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Articles in order of posting, most recent first:

Getting back on the horse
by Thomas Dillon

'Code words' provide shortcut
to understanding foreign cultures

by Boyé L. De Mente

Japanese scientists make automated translation breakthrough
by Boyé L. De Mente

All change in Japan
by Matthew MacLachlan

In one remote corner of Japan,
Emperor still considered a god

by Ronald E. Yates

Lafcadio Hearn, rolling stone
who gathered moss in Japan
by David Appleyard

Who is that masked woman?
by Thomas Dillon

The myopic state we're in
by Debito Arudou

Job-hopping losing dishonor in Japan
by Ronald E. Yates

The food we choose to eat: Japan's 'food paranoia'
keeps high-quality produce off the menu

by Duco Delgorge

The high cost of children — don't kid yourself
by Thomas Dillon

Social responsibility: the buzz word nobody gets
by Noriko Hama

Japanese system stifles foreign scientific talent
by Peter Osborne

Seiza — the traditional Japanese sitting posture
by Chyi Lee

NHK — the way it should be
by Thomas Dillon

The lowdown on the cost of 'doing Japan'
by Boyé L. De Mente

Japan remains safe haven for foreign travelers
by Boyé L. De Mente

Kidnapped / Of separations & kidnappings
by Bill Stonehill

Speaking a different language
by Phillip Howe

Loss of the kimono a tragedy
by Bill Stonehill

The extraordinary merits of modern-day karate
by Boyé L. De Mente

A train chock full o' nuts
by Thomas Dillon

'Secret' dolphin slaughter defies protests
by Boyd Harnell

Weather ...for better or worse
by Boyé L. De Mente

Open debate under threat in Japan
by Sheila A. Smith & Brad Glosserman

Hospital death exposes 'tip of malpractice iceberg'
by David McNeill

Tropical Tokyo and the green clams
by Bill Stonehill

Having a baby in Shimane
by Sherry Nakanishi

JAPAN'S HARD LINE: Never give an inch to China
by Gregory Clark

Groping for answers on gropers
by Thomas Dillon

In Japan, fast food is fast becoming
a health hazard
by Ronald E. Yates

When cultures clash — 'sizing' up  the opposition
by Thomas Dillon

The importance of questioning fearlessly
and answering honestly
by Noriko Hama

What not to do in Japan: die
by Thomas Dillon

The iron 'Silk Road'
by Bill Stonehill

Archaeology and racism
by Bill Stonehill

Tokyoites rush to 'commuting hell'
by Ronald E. Yates

Japan's rebels rare, but hard-core
by Ronald E. Yates

Foreigners in Japan say openness all talk
by Ronald E. Yates

Japan's Takarazuka Theater makes women,
and men, of talented girls
by Ronald E. Yates

Japan's 'returnees' face rejection,
find that coming home isn't easy
by Ronald E. Yates

English-language deficit handicaps Japan
by Jean-Pierre Lehmann

The Japanese art of losing to win (1965/2005)
by Boyé L. De Mente

BBC Japan comes and goes
on 'wrong' first-choice satellite
by David Appleyard

Two-wheeler paradise
by Bill Stonehill

A sham anti-smoking program
by Kiroku Hanai

Scales of justice
by Barry Brophy

Mama-san's babies
by Sarah Dale

Who's Alberto Fujimori and what's
he doing sleeping on my couch?
by Bill Stonehill

Organized crime and the forest
by Lance Olsen

Monks fight 'progress' in old city
by Ronald E. Yates

Plethora of barriers narrows
food choices for Japanese

by Duco Delgorge

McEnglish for the masses
by David McNeill

Stranger in a Japanese land
by Bill Stonehill

Our beef with Japan
by Mindy Kotler

Living longer, divorcing later:
The Japanese silver divorce phenomenon

by J. Sean Curtin

EDUCATIONAL REFORM:  Lots of debate, little action
by Gregory Clark

Selling sex in a glass!
by Boyé L. De Mente

Crime and the U.S. servicemen in Okinawa
by Bill Stonehill

Foreigners find divorce means sayonara to kids
by Doug Struck and Sachiko Sakamaki

Why foreign men like Japan (It's the girls!)
by Boyé L. De Mente

Mountains and deserts
by Bill Stonehill

Longtime expatriates all play 'Survivor'
by Thomas Dillon

Home-buyers in Japan up against a stacked deck
by Mark Magnier

Japan, EU and agriculture
by John de Boer

Intellectual alienation spawns hazy policy
by Jean-Pierre Lehmann

Classified ads? Forget about them
by Bill Stonehill

ALEX KERR'S VIEW Japan: A land gone to the dogs?
by Stephen Hesse

International marriages in Japan
by J. Sean Curtin

Educational reform in Japan,
or how to 'kill' children — a report
by Spencer Fancutt

