JAPAN STUDIES ASSOCIATION JOURNAL - Volume 29 (2026)

Image Credit: Tapestry by unknown artist, photograph by Stacia Bensyl (Hokkaido, 2024)

Letter from the Editors

​Sheehan - Bridging the Past, Present, and Future: Nostalgia and Intertextuality in ​It’s a Summer Film 

Carlile - Dam Construction and Ainu Cultural Revival in Biratori, Hokkaido

​Wong - Perspectives on Deer in Contemporary Japan 

Csendom - From Kibyōshi to Shōgun: Teaching Japanese Cultural Continuity Through Disaster Narratives
 
Lass - Indigenous People and Marine Resources of the North Pacific Rim: Focus on the Ainu, the Fur Trade, and Sea Otters
 
Pelletier - Nationalist Suicidology in Japan 1865-2000

Zhang Qiming - Harmonizing Culture and Growth: Insights from Machizukuri’s Approach to Cultural Asset Utilization in Japanese Urban Planning Zhang Qiming

Situ & Castro - Creative Collaborations and Technological Horizons: Evolving Librarian Roles in Japanese Studies 

Contributors