Tag: Anthropology

• About AJJ

  AJJ (Anthropology of Japan, in Japan) is an active academic society dedicated to anthropological research on Japan. We bring together scholars engaged in various themes and stages of their research,…

  September 22, 2025

• Related Links: Mark Bookman

  Personal Blog Mark Bookman: Disability Historian and Accessibility Consultant The Japan Times New film honors life and legacy of disability pioneer Mark Bookman  (PDF) IMDB Mark—A Call to Action

  July 6, 2025

• The Mark Bookman Prize Recipients

  2026  Sensing the Frontier: A Response to Emptiness in Namie, Fukushima prefecture Xue Yang, independent scholar Fifteen years on from the 3/11 disaster, the landscape around the crippled Fukushima #1…

  July 6, 2025

• In Memoriam: Mark Bookman (1991–2022)

  I well remember the first time I met Mark Bookman.  He had come to attend the Anthropology of Japan, in Japan (AJJ) Conference at my home campus, Meiji Gakuin University…

  July 6, 2025

• The Harumi Befu Prize Recipients

  2026 Akita University, May 23rd–24th Joint winners: Felix BORTHWICK and JOSH FENG Right to Residence: The (Non)Politics of Public Housing Governance in Contemporary Japan Felix Borthwick, Duke University In this…

  June 10, 2025

• In Memoriam: Harumi Befu (1930–2022)

  We are bereft of two members in 2022, Harumi Befu and Mark Bookman, memorialized here thanks to Tom Gill: In Memoriam Harumi Befu 1930 – 2022 I first met Harumi…

  June 10, 2025

• 2022 AJJ CFP

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

  March 31, 2022

• 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…

  May 13, 2021

• 2020 AJJ Program & Abstracts

    ★2020 Annual Meeting★ [online] Hosted by Temple University, Japan Campus Institute of Contemporary Asian Studies, Temple University Japan Campus December 5th (Sat) & 6th (Sun), 2020 Program Saturday December…

  March 31, 2020

• ANTHROPOLOGY OF JAPAN, IN JAPAN (2019) CONFERENCE PROGRAMME

  ANTHROPOLOGY OF JAPAN, IN JAPAN (AJJ) FALL 2019 CONFERENCE PROGRAMME MEIJI GAKUIN UNIVERSITY, YOKOHAMA CAMPUS Saturday, November 30, 2019 11:00am – 1:00pm Panel A: Maladies and Healing Chair: Andrea De…

  November 1, 2019