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Japan Forum

Japan Forum, the leading European journal in the multidisciplinary field of Japanese Studies, publishes original research in subject areas ranging from archaeology, language, literature, philosophy and culture to history, economics, politics, international relations and law. Submissions from younger researchers as well as from established scholars are welcome, as are submissions which cross disciplinary boundaries or do not otherwise match the subject areas listed above.

In addition to full-length original articles, Japan Forum publishes Perspectives. At up to 3,500 words, Perspectives essays offer a flexible format for developing ideas, think pieces, translations with commentary, research notes, methodological reflections, and responses to existing scholarship. The series is open to scholars at all career stages and provides a supportive venue for innovative and exploratory work.

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Japan Forum prize – The Ian Nish Prize

The Ian Nish Prize is awarded annually for the best article published in Japan Forum during the year by an early career scholar. The prize, which carries an award of 拢400 and a one-year BAJS membership, was established in 2001 as the Daiwa Japan Forum Prize and renamed in honour of Professor Ian Hill Nish CBE, Professor Emeritus of International History at the London School of Economics and Political Science, where he served from 1962 to 1991. Professor Nish’s research centred on Japan’s foreign relations, with particular attention to Japan鈥揅hina relations across the twentieth century.

We are pleased to announce that the 2024 Ian Nish Prize was won by Jiajun Liang for the article ‘‘.

Previous Winners:

2022 Warren Stanislaus (2021) “, Japan Forum,听35(3), 271鈥�294.
2021 Mark Player听(2021)听““,听Japan Forum, March 2021.
2020 Kumiko Endo听(2019)听““,听Japan Forum, 31(2): 165-186.
2017 Christopher Smith听(2017)听‘‘,听Japan Forum,听29(2): 279-298.
2016 Thomas Baudinette听(2016) 鈥樷��,听Japan Forum, 28(4): 465-485.
2015 Erin l. Brightwell听(2015)听,听Japan Forum, 27(4): 431-453.
2014 Josh Petitto听(2014) ‘听Japan Forum, 25(4): 458-484.
2013 Tin Tin Htun听(2012)听,听Japan Forum, 24(1): 1-22.
2012 Tuukka Toivonen听(2011)听‘,听Japan Forum, 23(3): 407-429.
2011 Scot Hislop听(2010) ‘‘,听Japan Forum, 22(3-4): 263-280.
2010 Ryan Holmberg听(2009) ‘‘,听Japan Forum, 21(1): 115-141.
2009 Ekaterina Hertog听(2008) ‘‘,听Japan Forum, 20 (2): 193-217.
2008 Robert Tierney听(2007) ‘‘,听Japan Forum, 19 (1): 89-110.
2007 Simon Avenell听(2006) ‘‘,听Japan Forum,听18 (1): 89-113.
2006 Philip Seaton听(2005) ‘,听Japan Forum,听17 (3): 287-309.
2005 Michael Fisch听(2004) ‘‘,听Japan Forum,听16 (2): 363-81.
2004 Mikiko Ashikari听(2003) ‘‘,听Japan Forum, 15 (1): 55-79.
2003 Christopher Jones听(2002) ‘‘,听Japan Forum, 14 (1): 41-62.
2002 Charles Weathers听(2001) ‘听‘,听Japan Forum, 13 (2): 215-32.
2001 David Rosenfeld听(2000) ‘‘,听Japan Forum, 12 (1): 53-64.