The Newsletter 98 Summer 2024

News from Australia and the Pacific

Edwin JurriënsCathy Harper

Women’s Social Agency and Activism in Japan

For News from Australia and the Pacific, we ask contributors to reflect on their own research and the broader academic field in Australia and the Pacific of which it is a part. Our contributions aim to give a select overview of Asia-related studies in Australia and beyond, and to highlight exciting intellectual debates on and with Asia.

In the current edition, we focus on the theme of “Women’s Social Agency and Activism in Japan.” Our authors discuss the possibilities, impacts, and limitations of women’s roles and representation in key areas of contemporary Japanese social, political, and cultural life. They specifically focus on female agency and activism in social media (Petrovic), refugee support (Fukuoka and Slater), and political parties and parliament (Levy and Dalton). They demonstrate how the shifting dynamics between the personal and the political, the private and the public, and the local, national, and global can enhance or restrict the empowerment of women in Japan. 

 

Self-Governed Visibility: Japanese Women on TikTok
By Sonja Petrovic
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Making Refugees Feel at Home in Japan
By Christina Fukuoka and David H. Slater
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The Political, Social, and Economic Empowerment of Tokyo Women
By Hiroko Ide Levy and Emma Dalton
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