'Sakka' in Japan
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The launch of the professional J. League soccer league in Japan provides an instructive look at the ways in which globalization is reflected in a society's relationship to its sports. The establishment of the J. League shows many of the ways in which Japan is similar to and different from other nations. Kicking sports in Japan date back to the 6th and 7th centuries with the adoption from China of a form of kemari, a non-competitive kicking game in which the players cooperated to keep the ball in the air. Japanese interest in soccer dates to the immediate post-war period, and increased dramatically in the 1960s.
Publication Name: Media, Culture & Society
Subject: Mass communications
ISSN: 0163-4437
Year: 1996
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"Made in Japan": the cultural politics of "home electrification" in postwar Japan
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A television series traced the semiconductor industry in Japan, and dealt with the criticism that the Japanese merely copied American technology. The Japanese thought they lost the Second World War due to inferior economy and technology, so they set out to develop their technological and economic capabilities. The popular image of electric appliances is an important symbol confirming Japanese technological capabilities and economic success.
Publication Name: Media, Culture & Society
Subject: Mass communications
ISSN: 0163-4437
Year: 1999
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The Shintoist wedding ceremony in Japan: an invented tradition
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A custom called "stealing the bride" was practiced in premodern Japan among couples who could not obtain the consent of the woman's parents. The first Shinzen wedding ceremony took place in 1900 in the Imperial household, and within 2 years ordinary Japanese were copying the ceremonial observances initiated by the event. This ceremony was not rooted in Japanese customs, but actively departed from them.
Publication Name: Media, Culture & Society
Subject: Mass communications
ISSN: 0163-4437
Year: 1999
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