The cold and the kotatsu
by Bill Stonehill

Like Japanese food? Try a spaghetti sandwich
by Bill Stonehill

'Inbred' universities dragging Japan down
by Jean-Pierre Lehmann

Noisiest nation in the world?
by Ronald E. Yates

The harsh reality of high school clubs
by Sven Holm

Law in Japan
by Bill Stonehill

It's either English or stay in the dark
by David Appleyard

Japan through English Windows
by David Appleyard

Conglomerate 'X'
by David Appleyard

When in Rome, do as Romans do?
by Toby Harward

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Environment
Food
Health
History
Language
Law and Lawlessness
Martial Arts
Media & Censorship
Mindset & Cultural Heritage
Minorities & Non-Japanese
Pop Culture & Cute

Religion

Sex & Eroticism
Sports
Teaching English in Japan
Traditional Arts
Travel & Living
Women's Role & Status

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Buddhism bullet train bunraku burakumin bureaucracy
business cabinet making castles censorship China
Christianity college comfort women comics Constitution
construction consumption cooking corruption cults
culture cute defense discrimination doctors
dolls earthquakes economy Edo education
emperor English environment feminism fencing
feudalism fishing flower arrangement food forestry
furniture gardens geisha gift wrapping globalization
guidebooks healthcare high school clubs hiragana Hirohito
Hiroshima history textbooks homosexuality housing human rights
idols ikebana immigration J-League Japanese
JET Program judo kabuki kanji karaoke
karate katakana kendo kimono kisha (press) clubs
Koizumi Korea koto loan sharks Lolita complex
love hotels manga martial arts media medicine
Meiji mind minorities mistresses motorcycle gangs
music Nanjing massacre nationalism NHK Nikkei
ningyo ninja No origami pachinko
Pearl Harbor politics pollution pop culture pornography
rakugo religion restaurants rice ritual
samisen samurai sashimi school system self-censorship
sexuality Shinkansen Shinto soapland Soka Gakkai
stock market sudoku suicide sumo sushi
Takarazuka tansu tea ceremony telephone clubs television
theater trade barriers travel Unit 731 US-Japan relations
underworld urban sprawl usury whaling women
working life World War II yakuza Yasukuni Shrine Zen

 

General Knowledge
 
Richard Bowring & Peter Kornicki
The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Japan
 
Louis Frédéric, et al 
Japan Encyclopedia (Harvard University Press Reference Library)
Business and Politics
Albert J. Alletzhauser
The House of Nomura: The Inside Story of the Legendary Japanese Financial Dynasty
 
Roger W. Bowen
Japan's Dysfunctional Democracy: The Liberal Democratic Party and Structural Corruption
Jennifer Chan-Tiberghien
Gender and Human Rights Politics in Japan
Tim Clark & Carl Kay
Saying Yes to Japan: How Outsiders are Reviving a Trillion Dollar Services Market
Gerald L. Curtis
The Japanese Way of Politics
The Logic of Japanese Politics
Eugene R. Dattel
The Sun that Never Rose: Inside Story of Japan's Failed Attempt at Global Financial Dominance
Boyé Lafayette De Mente
How To Do Business with the Japanese
Japanese Etiquette & Ethics In Business
Carlos Ghosn
Shift: Inside Nissan's Historic Revival
Louis D. Hayes
Introduction to Japanese Politics
Timothy Hoye
Japanese Politics: Fixed and Floating Worlds
Chalmers Johnson
Japan: Who Governs? The Rise of the Developmental State
MITI and the Japanese Miracle
Douglas Moore Kenrick
Where Communism Works: The Success of Competitive-Communism in Japan
Alex Kerr
Dogs and Demons: Tales from the Dark Side of Modern Japan
Lost Japan
Paul Krugman
Trade with Japan: Has the Door Opened Wider?
Ikuo Kume
Disparaged Success: Labour Politics in Postwar Japan
John Kunkel
America's Trade Policy Towards Japan: Demanding Results
Akio Morita, et al
Made in Japan: Akio Morita and Sony
John Nathan
Japan Unbound: A Volatile Nation's Quest for Pride and Purpose
Ian Neary
The State and Politics in Japan
Ulrike Schaede
Cooperative Capitalism: Self-Regulation, Trade Association, and the Antimonopoly Law in Japan
Leonard J. Schoppa
Bargaining with Japan
Frank J. Schwartz & Susan J. Pharr
The State of Civil Society in Japan
Patrick Smith
Japan: A Reinterpretation
Jared Taylor
Shadows of the Rising Sun: A Critical View of the Japanese Miracle
Ezra F. Vogel
Japan As Number One: Lessons for America
Martin J. Wolf
The Japanese Conspiracy: The Plot to Dominate Industry Worldwide — And How to Deal with It
Karel van Wolferen
The Enigma of Japanese Power: People and Politics in a Stateless Nation
Brian Woodall
Japan Under Construction: Corruption, Politics, and Public Works
Jon Woronoff
Japan As — Anything But — Number One
Japan's Wasted Workers
The Japanese Economic Crisis
The Japanese Management Mystique: The Reality Behind the Myth
Politics the Japanese Way
Ronald E. Yates
The Kikkoman Chronicles: A Global Company with a Japanese Soul

