21 Mar 2001

Japan in the World
Iwanami Shoten - Publishers, Japan
Self-description: "Independent critical views on Japanese Politics, Economy, Society and Culture. This site is run by SEKAI (The World), a Japanese monthly journal [est. 1946], and ICU [International Christian University] Peace Research Institute (ICUPRI). The contents [...] are translations of the selected articles, originally published in SEKAI."
Site Contents [on 21 Mar 2001]: "Envisioning a Peace in Korea: Can Japan Do It?" SAKAMOTO Yoshikazu, Professor Emeritus, The University of Tokyo, SEKAI vol. 678 (Aug 2000); "Junior High School History Textbooks: Whither 'Comfort Women' and the 'Nanking Massacre'? " TAWARA Yoshifumi, Secretary General, The National Network of Concerned Citizens on Textbooks and Children, SEKAI vol. 681 (Nov 2000); "Revival of Pork-Barrel Politics" YAKUSHIJI Katsuyuki, Assistant editor, Political News Department, Asahi Shimbun, SEKAI vol. 678 (Aug 2000); "Structured Corruption involving Local Interests and the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries: What's 'Public' about Public Works?" YOKOTA Hajime, Freelance writer, SEKAI vol. 672 (Mar 2000).
URL http://www.iwanami.co.jp/jpworld/top.html
[Site created 1 Mar 2001 - ed.]
Link reported by: Yoshikazu Sakamoto (ysakamoto@tokyo.email.ne.jp), forwarded by Mark Selden (ms44@cornell.edu)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Study
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful