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Japan's Client State (Zokkoku) Problem
Get PDFAn essay is presented on the concept of client state and Japan's relation with the U.S. The author provides an overview of Japan's problematic relationship with China and the U.S., noting that Japan resisted becoming China's client state but embraced the role towards the U.S. The view on Japan's servility is noted in Magosaki Ukeru's book The Truth of Postwar (Japanese) History. He explains the formal sovereignty of the client state
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Get PDFThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
The Abe State and Okinawan Protest - High Noon 2018
Get PDFFor more than two decades, the Asia-Pacific
Journal has paid close attention to the
“Okinawa problem.” However, today that
“problem” becomes increasingly complex and
difficult to grasp, even as it enters a major,
possibly decisive, moment. The more the crisis
deepens, the less it is covered by mainstream
national and global media. This essay resumes
the situation as of August 2018, and reflects on
the significance of the 27 July move by Okinawa
prefecture towards halting base construction
works at Henoko-Oura Ba
Variations on the Author
Get PDF“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
'The North Korea Problem', Japan and the US: The Politics of Hypocrisy
Get PDFFor 60 years the world has faced no greater
threat than nuclear weapons. Yet nuclear
politics, in principle the most urgent for human
survival, has been in practice the most ridden
with hypocrisy
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