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Ogawa, Akihiro
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Ogawa, A. (2015). Lifelong learning in neoliberal Japan: risk, community, and knowledge. Albany: SUNY Press
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Lifelong learning in neoliberal Japan: risk, community, and knowledge
2015 (English)Book (Refereed)
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Albany: SUNY Press, 2015. p. 237
National Category
Economic History
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:su:diva-92396 (URN)9781438457871 (ISBN)
Note

Akihiro Ogawa explores Japan’s recent embrace of lifelong learning as a means by which a neoliberal state deals with risk. Lifelong learning has been heavily promoted by Japan’s policymakers, and statistics find one-third of Japanese people engaged in some form of these activities. Activities that increase abilities and improve health help manage the insecurity that comes with Japan’s new economic order and increased income disparity. Ogawa notes that the state attempts to integrate the divided and polarized Japanese population through a newly imagined collectivity, atarashii kōkyō or the New Public Commons, a concept that attempts to redefine the boundaries of moral responsibility between the state and the individual, with greater emphasis on the virtues of self-regulation. He discusses the history of lifelong learning in Japan, grassroots efforts to create an entrepreneurial self, community schools that also function as centers for problem solving, vocational education, and career education.

Available from: 2013-08-01 Created: 2013-08-01 Last updated: 2022-02-24Bibliographically approved
Ogawa, A. (2014). New Journalism in Japan: New Journalism in Japan: Independent Digital Sources for Social Research. In: Anthony Rausch (Ed.), Japanese Journalism and the Japanese Newspaper: A Supplemental Reader. Amherst, NY: Cambria Press
Open this publication in new window or tab >>New Journalism in Japan: New Journalism in Japan: Independent Digital Sources for Social Research
2014 (English)In: Japanese Journalism and the Japanese Newspaper: A Supplemental Reader / [ed] Anthony Rausch, Amherst, NY: Cambria Press, 2014Chapter in book (Refereed)
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Amherst, NY: Cambria Press, 2014
National Category
Media Studies
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:su:diva-92399 (URN)1934844705 (ISBN)9781934844700 (ISBN)
Available from: 2013-08-01 Created: 2013-08-01 Last updated: 2022-02-24Bibliographically approved
Ogawa, A. (2014). The Right to Evacuation: The Self-Determined Future of Post-Fukushima Japan. In: : . Paper presented at Asia in Motion: Heritage and Transformation, July 17-19, 2014, National University of Singapore.
Open this publication in new window or tab >>The Right to Evacuation: The Self-Determined Future of Post-Fukushima Japan
2014 (English)Conference paper, Oral presentation with published abstract (Other academic)
Keywords
Japan, Post Fukushima
National Category
Social Anthropology
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:su:diva-106145 (URN)
Conference
Asia in Motion: Heritage and Transformation, July 17-19, 2014, National University of Singapore
Available from: 2014-07-22 Created: 2014-07-22 Last updated: 2022-02-23Bibliographically approved
Ogawa, A. (2014). The right to evacuation: the self-determined future of post-Fukushima Japan. Inter-Asia Cultural Studies, 15(4), 648-658
Open this publication in new window or tab >>The right to evacuation: the self-determined future of post-Fukushima Japan
2014 (English)In: Inter-Asia Cultural Studies, ISSN 1464-9373, E-ISSN 1469-8447, Vol. 15, no 4, p. 648-658Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Since the Fukushima disaster in March 2011, rights advocacy has been gaining traction in Japanese politics. This paper argues for the rationale that led to the current legal development in post-Fukushima Japan-the Nuclear Disaster Victims' Support Act, which emphasizes the right to evacuation-and presents the grassroots struggle against public authorities. The right to evacuation is the right of citizens to avoid exposure to radioactivity by allowing victims-in this case, the victims of Fukushima-to choose their living location, whether that means permanently evacuating to a new area, returning to their original homes after evacuation, or remaining where they are (i.e., not evacuating). In any of these situations, necessary support from the government is guaranteed. I claim that while the right to evacuation represents a vision about how people in Fukushima can choose to survive and develop their own self-determined future, it requires a set of tools to achieve it. As such, this paper also argues the ways in which Japanese civil society groups play a significant role in helping bring the grassroots voices of people in Fukushima to the law-making process, as well as actual implementation. Advocacy to achieve such a fundamental human right is gradually progressing and moving away from the perception of being merely a criticism of government; rather, advocates are presenting alternatives and giving government a chance to change itself.

Keywords
Nuclear Disaster Victims' Support Act, civil society, rights advocacy, post-Fukushima Japan, right to evacuation, radiation exposure
National Category
Languages and Literature Cultural Studies
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:su:diva-113136 (URN)10.1080/14649373.2014.977516 (DOI)000346197100012 ()
Note

AuthorCount:1;