Defense
Patrick M. Cronin & Michael J. Green
Redefining the U.S.-Japan Alliance: Tokyo's National Defense Program
 
Anthony Difillipo
The Challenges of the U.S.-Japan Military Arrangement:
Competing Security Transitions in a Changing International Environment
 
Michael J. Green
Arming Japan: Defense Production, Alliance Politics, and the Postwar Search for Autonomy

Education
 
Catherine C. Lewis
Educating Hearts and Minds: Reflections on Japanese Preschool and Elementary Education
David L. McConnell
Importing Diversity: Inside Japan's JET Program
Brian J. McVeigh
Japanese Higher Education As Myth
Daniel Metraux
Under the Gaijin Gaze: Essays on the Education & Attitudes of Japanese College Women
Yasuhiro Nemoto
The Japanese Education System
Thomas P. Rohlen
Japan's High Schools
Michael D. Stephens
Education and the Future of Japan
Kaori Okano & Motonori Tsuchiya
Education in Contemporary Japan: Inequality and Diversity
Merry White
The Japanese Educational Challenge: A Commitment to Children

Environment
Peter Blandon
Japan and World Timber Markets
John Clammer
Contemporary Urban Japan: A Sociology of Consumption
Timothy S. George
Minamata: Pollution and the Struggle for Democracy in Postwar Japan
Carola Hein, et al
Rebuilding Urban Japan after 1945 
Yoshiya Iwai
Forestry and the Forest Industry in Japan
Alex Kerr
Dogs and Demons: Tales from the Dark Side of Modern Japan
Ran Levy-Yamamori & Gerard Taaffe
Garden Plants of Japan
Miranda A. Schreurs
Environmental Politics in Japan, Germany, and the United States
André Sorensen
Land Readjustment and Metropolitan Growth: An Examination of Suburban Land Development and Urban Sprawl in the Tokyo Metropolitan Area
The Making of Urban Japan: Cities and Planning from Edo to the Twenty First Century
Conrad Totman
The Lumber Industry in Early Modern Japan
 
Brian Woodall
Japan Under Construction: Corruption, Politics, and Public Works
Amy Wong
The Roots of Japan's Environmental Policies

Food
Richard Hosking
A Dictionary of Japanese Food: Ingredients & Culture
 
Emi Kazuko
Café Japan
Japanese Food and Cooking: Timeless Cuisine
Carolyn R. Krouse
A Guide to Food Buying in Japan
Naomi Kijima
Bento Boxes: Japanese Meals on the Go
Rob Satterwhite
What's What in Japanese Restaurants: A Guide to Ordering Eating and Enjoying
Tokiko Suzuki
Japanese Homestyle Cooking
The Essentials of Japanese Cooking
Kuwako Takahashi
The Joy of Japanese Cooking

Health
Mark. A. Colby
Negotiating the Gray Maze: The Business of Medicine in Japan
John Creighton Campbell & Naoki Ikegami
The Art of Balance in Health Policy: Maintaining Japan's Low-Cost, Egalitarian System
 
Mark A. Colby & Steve Ziolkowski
The Japan Healthcare Debate: Diverse Perspectives
Eric A. Feldman, et al
The Ritual of Rights in Japan: Law, Society, and Health Policy
Tiana Norgren
Abortion before Birth Control: The Politics of Reproduction in Postwar Japan
Louise Picon Shimizu, et al
Japan Health Handbook

History
 
Gina L. Barnes
The Rise of Civilization in East Asia: The Archaeology of China, Korea and Japan
Iris Chang
The Rape of Nanking: The Forgotten Holocaust of World War II
Herbert P. Bix
Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan
Leo T. S. Ching
Becoming Japanese: Colonial Taiwan and the Politics of Identity
Haruko Taya Cook & Theodore F. Cook
Japan at War: An Oral History
John W. Dower
Embracing Defeat: Japan in the Wake of World War II
War Without Mercy: Race and Power in the Pacific War
Peter Duus
The Abacus and the Sword: The Japanese Penetration of Korea, 1895-1910
Joshua A. Fogel
Sagacious Monks and Bloodthirsty Warriors: Chinese Views of Japan in the Ming-Qing Period
The Nanjing Massacre in History and Historiography
Carol Gluck
Japan's Modern Myths: Ideology in the Late Meiji Period
Hal Gold
Unit 731 Testimony: Japan's Wartime Human Experimentation Program
Andrew Gordon
A Modern History of Japan: From Tokugawa Times to the Present
Harry Harootunian
Overcome by Modernity: History, Culture, and Community in Interwar Japan
Meirion & Susie Harries
Soldiers of the Sun: The Rise and Fall of the Imperial Japanese Army
Sheldon H. Harris
Factories of Death: Japanese Biological Warfare, 1932-45 and the American Cover-Up
Kenneth G. Henshall
A History of Japan: From Stone Age to Superpower
John Hersey
Hiroshima
George L. Hicks
The Comfort Women: Japan's Brutal Regime of Enforced Prostitution in the Second World War
Katsuichi Honda