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The Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus The Asia-Pacific Journal provides in-depth critical analysis of historical and contemporary forces that are shaping the world's most dynamic region and its global connections.
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 weekly newsletter linking to four to eight new articles. More than 275,000 articles are accessed each month with more than 110,000 visits by readers from 180 countries.
We pride ourselves on the rigor and speed of our peer-review process.
To Contribute Articles to the Journal
To send or discuss an idea for 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 MBA Program, 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 Japan Focus is made possible by the contributions of associates on four continents who recommend material to publish and translate, peer-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, Mark Caprio, T. Matthew Ciolek, Zeljko Cipris, Bruce Cumings, John Dower, Mark Ealey, Aya Ezawa, John Feffer, Norma Field, Joshua Fogel, Ruediger Frank, Sabine Fruhstuck, Aaron Gerow, Andrew Gordon, Kimie Hara, Julie Higashi, Linda Hoaglund, Jean Inglis, Sheila Miyoshi Jager, Rebecca Jennison, 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, 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, Akiko Takenaka, Mariko Tamanoi, Richard Tanter, Andre Vltchek, Vanessa Ward, and Melissa Wender.
Contact the Journal: write to info.japanfocus@gmail.com Website Manager Allen Schmaltz Intern Yayoi Koizumi
ISSN Number 1557-4660
Reprinting Permission is granted to forward electronically to others and to post Asia-Pacific Journal texts on non-commercial community Internet sites, consistent with 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
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Priorities
See our NEW data base on financial-economic crisis (others to follow):
•Financial-Economic Crisis and the Asia Pacific
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.Others to follow in due course: •Geopolitics of Conflict and Regional Development in the Asia Pacific
•Ecology of Global Warming and Impact on Nature and Society in the Asia Pacific
Read The American Research Library's report on the future of digital communication (and Japan Focus, p. 19) here.
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."
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