We’re delighted to announce that all articles accepted for Volume 23 (2025) of Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus will be ‘open access’; published with a Creative Commons licence and freely available to read online (see the journal’s Open Access Options page for available licence options). We have an OA option for every author: The costs of open access publication will be covered through agreements between the publisher and the author’s institution, payment of APCs from grant or other funds, or else waived entirely, ensuring every author can publish and enjoy the benefits of OA.

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ISSN: 1557-4660 (Online)

Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus is an open access, peer reviewed journal providing critical analysis of the forces shaping the Asia-Pacific and the world. APJJF explores the geopolitics, economics, history, society, culture, international relations and environment of the modern and contemporary Asia-Pacific region.

The importance of open access publishing for the arts and humanities
20 December 2023, Claire Brock
Between 2012 and 2014, I held a two-year Wellcome Trust Research Leave Award (WT096499AIA) for a project on women surgeons in Britain, 1860-1918.…

Introducing the New Editors of the Journal of British Studies
04 August 2023, Nadja Durbach and Tammy Proctor
We are thrilled to take over as co-editors of the Journal of British Studies, the official publication of the North American Conference on British Studies.

The Invention of Ethnicity
22 January 2025, Jaakko Heiskanen
Ethnicity is everywhere. From the delights of ‘ethnic cuisine’ to the grim realities of ‘ethnic cleansing’, this concept helps us make sense of the world around The post The Invention of Ethnicity first appeared on Fifteen Eighty Four | Cambridge University Press....

Can Democracy Recover? The Roots of A Crisis
22 January 2025, Yaron Ezrahi, Dana Blander
Imagine a deluge of scholarly works, all describing the symptoms of a disease—but offering no discussion of the deep-rooted factors that caused the outbreak. The post Can Democracy Recover? The Roots of A Crisis first appeared on Fifteen Eighty Four | Cambridge University Press....