How did imperial Japan govern population through gender and race? Bonnie Tilland reviews Sujin Lee’s Wombs of Empire, exploring biopolitics and the “problem of population” in Japan from the 1910s to the 1950s. #JapanHistory #GenderStudies Read more: repository.usfca.edu/cgi/viewcont...

How is Japan responding to demographic decline? Ryoko Yamamoto's photo essay explores two cities—Tsushima and Ikuno—turning population crisis into opportunities for cultural renewal and creativity. #Japan #Demographics #AgingSociety Read more: repository.usfca.edu/cgi/viewcont...

Our new think piece explores Urban Echoes, showing how new urban historiography is reshaping our understanding of Mao-era China (1949–1976). #MaoistChina #UrbanHistory #HistoryResearch Read Taoyu Yang's think piece here: repository.usfca.edu/cgi/viewcont...

Our new book review explores Wayne Patterson's William Nelson Lovatt in Late Qing China, capturing foreign life in the Late Qing Maritime Customs and challenging old concepts of colonialism. #ChinaHistory #QingDynasty Read Wen-hsin Yeh's review here: repository.usfca.edu/cgi/viewcont...

Our new think piece explores Taehanoegugin and how South Korean TV uses it to navigate ethnic nationalism while rebranding the nation as cosmopolitan. #Taehanoegugin #KoreanMedia Read Min Joo Lee's think piece here: repository.usfca.edu/cgi/viewcont...

Our new photo essay, “Two Fates of the Statue of Peace,” examines South Korea’s “comfort women” memorial—its dual life as both a target of vandalism and a cherished symbol of care. #SouthKorea #PublicArt See Nogin Chung's powerful photo essay here: repository.usfca.edu/cgi/viewcont...

Our new book review explores June Hee Kwon’s "Borderland Dreams," capturing the multifaceted experiences of Korean Chinese workers caught between a post-socialist China and a neoliberal South Korea. #migration #China #SouthKorea Read Xiaoying Jin's review here: repository.usfca.edu/cgi/viewcont...

How did an American mascot from 1908 become a beloved pop deity in Japan? M.W. Shores examines the fascinating transcultural journey of Billiken, a “good luck” novelty figure who was transformed into a quasi-religious icon in Osaka. repository.usfca.edu/cgi/viewcont... #Billiken, #Osaka

Academics & pundits once characterized East Asia as a place of over-population, while today the region is home to the lowest fertility rates in the world. Elizabeth LaCouture's article explores an unusual source for this population decline. repository.usfca.edu/asiapacificp...

Exciting news! Our special issue on demographic challenges in East Asia is now available! Read the latest research on the history of population control and contemporary demographic challenges facing East Asian nations today. Free and open access: www.usfca.edu/center-for-a... #demographicchallenges

Need a little more time to get your paper together before sending it off for consideration? Good news! We've extended the deadline until March 3rd. We're looking for articles, photo essays, book reviews, and think pieces on topics important for our understanding of the Asia Pacific. bit.ly/4155mjh

Do you have a paper that has been sitting in your file drawer? Have you been working on an article but aren’t sure where to submit it? APP welcomes submissions from all fields of the social sciences and the humanities that focus on the Asia Pacific region. www.usfca.edu/center-for-a...