Pornography, Rape and Sex Crimes in Japan
- Study concluding that a massive increase in available pornography in Japan has been correlated with a dramatic decrease in sexual crimes.
- http://www.hawaii.edu/PCSS/online_artcls/pornography/prngrphy_rape_jp.html

Asia Times Online - In Japan, The Crime Rate Also Rises
- Examines Japan's rising crime rate, as well as various misconceptions about it.
- http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Japan/FH28Dh01.html

Japan Under the US Nuclear Umbrella
- Investigation on the stationing of nuclear weapons in Japan on US military bases and vessels, violating Japan's stand to be a nuclear weapon free nation.
- http://www.nautilus.org/archives/nukepolicy/

Tokyo Trains Tackle Groping Problem
- Article on train cars in Tokyo for women only to address the growing problem of men groping women commuters.
- http://www.zipadeeday.com/viewarticle.asp?article=35

Christian Science Monitor - Japanese Man Publicly Fights Grope Charge
- Documents how after women started speaking out, some men now fear false accusations of groping women on trains. Explores Japan's legal system and culture of losing face.
- http://www.csmonitor.com/2003/0627/p08s01-woap.html

Japan's Neo-Nationalism: The Role of the Hinomaru and Kimigayo Legislation
- Essay on the growing friction in the Japanese government's directives to use wartime nationalist symbols to bolster student patriotism, and their possible connotations and effects.
- http://www.jpri.org/publications/workingpapers/wp79.html

Mainichi - Schoolgirls Sniff Gold in Pantie Crackdown
- The Tokyo Metropolitan Government outlaws the trade in soiled knickers from the underaged, but some school girls see another opportunity arise.
- http://mdn.mainichi.co.jp/waiwai/0406/0619sniff.html

Japanese Gun Control
- An article in the Asia Pacific Law Review, analyzing Japanese gun control laws and history of firearms in Japan.
- http://www.guncite.com/journals/dkjgc.html

Media Intimidation in Japan: A Close Encounter with Hard Japanese Nationalism
- Documents a close encounter with hard Japanese nationalism.
- http://www.japanesestudies.org.uk/discussionpapers/McNeill.html

Maintaining Identities: Discourses of Homogeneity in a Rapidly Globalising Japan
- Looks at the ideological tools that maintain the idea of Japan as a mono-cultural, homogeneous society and investigates multiculturalism and internationalization in Japan.
- http://www.japanesestudies.org.uk/articles/Burgess.html

Freed From Captivity in Iraq, Japanese Return to More Pain
- Young Japanese civilians taken hostage and nearly killed in Iraq return home to be treated like criminals.
- http://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/23/international/asia/23JAPA.html

Defining Japan's Role in the Post-Taliban World Order Tokyo's Path to Great Power Status
- An essay addressing how Japan has responded and changed through the War on Terror.
- http://www.japanesestudies.org.uk/discussionpapers/HamaiandMauch.html

Paving Over the Kansai - On Dango: The Famous "Yokosuka Navy Base Toilet Job"
- Two short essays on Japanese construction, including the corruption among Japanese corporations and obstruction of US firms resulting in the fleecing of American taxpayers.
- http://www.jpri.org/publications/occasionalpapers/op1.html

Robert Fulford's Column About Japanese Identity
- Personal musings about how the Japanese identify themselves.
- http://www.robertfulford.com/identity.html

The Rise of Japan - The Vocabulary of Control
- Examines a few social characteristics of Japanese.
- http://www.newint.org/issue231/control.htm

Complicit Exoticism: Japan and its Other
- Examines how Japanese view eachother and how westerners have viewed Japan through the 20th century.
- http://wwwmcc.murdoch.edu.au/ReadingRoom/8.2/Iwabuchi.html

Korean Herald - Japanese Nationalism: Old News or New Worry?
- Editorial giving a warning that there is a current radicalization of an otherwise stable and healthy Japanese nationalism, and it could cause strong friction in the future. [Free registration required].
- http://www.koreaherald.co.kr/SITE/data/html_dir/2003/12/10/200312100023.asp