Global Media Streams: Netflix and the Changing Ecosystem of Anime Production Susan Noh buff.ly/3Mx3NCJ

Rethinking change in Japan's security policy: punctuated equilibrium theory and Japan's response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine Paul O'Shea and Sebastian Maslow buff.ly/4bxcEiz

Nuclear denial in Japan: the network power of an energy industrial complex Michael C. C. Dreiling, Tomoyasu Nakamura and Yvonne A. A. Braun buff.ly/3vOnaCB

Preference for young workers in mid-career recruiting using online ads for sales jobs: Evidence from Japan Mirka Zvedelikova buff.ly/3zbc247

Narrative alliances: the discursive foundations of international order Alexandra Homolar (Dr Alex Homolar) and Oliver Turner (Oliver Turner) buff.ly/3ALf6V7

The US-Japan alliance and the role of the US Marines on Okinawa in extended deterrence Paul O'Shea buff.ly/47h3o0Q

NEW BOOK REVIEW: In our forthcoming issue, Liliana Morais discusses John Lie's newly published Japan, the Sustainable Society: The Artisanal Ethos, Ordinary Virtues, and Everyday Life in the Age of Limits University of California Press. For early access, visit us Social Science Japan Journal: academic.oup.com/ssjj/advance-a…

Evaluating Japan's defense cooperation agreements and their transformative potential: upgrading strategic partnerships with Australia and the UK Nanae Baldauff (Nanae Baldauff バルダオフ七重) and Yee-Kuang Heng buff.ly/4e8jXOI

Robert Triffin, Japan, and the Quest for Asian Monetary Union Ivo Maes and Ilaria Pasotti buff.ly/3sYG0Fd

Transition to broader-based politics: The role of suffrage extension in early 20th century Japan Shuhei Kainuma buff.ly/4e7mAA8

Balancing the environment and customer value: evaluation of the attractiveness of label-free plastic bottles for green tea Takumi Kato, Yuko Endo, Sayu Fujiwara, Yu Zhu, Takahiko Umeyama and Susumu Kamei buff.ly/3AMW297

Rural tourism promotion policy and rural hospitality enterprises performance: Empirical evidence from Japan Yessica C. Y. Chung, Motoi Kusadokoro, Hung-Hao Chang and Yukinobu Kitamura buff.ly/3MuuPKO

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History and Country-of-Origin Effects Nan Chen and Zemin (Zachary) Zhong buff.ly/3X9Sx3Z

Not Trading With the Enemy: The Case of Computer Chips Olga Hrynkiv (Olga Hrynkiv) and Saskia Lavrijssen (Saskia lavrijssen) buff.ly/3AO96ek

Reconsidering the Ashida memorandum: the relations between the emergency stationing plan and police reform Goro Fujita buff.ly/3AVmGMR

Can Social Participation Reduce and Postpone the Need for Long-Term Care? Evidence from a 17-Wave Nationwide Survey in Japan Takashi Oshio, Kemmyo Sugiyama and Toyo Ashida buff.ly/3T9QqvK

Intersections of gender and immigrant status in Japan: Analysis of the 2020 Basic Survey on Wage Structure Kikuko Nagayoshi buff.ly/3AVot4A

Return to the countryside: An ethnographic study of young urbanites in Japan's shrinking regions Nancy Yao Ji buff.ly/3z1rYWG

Aspired communities: Reconsidering community in light of the temporal dimensionality of social life Pilvi Posio buff.ly/3AXdxn1