Encyclopedia of Contemporary Japanese Culture

With more than 700 alphabetically arranged entries, the Encyclopedia of Contemporary Japanese Culture offers extensive coverage of Japanese culture spanning from the end of the Japanese Imperialist period in 1945, right up to the present day. Entries range from shorter definitions, histories or biographies to longer overview essays giving an in-depth treatment of major issues. Culture is defined in its broadest sense to allow for coverage of the diversity of practice and production in a country as vibrant and rapidly changing as Japan. Entries include: acupuncture ( environment and anti-pollution ( new religions aerospace industry ( exporting Japanese culture ( noodles cherry blossoms ( feminism ( poetry commuting ( information society ( silk department stores ( Japanese management systems ( Tokyo Olympics economic recovery ( karaoke ( urban migration employment ( literacy ( yen This Encyclopedia will be an invaluable referencBuckley, Sandra is the author of 'Encyclopedia of Contemporary Japanese Culture' with ISBN 9780415143448 and ISBN 0415143446.