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125514 results in Asian Studies

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  • Reimagining the Mato: Spatial and Temporal Displacement of Shanghai in Japanese Anime Night Raid 1931

  • Zihui Lu
  • Journal:
    Asia-Pacific Journal / Volume 24 / 2026
    Published online by Cambridge University Press:
    29 April 2026, e17
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  • This article examines how the anime Night Raid 1931 reimagines 1931 Shanghai as mato (magic city), using spatial and temporal displacement to negotiate Japan’s imperial past. Drawing on heterotopia and hauntology, it analyzes how the anime reconstructs Shanghai as a phantasmic space, where historical time fragments through supernatural narration and stylized aesthetics. By setting the story in 1931, the series uses nostalgia and speculative imagination to articulate lost possibilities of Japan. This enables trans/national recentering, allowing Japan to reassert symbolic centrality in Asia through popular culture rather than political dominance, reconfiguring unresolved memory and regional identity.

Abul A‘la Maududi: Al Jihad fil Islam and Other Writings
  • Edited and translated by Humeira Iqtidar
  • Abul A‘la Maududi
  • Published online:
    28 April 2026
    Print publication:
    07 May 2026
  • Abul A'la Maududi (1903–1979) was arguably one of the most influential and controversial thinkers of the twentieth century, and a foundational Islamist thinker. This volume brings together a broad range of his important works for the first time, covering concerns such as anticolonialism, permissibility of violence, capitalism and gender roles, principles for an Islamic economy, innovation in legal frameworks as well as the limits of nationalist politics. Showcasing his writings across different genres, this volume includes influential early works such as his seminal Al Jihad fil Islam, Quranic exegesis and essays as well as later works on Islamic law. An extensive introduction situates Maududi's ideas within global anticolonial conversations as well as Islamic and South Asian debates on urgent contemporary political questions and highlights the conceptual innovations he carried out. Fresh translations allow readers to critically engage with Maududi's writings, capturing nuances and shifts in his ideas with greater clarity.

  • The Rediscovery of Zeng and the Interregional Networks in Late Bronze Age China

  • Dongming Wu
  • Journal:
    Early China , First View
    Published online by Cambridge University Press:
    27 April 2026, pp. 1-34
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  • This article introduces and reviews archaeological and textual evidence related to Zeng, one of the most prominent and long-standing regional states in late Bronze Age China. It reconstructs the history of Zeng using diverse types of data and, most critically, examines how Zeng formed and engaged in interregional networks of interaction and exchange. By adopting a network-based perspective, this article challenges the traditional Zhou-centric framework and, in doing so, rediscovers the significance of Zeng in the history of Early China.

  • “Japan as Savior, Japan as Invader”: Indonesian Youth Perceptions of Japan in the Pacific Wartime

  • Romadi Romadi, Ganda Febri Kurniawan, Arif Purnomo
  • Journal:
    Asia-Pacific Journal / Volume 24 / 2026
    Published online by Cambridge University Press:
    23 April 2026, e16
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  • Students’ understanding of Japan’s arrival in Indonesia during the Pacific Wartime (1942–45) sparks a sharp conflict in narratives: was Japan a savior or an invader? This study reveals how official school narratives in Indonesia glorify Japan’s role, clashing with family stories of suffering caused by forced labor (romusha). Using a qualitative approach, the research highlights the ambiguous role of Japan as both victim and perpetrator, shaping students’ complex and diverse national identities. These findings urge curriculum reform for a more inclusive and honest engagement with this controversial historical legacy.

  • Tools and regalia: a short survey of the presence of firearms in Edo Japan

  • Arturo Galindo García
  • Journal:
    International Journal of Asian Studies , First View
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    23 April 2026, pp. 1-16
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  • Between the arrival of firearms in Japan in 1543 and the crushing of the Shimabara rebellion in 1638, Japan transformed from a fractured country in a permanent state of war into a centralized, peaceful era. However, this was only possible thanks to several transformations made by the Tokugawa regime, not least the firearm itself. The copious amounts of firearms existing in Japan became a domesticated and common element of the Edo period and were prevalent in the country’s transformation. Rather than being just tools of war that could menace the shogunate, firearms gained a range of roles, from tools to regalia, depending on their owners’ social and political context, which sheds light on their social environment.

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