The Journal of Japanese Studies
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| description | American science magazine |
| Area of Expertise | Japanology |
| language | English |
| First edition | Fall 1974 |
| Frequency of publication | half-yearly |
| editor | Marie Anchordoguy, John Whittier Treat |
| ISSN (print) | 0095-6848 |
The Journal of Japanese Studies (JJS) is the only interdisciplinary journal devoted exclusively to Japanese Studies in the United States. It is published biannually in winter and summer by the Society for Japanese Studies at the University of Washington . The magazine first appeared in the fall of 1974 with Kenneth Pyle and Susan Hanley as first editors. It is currently edited by Marie Anchordoguy and John Whittier Treat.
Financial support for the magazine came in particular from donations from the Ford Foundation and the Japan Foundation , the University of Washington and the Japan-US Friendship Committee .
The magazine consists of articles, symposia papers and a large section for book reviews. Since the summer edition of 1983 (Volume 9, No. 1) it has mostly also received a section for comments and expressions of opinion on controversial topics in the field and for introducing questions into the scientific debate. This action was taken in recognition of the fact that the journal is considered a de facto means of communication and debate about longstanding differences in the field. This change of direction came perhaps in response to a number of controversial debates over the work of EH Norman, a Canadian historian in Japan.
The last editions of the journal are divided almost equally into articles on literature , history and political science , and there are a few articles on anthropology .
The winter edition 1985 (Vol. 11, No. 1) and summer edition 1989 (Vol. 15, No. 2) contain an index of the authors for each category into which the magazine is divided (Symposium, Articles, Opinion and Comment, Book Reviews ).
New editions can be found in Project MUSE , editions older than 5 years at JSTOR .