The latest book by the author of The Elegance of the Hedgehog is a poetic travelogue replete with papier-mâché characters in trompe-l'oeil settings.
Articles on Japan
Displaying 101 - 120 of 577 articles
Japan’s scandal-tainted ruling party is losing credibility with the public. The new PM is hoping a quick election will catch the opposition off guard and solidify his party’s mandate.
A genre of manga raises important questions about the intersections of storytelling, culture and wellness.
Directed by Akira Kurosawa,1954’s Seven Samurai is a technical and creative watershed of the action genre and world cinema.
The five-time leadership nominee, distrusted by many of the governing party’s top members, has taken out the leadership poll.
Australian readers are hungry for graphic novels, but, due to a skills shortage, few are published locally. Three very different new books feed our growing appetite for the form.
Saul Newman’s research suggests that we’re completely mistaken about how long humans live for.
For three centuries the kimono has filtered through western culture and taken root in everything from early couture to Star Wars.
Japan is splashing cash for Australian gas to keep fossil fuels flowing under its net zero plan for South East Asia . But this undercuts Australia’s green export vision
A large survey showed links between gaming and wellbeing and found a way to show cause and effect – that even owning a gaming console improved wellbeing.
The ‘Laughing Buddha’ shows how people have adapted Buddhism to different cultural and historical contexts.
The scandal-plagued prime minister could not overcome his dire approval ratings.
The recent volatility in the financial markets has coincided with the unwinding of a cross-border trade known as the carry trade.
My research on Japan’s historically significant Gotō Islands – some of which include UNESCO Heritage-listed sites – provides a rare look at the consequences of the ongoing population crisis.
Japan was once a matriarchal society where women ruled. Now they are barred from sitting on the Chrysanthemum throne.
Strep A usually causes a relatively mild infection or no symptoms at all. But in rare cases, it can cause severe illness.
When developed countries cut foreign aid, it doesn’t just hinder international development, but also jeopardizes the international competitiveness of a donor country’s domestic businesses.
Without Japanese public funding, Australia’s LNG boom would have slowed
Many victim-survivors and scholars say ‘sex slaves’ more accurately describes the abuses the women endured, but governments have been slow to change their view.
Johann Hari’s book opens a deeper conversation about the pros and cons of injectable weight-loss drugs – including whether we really want to trade the pleasure we get from food for losing weight.
Top contributors
-
Adjunct Lecturer, Faculty of Economics, Hosei University
-
Pro Vice-Chancellor Research and Professor of International Studies, La Trobe University
-
Sasakawa Associate Professor of International Relations and Japanese Foreign Policy, University of East Anglia
-
Associate Professor, International Relations, Contemporary Japanese Politics & Society, University of Tokyo
-
Senior Lecturer, Centre for East and South-East Asian Studies, Lund University
-
Adjunct Professor, Australia-China Relations Institute, University of Technology Sydney
-
Lecturer in International Relations, Loughborough University
-
Lecturer, Language and Culture, Keele University
-
Lecturer in the School of Politics and International Relations, University of Nottingham
-
Antarctic Law Researcher, Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies and the Antarctic Climate and Ecosystems CRC, University of Tasmania
-
Adjunct Professor, Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania
-
Senior Lecturer, The University of Queensland
-
Associate Professor of Religious Studies, University of Tennessee
-
Affiliated Researcher, The Open University
-
Tony Walker AM is a Friend of The Conversation.
Director, La Trobe University