Available from: 2015-02-25 Created: 2015-01-23 Last updated: 2022-02-23Bibliographically approved
Ogawa, A. (2013). A Fulfilling Case of Action Research in Japan: My 10-Year Engagement in a Tokyo Lifelong Learning Group. In: Andrea von Hülsen-Esch, Miriam Seidler, Christian Tagsold (Ed.), Methoden der Alter(n)sforschung : Disziplinäre Positionen und transdisziplinäre Perspektiven (pp. 127-141). Bielefeld, Germany: Transcript Verlag
Open this publication in new window or tab >>A Fulfilling Case of Action Research in Japan: My 10-Year Engagement in a Tokyo Lifelong Learning Group
2013 (English)In: Methoden der Alter(n)sforschung : Disziplinäre Positionen und transdisziplinäre Perspektiven / [ed] Andrea von Hülsen-Esch, Miriam Seidler, Christian Tagsold, Bielefeld, Germany: Transcript Verlag, 2013, p. 127-141Chapter in book (Refereed)
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Bielefeld, Germany: Transcript Verlag, 2013
National Category
Educational Sciences
Research subject
Japanology
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:su:diva-92397 (URN)10.14361/transcript.9783839425206.127 (DOI)9783837625202 (ISBN)9783839425206 (ISBN)
Available from: 2013-08-01 Created: 2013-08-01 Last updated: 2022-02-24Bibliographically approved
Ogawa, A. (2013). Civil Society: Past, Present, and Future. In: Jeff Kingston (Ed.), Critical Issues in Contemporary Japan: (pp. 51-62). London; New York: Routledge
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Civil Society: Past, Present, and Future
2013 (English)In: Critical Issues in Contemporary Japan / [ed] Jeff Kingston, London; New York: Routledge, 2013, p. 51-62Chapter in book (Refereed)
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
London; New York: Routledge, 2013
National Category
Other Social Sciences
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:su:diva-92352 (URN)10.4324/9780203797594-12 (DOI)2-s2.0-85121500600 (Scopus ID)978-0-415-85744-4 (ISBN)978-0-415-85745-1 (ISBN)978-0-203-79759-4 (ISBN)
Available from: 2013-07-31 Created: 2013-07-31 Last updated: 2022-09-23Bibliographically approved
Ogawa, A. (2013). Demanding a safer tomorrow: Japan's anti-nuclear rallies in the summer of 2012. Anthropology Today, 29(1), 21-24
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Demanding a safer tomorrow: Japan's anti-nuclear rallies in the summer of 2012
2013 (English)In: Anthropology Today, ISSN 0268-540X, E-ISSN 1467-8322, Vol. 29, no 1, p. 21-24Article in journal (Other academic) Published
Abstract [en]

This article discusses Japan's nuclear energy policy and describes the anti-nuclear protest demonstrations that were held in Japan throughout the summer of 2012, including the author's personal experiences at some of these protests, illuminating the grassroots nature of the current anti-nuclear movement.

National Category
Social Anthropology
Research subject
Social Anthropology
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:su:diva-92346 (URN)10.1111/1467-8322.12006 (DOI)
Available from: 2013-07-31 Created: 2013-07-31 Last updated: 2022-02-24Bibliographically approved
Ogawa, A. (2013). Japan’s Energy Policymaking after Fukushima: Exploring Renewable Energy Production. In: : . Paper presented at American Anthropological Association, Chicago, USA, November 20-24, 2013.
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Japan’s Energy Policymaking after Fukushima: Exploring Renewable Energy Production
2013 (English)Conference paper, Oral presentation with published abstract (Refereed)
National Category
Social and Economic Geography
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:su:diva-92400 (URN)
Conference
American Anthropological Association, Chicago, USA, November 20-24, 2013
Note

Panel organizer (Panel title: Environmental issues in Asia).

Available from: 2013-08-01 Created: 2013-08-01 Last updated: 2022-02-24Bibliographically approved
Ogawa, A. (2013). Lifelong Learning in Tokyo: A Satisfying Engagement with Action Research in Japan. Anthropology in Action, 20(2), 46-57
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Lifelong Learning in Tokyo: A Satisfying Engagement with Action Research in Japan
2013 (English)In: Anthropology in Action, ISSN 0967-201X, E-ISSN 1752-2285, Vol. 20, no 2, p. 46-57Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

This article presents an action research project, which I have been managing since 2001 in Tokyo, Japan. It is based on a non-profit organization (NPO), a group that promotes community-oriented lifelong learning, which was established under the 1998 NPO Law. Action research is a social research strategy, carried out by a team that includes a professional researcher and members of a community who are jointly seeking to improve their situation. This paper shows primarily how I have engaged with people at my field site, an NPO called SLG (pseudonym), and how we have produced knowledge to make changes to improve the quality of social life for more than ten years. I provide a narrative concerning recent developments at SLG in order to demonstrate how an action research project like this continually unfolds.

National Category
Social Sciences Other Social Sciences
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:su:diva-92395 (URN)10.3167/aia.2013.200206 (DOI)
Available from: 2013-08-01 Created: 2013-08-01 Last updated: 2022-02-24Bibliographically approved
Ogawa, A. (2013). Popular Democracy in Japan: How Gender and Community are Changing Modern Electoral Politics [Review]. Political Studies, 11(1), 142
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Popular Democracy in Japan: How Gender and Community are Changing Modern Electoral Politics
2013 (English)In: Political Studies, ISSN 0032-3217, E-ISSN 1467-9248, Vol. 11, no 1, p. 142-Article, book review (Other academic) Published
National Category
Political Science
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:su:diva-92348 (URN)10.1111/1478-9302.12000_109 (DOI)000313349300115 ()
Available from: 2013-07-31 Created: 2013-07-31 Last updated: 2022-02-24Bibliographically approved
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