''The Journal of Japanese Studies'' (JJS) is the most influential journal dealing with research on Japan in the United States. It is a multidisciplinary forum for communicating new information, new interpretations, and recent research results concerning Japan to the English-reading world. The Journal publishes broad, exploratory articles suggesting new analyses and interpretations, substantial book reviews, and occasional symposia by Japan scholars from around the world.
JJS appears two times each year, winter and summer, with an annual total of approximately 500 pages. It was begun in Autumn 1974 with
Kenneth B. Pyle as its first editor and is now coedited by Janet Hunter and Morgan Pitelka. Housed at the
University of Washington
The University of Washington (UW, simply Washington, or informally U-Dub) is a public research university in Seattle, Washington.
Founded in 1861, Washington is one of the oldest universities on the West Coast; it was established in Seattl ...
, JJS is currently supported by the
Japan Foundation and the University of Washington and by endowments from the
Kyocera Corporation
is a Japanese multinational ceramics and electronics manufacturer headquartered in Kyoto, Japan. It was founded as in 1959 by Kazuo Inamori and renamed in 1982. It manufactures industrial ceramics, solar power generating systems, telecommunic ...
and the
National Endowment for the Humanities
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) is an independent federal agency of the U.S. government, established by thNational Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965(), dedicated to supporting research, education, preserv ...
.
Susan Hanley
Susan B. Hanley (born 1939) is an American academic, author, Japanologist and Professor Emerita of History at the University of Washington.
Career
Hanley was a Professor of Japanese Studies and History at the University of Washington. Her primary ...
, professor of Japanese Studies at the
University of Washington
The University of Washington (UW, simply Washington, or informally U-Dub) is a public research university in Seattle, Washington.
Founded in 1861, Washington is one of the oldest universities on the West Coast; it was established in Seattl ...
, was a long-standing editor, for over 25 years.
''The Journal of Japanese Studies'' is published by the Society for Japanese Studies, and its contents are available online in the
Project MUSE
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and
JSTOR databases.
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Japanese studies journals
Publications established in 1974
Biannual journals
Academic journals published by learned and professional societies