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  • Prize Announcements

    The executive committee of AJJ (Anthropology of Japan in Japan) is pleased to announce the results of the inaugural Harumi Befu and Mark Bookman Prizes, awarded at the 2023 Annual…

  • Programme for 2023 Annual Meeting

    Click HERE for registration via Google Form Below are scrollable and downloadable files for the Programme, Abstracts, and Panels with Titles. Click ‘Download’ buttons for each.

  • AJJ 2023 AT MEIJI GAKUIN UNIVERSITY SHIROKANE CAMPUS December 2 -3 CALL FOR PAPERS

    Becalmed, adrift or slowly sinking? Life aboard the listing Japanese ship of state Compared with some other industrialized countries, Japan can seem like a pleasant place to live these days.…

  • 2022 Meeting program is ready!

  • Job posting

    / The Institute for the Liberal Arts (ILA) at Doshisha University in Kyoto is hiring part-time lecturers for the following courses (beginning Spring 2023). Please refer to the JREC-IN ads…

  • 2022 Annual Meeting Call for submissions

    Anthropology of Japan in Japan (AJJ) Annual Meeting 2022Wellbeing in Contemporary Japan: Embodying Techniques, Skills and Environments Dec. 3rd (Sat) & Dec. 4th (Sun) 2022 VENUE: Kyoto University, Yoshida South…

  • 2021 Annual Meeting Program

    Anthropology of Japan in Japan “Crisis Anthropology” Annual Meeting Timetable 3–5 December 2021 Hosted by Akita International University Location: ZOOM Organizing Committee: Kaeko Chiba and Hisako Omori (Akita International University) Ben Grafström (Akita University)…

  • Call for Papers: Online Annual Meeting 4-5 December 2021

    Dear Friends This is a Call for Papers for the annual meeting of the AJJ which will hosted by Akita International University Japan. The Annual Meeting of the AJJ has…

  • AJJ 2020 Keynote is now on YouTube

    We are grateful to Temple University, Japan Campus for posting the Keynote Speech of our Anthropology of Japan in Japan (AJJ) 2020 Annual Meeting (December 5-6th. 2020). The speaker is…

  • ASIAN ETHNOLOGY PODCAST

    INTERVIEW WITH SUSANNE KLIEN: URBAN MIGRANTS IN RURAL JAPAN The last post on our previous website was about this book launch event held on 22 February. Thanks to Ben Dorman,…