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This book explores the myth, so abused by the mass media, that the Japanese are a grey, anonymous mass of efficient, obedient workers. The book's truly international contributors examine the role in modern Japanese society of a range of leisure and play activities, from drinking to travel, football to karaoke, tattoos to rock fandom.

J6850 --- J6900 --- Japan: Games, toys and hobbies in general --- Japan: Sports and recreation -- general and history --- Leisure --- Play --- Recreation --- Manners and customs --- Amusements --- Community centers --- Recreations --- Games

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The football World Cup is unquestionably the biggest sporting event in the world. This fascinating collection of papers examines the background to the 2002 World Cup Finals, held in Korea and Japan, and explores the event's profound social, cultural, political and economic significance.The book offers important insight into topics such as:* the development of professional football in Korea and Japan* the political and diplomatic significance of the first co-hosted World Cup* FIFA and the 'back stage' dealing behind the World Cup* football as a global culture and it

Soccer --- Association football --- English football --- European football --- Football (Soccer) --- Football --- World Cup (Soccer) --- J6900.90 --- J6902 --- J6954 --- K9390.80 --- K9393.10 --- Japan: Sports and recreation -- history -- postwar Shōwa (1945- ), Heisei period (1989- ), contemporary --- Japan: Sports and recreation -- societies, organizations, congresses, periodicals, tournaments and events --- Japan: Sports and recreation -- soccer --- Korea: Sports, games and toys -- history -- modern period, postwar period (1945- ) --- Korea: Sports -- soccer

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Sports --- Collective memory --- Nationalism and sports --- Collective remembrance --- Common memory --- Cultural memory --- Emblematic memory --- Historical memory --- National memory --- Public memory --- Social memory --- Memory --- Social psychology --- Group identity --- National characteristics --- Field sports --- Pastimes --- Recreations --- Recreation --- Athletics --- Games --- Outdoor life --- Physical education and training --- Social aspects --- Sports and nationalism --- J6900.90 --- J6909 --- Japan: Sports and recreation -- history -- postwar Shōwa (1945- ), Heisei period (1989- ), contemporary --- Japan: Sports and recreation -- theory, methodology and philosophy

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796 <5> --- 316.7:796 --- 39:796 --- Lichamelijke opvoeding. Sport en spel--Azië --- Sociologie van de sport --- Culturele antropologie van sport en spel. Volkssporten --- Globalization --- Sports --- Social aspects --- 39:796 Culturele antropologie van sport en spel. Volkssporten --- 316.7:796 Sociologie van de sport --- 796 <5> Lichamelijke opvoeding. Sport en spel--Azië --- Field sports --- Pastimes --- Recreations --- Recreation --- Athletics --- Games --- Outdoor life --- Physical education and training --- Global cities --- Globalisation --- Internationalization --- International relations --- Anti-globalization movement --- J6900.90 --- Japan: Sports and recreation -- history -- postwar Shōwa (1945- ), Heisei period (1989- ), contemporary

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The Routledge Handbook of Japanese Culture and Society is an interdisciplinary resource that focuses on contemporary Japan and the social and cultural trends that are important at the beginning of the twenty-first century. This Handbook provides a cutting-edge and comprehensive survey of significant phenomena, institutions, and directions in Japan today, on issues ranging from gender and family, the environment, race and ethnicity, and urban life, to popular culture and electronic media. Written by an international team of Japan experts, the chapters included in the volume form an accessible and fascinating insight into Japanese culture and society. As such, the Handbook will be an invaluable reference tool for anyone interested in all things Japanese. Students, teachers and professionals alike will benefit from the braid ranging discussions, useful links to online resources and suggested reading lists.

J4140.90 --- J4100 --- Japan: Sociology and anthropology -- cultural history -- postwar Shōwa (1945- ), Heisei period (1989- ), contemporary --- Japan: Sociology, anthropology and culture in general --- -21st century. --- J4000.90 --- J4143 --- Japan: Social history, history of civilization -- postwar Shōwa (1945- ), Heisei period (1989- ), contemporary --- Japan: Sociology and anthropology -- cultural trends and movements -- popular culture --- Japan --- Nihon --- Nippon --- Iapōnia --- Zhāpān --- I︠A︡ponii︠a︡ --- Yapan --- Japon --- Japão --- Japam --- Mư̄ang Yīpun --- Prathēt Yīpun --- Yīpun --- Jih-pen --- Riben --- Government of Japan --- 日本 --- 日本国 --- Nipponkoku --- Nippon-koku --- Nihonkoku --- Nihon-koku --- State of Japan --- Япония --- Japani --- اليابان --- al-Yābān --- يابان --- Yābān --- Japonsko --- Giappone --- Japonia --- Japonya --- Civilization --- Social conditions --- Civilisation --- Conditions sociales --- J4150.90 --- J4600.90 --- J4900.90 --- J1700.90 --- J4170 --- J4176.10 --- J4200.80 --- J4204.10 --- J4203 --- J6850 --- J6900.90 --- Japan: Politics and law -- history -- postwar Shōwa (1945- ), Heisei period (1989- ), contemporary --- Japan: Education -- history -- postwar Shōwa (1945- ), Heisei period (1989- ), contemporary --- Japan: Religion in general -- history -- postwar Shōwa (1945- ), Heisei period (1989- ), contemporary --- Japan: Sociology and anthropology -- family --- Japan: Sociology and anthropology -- gender roles, women, feminism -- policy, legislation, guidelines, codes of behavior --- Japan: Sociology and anthropology -- social classes and groups, social systems and discrimination -- history --- Japan: Sociology and anthropology -- communities -- age groups -- children, infants --- Japan: Sociology and anthropology -- communities -- social classes and groups -- outcasts, burakumin, hinin --- Japan: Games, toys and hobbies --- Japan: Sports and recreation -- history -- postwar Shōwa (1945- ), Heisei period (1989- ), contemporary --- Civilization. --- Social history. --- 2000-2099. --- Japan. --- Japan - Civilization - 21st century --- Japan - Social conditions - 21st century --- Jepun --- Yapon --- Yapon Ulus --- I︠A︡pon --- Япон --- I︠A︡pon Uls --- Япон Улс