| Introduction / Tim Craig1： |
| Popular Music / I： |
| Can Japanese Sing the Blues? "Japanese Jazz" and the Problem of Authenticity / E. Taylor Atkins2： |
| The Marketing of Tears: Consuming Emotions in Japanese Popular Song / Christine R. Yano3： |
| Open Your File, Open Your Mind: Women, English, and Changing Roles and Voices in Japanese Pop Music / James Stanlaw4： |
| A Karaoke Perspective on International Relations / Hiro R. Shimatachi5： |
| Comics & Animation / II： |
| Japanese Comic Books and Religion-Osamu Tezuka's Story of the Buddha / Mark W. MacWilliams6： |
| The Romantic, Passionate Japanese in Anime: A Look at the Hidden Japanese Soul / Eri Izawa7： |
| Hadashi no Gen ("Barefoot Gen"), Vol. 8, pp 17-31 / Keiji Nakazawa8： |
| Gender Roles and Girls' Comics in Japan: The Girls and Guys of Yukan Club / Maia Tsurumi9： |
| From Sazae-san to Crayon Shin-chan: Family Anime, Social Change, and Nostalgia in Japan / William Lee10： |
| Television & Film / III： |
| New Role Models for Men and Women? Gender in Japanese TV Dramas / Hilaria Gossmann11： |
| A New Kind of Royalty: The Imperial Family and the Media in Postwar Japan / Jayson Chun12： |
| Into the Heartland with Tora-san / Mark Schilling13： |
| Japanese Popular Culture Abroad / IV： |
| Sailor Moon: Japanese Superheroes for Global Girls / Anne Allison14： |
| Beauty Fighter "Sailor Chemist," / Yuka Kawada15： |
| Doraemon Goes Abroad / Saya Shiraishi16： |
| Pop Idols and the Asian Identity / Hiroshi Aoyagi17： |
| Introduction / Tim Craig1： |
| Popular Music / I： |
| Can Japanese Sing the Blues? "Japanese Jazz" and the Problem of Authenticity / E. Taylor Atkins2： |
| The Marketing of Tears: Consuming Emotions in Japanese Popular Song / Christine R. Yano3： |
| Open Your File, Open Your Mind: Women, English, and Changing Roles and Voices in Japanese Pop Music / James Stanlaw4： |
| A Karaoke Perspective on International Relations / Hiro R. Shimatachi5： |
