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American Science and the Survivors at Hiroshima. M. SUSAN LINDEE. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 1995. xii, 287 pp. + plates. $29.95 or 23.95£. The recent controversy over the Smithsonian [...]

This article examines photographs taken by the American anthropologist John W. Bennett during the Allied Occupation of Japan. Bennett was Chief of the Public Opinion and Social Research Division of the Civil Information and Education Section of the Supreme Commander of the Allied Powers. In his photographs, Japanese women can be seen fraternising with GIs, working as prostitutes, and enjoying everyday life with their children. We see the occasional man farming the land, building a house, collecting human waste, or begging in Ueno Park in Tokyo but the new Japan and its future seems to be in the hands of women. For an Occupation that was initially intent on destroying Japan’s war-making capabilities, the welfare of veterans was not a priority. Depicting women and children was a palatable way of representing Japan as a friend and ally. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Did Japan build an atomic bomb during World War II? We know that Japanese physicists attempted to do so on a very small scale. Though there have been claims that [...]

This paper outlines the emergence of eco-cities in Japan from a much needed historical perspective. Since Japan's rapid industrialization in the late nineteenth century, there has been an emphasis on economic growth at all costs. Despite the introduction of the concept of the Garden City in Japan in the early twentieth century, industrialization continued unabated. After a disastrous World War II, the nation rebuilt and enjoyed rapid economic growth in the 1950s and 1960s. Japan is still coming to terms with the cost of that economic growth. The paper examines three cities: Minamata, Kitakyūshū, and Kawasaki. Minamata has transformed itself from being a polluted city to a green tourism destination. The city of Kitakyūshū embraced an eco-town strategy in 1997 to promote a structural shift away from heavy industries to green industries. That year, Kawasaki (close to the Tokyo Metropolitan area), too, was designated an eco-town and Minamata received the same title in 2001. This paper identifies key features of eco-cities/eco-towns in Japan, the importance of retrofitting, and examines the roles of citizens, the government, and the private sector. What is surprising is the international orientation of Japanese eco-cities. These cities represent not only Japan's future, but also its efforts to deal with its industrial past. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Discusses the evolution of the Japanese nation as of 1999. Attitude of William Elliot Griffis regarding the origins and history of the Japanese people; Role of foreign employees; Information provided by the book 'The Japanese Nation in Evolution,' by Griffis; Discussion on hybridity and the Japanese race.

Stresses the political dimensions of deploying Western knowledge in Asia and the Pacific. Developments in Darwinian science; Stages in the representations of indigenous Hawaiians from the early nineteenth century; Analysis of colonialism in terms of cultural processes imagined through narratives; Interplay between nineteenth-century medicine and the colonizing project in Papua New Guinea.

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New American Destinies: a Reader in Contemporary Asian and Latino Immigration. London: Routledge, 1997. 350 pp. £16.99, paper. RUTH HAYHOE and JULIA PAN (eds). East‐West Dialogue in Knowledge and Higher Education. Armonk: M. E. Sharpe, 1996. xvii, 316 pp. US$72.95, hardcover. EVA‐MARIE KROLLER, ALLAN SMITH, JOSUA MOSTOW, ROBERT KRAMER (eds). Pacific Encounters: the Production of Self and Others. Vancouver: Institute of Asian Research, 1997. 217 pp. CAN$19.95, paper. INSTITUTE OF ASIAN RESEARCH, UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA. The Empowerment of Asia: reshaping Global Society. Vancouver: The Institute, University of British Columbia, c. 1998. 137 pp. CAN$10.00, paper. ROBERT ALDRICH and JOHN CONNELL. The Last Colonies. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 1998. xiv, 335 pp. A$59.95, hardcover. R. F. WAITERS and T. G. McGEE, with GINNY SULLIVAN (eds). Asia‐Pacific: new Geographies of the Pacific Rim. Bathurst, NSW: Crawford House Publishing, 1997. xxi, 362 pp. No price given, paper. HAIDER A. KHAN. Technology, Development and Democracy: limits of National Innovation Systems in the Age of Postmodernism. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar, 1998. x, 198 pp. £49.95, hardcover. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Examines the relationship between culture and consumerism, with emphasis on factors which influenced the cause of the Asian economic crisis. Information on methods used to aid Asian countries in time of need; Details on the increase of consumerism in Asia; Description of the construction of local cultures in Asian countries.

Investigates the introduction of European human anatomy to Japan via translated medical texts in the eighteenth century. Changes in the medical discourse; Exhibition of the diverse representations of the female bodies; Role of medical technicians and support personnel in the production of scientific knowledge.

This paper provides a detailed account of the prehistory of the KEK National Laboratory for High Energy Physics at Tsukuba in Japan. Attempts to establish Japan's first truly national laboratory marked the beginning of ‘big science’ in Japan. An examination of the debate anal decision-making processes, which spanned over a decade, provide insight into the political aspects of policy making in the post-war period. History shows that even in Japan, self-interest has taken precedence over group interests in lobbying for research funds for science. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Examines the success of Japan on testing atomic weapons. Lack of scientific expertise on nuclear physics; Impact of inadequate knowledge on atomic bomb development; Reluctance of scientists on engaging in atomic bomb project.

An obituary for Miriam R. Silverberg, a member of the journal's editorial board, is presented.

Introduces a series of articles on the social and political influence of the Internet on several East Asian countries.