Social Science Japan Journal

An Introduction to this Issue's Special Topic: `Atypical' and `Irregular' Labour in Contemporary Japan
pp. 159-160(2)

Atypical Employment: A Source of Flexible Work Opportunities?
pp. 161-181(21)

People in Irregular Modes of Employment: Are They Really Not Subject to Discrimination?
pp. 183-199(17)

Changing White-collar Workplaces and Female Temporary Workers in Japan
pp. 201-218(18)

`Atypical' and `Irregular' Labour in Contemporary Japan: The Authors Debate
pp. 219-223(5)
Authors: Hiroki, Sato; Mari, Osawa

From Industrial Relations to Investor Relations? Persistence and Change in Japanese Corporate Governance, Employment Practices and Industrial Relations
pp. 225-241(17)

The Role of Holding Companies in Pre-War Japanese Economic Development: Rethinking Zaibatsu in Perspectives of Corporate Governance
pp. 243-268(26)

Discourses and Practices of Homosexuality in Japan: Recent Contributions to the Literature
pp. 269-273(5)

Two Japanese Treatments of Japan's Ethnic Korean Community
pp. 275-279(5)

Collectivism and Individualism in Post-war Japanese Agriculture: Reflections on Nishida and Kase
pp. 281-286(6)

Kigyoka no Ronri to Taisei no Kozu: Zeisei Katei ni Miru Soshiki to Do'in (The Logic of Entrepreneurs and the Structure of the System: Organization and Mobilization as Seen in the Process of the Taxation System), by Watanabe Jun. Tokyo: Bokutakusha, 2000, 323 pp., 5,000 yen (hardcover ISBN 4-83-322289-2)
pp. 287-290(4)

Seiken Kōtai to Yūkensha no Taido Henyō (Changes of Administration and Shifting Voter Attitudes), by Kabashima Ikuo. Tokyo: Bokutakusha, 1998, vi + 314 pp., 2,500 yen (hardcover ISBN 4-8332-2237-X)
pp. 290-293(4)

Ōjōkō: Nihonjin no Sei, Rō, Shi (Thoughts on Peaceful Passing: Japanese Views of Life, Old Age and Death), edited by Miyata Noboru and Shintani Takanori. Tokyo: Shōgakukan, 2000, 349 pp., 2,800 yen (hardcover ISBN 4-09-626060-6)
pp. 293-296(4)

Anthropology and Colonialism in Asia and Oceania, edited by Jan van Bremen and Akitoshi Shimizu. Richmond, Surrey: Curzon Press, 1999, xi + 409 pp., $55.00 (hardcover ISBN 0-7007-0604-6)
pp. 297-299(3)

Religious Violence in Contemporary Japan: The Case of Aum Shinrikyō, by Ian Reader. Richmond, UK: Curzon Press, 1999, xvi + 304 pp., $48.00 (hardcover ISBN 0-7007-1108-2); 2000, $22.95 (paperback ISBN 0-7007-1109-0). University of Hawaii Press, 2000, $48.00 (hardcover ISBN 0-8248-2339-7), $23.95 (paperback ISBN 0-8248-2340-0)
pp. 300-302(3)

Family Change and Housing in Post-War Japanese Society: the Experiences of Older Women, by Misa Izuhara. Aldershot, UK and Burlington, Vermont: Ashgate, 2000, ix + 187 pp., £37.50 (hardcover ISBN 0-7546-1284-8)
pp. 302-305(4)

Advice and Consent: The Politics of Consultation in Japan, by Frank J. Schwartz. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1998, xiv + 327 pp., $57.95 (hardcover ISBN 0-521-58048-x), $19.95 (paperback ISBN 0-521-00536-1)
pp. 305-308(4)

The Worlds of Japanese Popular Culture: Gender, Shifting Boundaries and Global Cultures, edited by D. P. Martinez. Cambridge, New York and Melbourne: Cambridge University Press, 1998, xi + 212 pp., $59.95 (hardcover ISBN 0-521-63128-9), $21.95 (paperback ISBN 0-521-63729-5)
pp. 308-311(4)

Pachinko Monogatari: Soziokulturelle Exploration der japanischen Glücksspielindustrie (Pachinko Monogatari: Socio-cultural Exploration of the Japanese Gambling Industry), by Wolfram Manzenreiter. Munich: Iudicium Verlag GmbH, 1998, 157 pp., EUR 19.43 (paperback ISBN 3-89129-431-X)
pp. 311-314(4)

OL no Sōzō: Imisekai toshite no Jendā (The Construction of OLs: Gender as a Conceptual World), by Konno Minako. Tokyo: Keisō Shobō, 2000, 229 pp., 2,400 yen (hardcover ISBN 4-326-65229-2)
pp. 314-318(5)

Japanese Economics and Economists since 1945, edited by Aiko Ikeo. London and New York: Routledge, 2000, xiv + 296 pp., $100 (hardcover ISBN 0-415-20804-1)
pp. 318-320(3)

Tennōsei to Kokka: Kindai Nihon no Rikken Kunshusei (The Emperor System and the State: The Constitutional Monarchy of Modern Japan), by Masuda Tomoko. Tokyo: Aoki Shoten, 1999, vii + 309 pp., 5,000 yen (hardcover ISBN 4-250-99013-3)
pp. 320-324(5)

The Wages of Affluence: Labor and Management in Postwar Japan, by Andrew Gordon. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1998, xii + 270 pp., $36.95 (hardcover ISBN 0-674-80577-1)
pp. 324-326(3)

Rōmu Shiki-ken no Gendaiteki Tenkai (Modern Developments in the Employer's Right to Direction), by Michio Tsuchida. Tokyo: Shinzan-sha, 1999, 636 pp., 18,000 yen (hardcover ISBN 4-7972-2142-9)
pp. 327-330(4)