history, culture and nationality. Challenging the mythology of a historically unitary, even monolithic Japan, it off

A substantial book on the social practices and cultural attitudes of people producing, reading, watching and listening to different kinds of media in Japan, Chi

Every year, nearly one hundred thousand Japanese vanish without a trace. Known as the johatsu, or the “evaporated,” they are often driven by shame and hopel

Ame the Cat travels back to the country of his birth, Japan.

If the source of manga and anime is physically located in Japan, the temptation for many critics and scholars is to ask what aspects of Japanese culture and his