Works Cited*

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Bremner, Matthew. “In Aging Japan, Dead Bodies Often Go Unnoticed for Weeks.” Slate Magazine, 26 June 2015, www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/roads/2015/06/kodokushi_in_aging_japan_thousands_die_alone_and_unnoticed_every_year_their.html.

In this article from Slate Magazine, Matthew Bremner follows Toru Koremura as he cleans up a house after an elderly man who died alone. This article discusses the phenomenon of kodokushi in Japan, which is elderly people who die alone with no close family. 

 

Jozuka, Emiko. “Why Won't 541,000 Young Japanese Leave the House?” CNN, Cable News Network, 12 Sept. 2016, www.cnn.com/2016/09/11/asia/japanese-millennials-hikikomori-social-recluse/index.html.

In this news article from CNN, Emiko Jozuka writes about the hikikomori phenomenon in Japan. Specifically, Jozuka talks about the sheer size of young people in Japan who are hikikomori, or recluses that have not left their houses in more than six months. 

 

Lane, Edwin. “The Young Japanese Working Themselves to Death.” BBC News, BBC, 2 June 2017, www.bbc.com/news/business-39981997.

This is a report from the BBC about the Japanese phenomenon of karoshi, or death by overworking. The report outlines that due to a culture of overworking, people take dangerous hours of overtime in Japan. 

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Masuda, Jin. “Finding Hope in the Life of Young Part-Timers.” International Journal of Japanese Sociology, vol. 24, no. 1, 2015, pp. 106–118., doi:10.1111/ijjs.12032.

In this journal article from the International Journal of Japanese Sociology, the sociological aspects of young part time workers in Japan are analysed in terms of hope. The researcher Jim Masuda discusses how the culture of these workers is a result of socio-economic problems in Japan. 

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Nemoto, Kumiko. “Long Working Hours and the Corporate Gender Divide in Japan.” Gender, Work & Organization, vol. 20, no. 5, Apr. 2012, pp. 512–527., doi:10.1111/j.1468-0432.2012.00599.x.

This article from Gender, Work, & Organization discusses the factors behind Japan’s corporate gender gap. The article first accounts that the social custom of overworking in Japan is a main cause of this gap. This article goes in depth to break down the specific parts of the workplace culture in Japan that are responsible for the gap. 

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Russell, Roxanne, et al. “Cultural Influences on Suicide in Japan.” Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, vol. 71, no. 1, 2016, pp. 2–5., doi:10.1111/pcn.12428.

In this journal article from Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, the underlying factors of the rise in suicide rate in Japan during the 1990s are discussed. Specifically, the article analyses Japan’s history of suicide in its culture. The argument made by Russell is that Japan has historically permitted suicide as a way to resolve social and personal problems as well as to maintain honor. 

 

Hunsberger, Warren S., and Richard B. Finn. Japan's Quest: the Search for International Role, Recognition, and Respect. Sharpe, 1997.

In this book published by ME Sharpe, the role of Japan in the world is discussed through a curated selection of essays by American and Japanese students in the international relations field. This book is extremely valuable because it gives information about Japan’s postwar development in relation to the United States.