Journal of Japanese Studies

The Journal of Japanese Studies ( JJS ) is the only interdisciplinary journal exclusively in Japanese studies in the United States dedicated to. It is published twice a year 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 the first publishers. 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 contributions and a large section for book reviews. Since the summer edition 1983 ( Volume 9, No. 1) they usually received also a section for comments and opinions expressed on controversial topics of the members and for the introduction of questions in the scientific debate. This measure was taken in recognition of the fact that the Journal de facto considered as a means of communication and debate on already longer existing differences in the art. This change in direction was perhaps in response to a number of controversial debates about the works of EH Norman, a Canadian historian in Japan.

The last issues of the Journal are divided almost evenly in posts about literature, history and political science, added few articles on anthropology.

The Winter 1985 issue (Vol. 11, No. 1.) And summer 1989 issue (vol. 15, no. 2) contain an index of authors for each category in which the magazine is divided ( Symposium, Articles, Opinion and Comment, Book Reviews ).

New issues are available on Project MUSE, spending less than 5 years at JSTOR.