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Number of New Titles Published, by Genre (1995) Source: Shuppan nenkan 1996-nemban [Publishers’ Year Book, 1996] (Shuppan News Co.). NUMBER 17 SPRING 1997 Maruyama Masao and Democracy in Japan Writing and the Aging Society Manga Publishing: Trends in Europe
Japanese Book News Number 17 Japanese Book News is published quar- terly by the Japan Foundation mainly to apprise publishers, editors, translators, scholars and libraries of the latest trends in Japanese publishing and selected new titles introduced with brief descriptions of the content. Articles and information included provide a window for Japanese books that contribute to the reservoir of human knowledge and the advancement of mutual understanding between Japan and the rest of the world. New titles are chosen for annotation by members of the advisory board from among notable cur- rent publications for their potential in- terest to readers in other countries, insight into Japanese society, institu- tions, attitudes, and culture, and perspec- tive on issues and topics of domestic as well as international concern. The opin- ions and views expressed in the essays and new title summaries are not neces- sarily those of the Japan Foundation or the advisory board. Romanization follows the Hepburn style with minor modifications; macrons indicate long vowels. Japanese names follow the practice of surname first. Ar- ticles and photographs not copyrighted may be reprinted providing the credit line reads “reprinted from Japanese Book News, No. xx, published by the Japan Foundation.” Three copies should be sent to the editor-in-chief. Publishers mentioned in the data given in the New Titles section are lo- cated in Tokyo unless otherwise noted. Further information about the titles may be obtained by contacting the publishers listed on page 21. Advisory Board Abe Yoshiya, Professor of Philosophy, Kokugakuin University Ikeuchi Osamu, Specialist in German Literature Kashima Shingo, Senior Editor, Tôyô Keizai Shimpôsha Kida Jun’ichirô, Media Critic Ôsawa Machiko, Professor of Economics, Japan Women’s University Ueda Yasuo, Professor of Journalism, Sophia University Publisher and Editor-in-chief Yano Tomozô, Managing Director Media Department The Japan Foundation ARK Mori Bldg. 20th Fl. 1-12-32 Akasaka, Minato-ku Tokyo 107 Japan Tel: (03) 5562-3533; Fax: (03) 5562-3501 Bibliographic and Production Services Shuppan News Co. Editorial and Translation Services Center for Intercultural Communication Design Michiyoshi Design Laboratory, Inc. Printed in Japan ©The Japan Foundation 1997 ISSN 0918-9580 Contents
Maruyama Masao and Democracy in Japan Mamiya Yôsuke ...................................................................................1 Writing and the Aging Society Hayase Keiichi ....................................................................................3 Japanese Books Abroad Manga Publishing: Trends in Europe Ono Kôsei ........................................................................................... 6 New Titles .............................................................................................. 8 Events and Trends .................................................................................20 From the Editor When political scientist Maruyama Masao died in August 1996, Japan lost not only one of its most distinguished scholars but a man who played a leading role in shaping democratic thought and establishing it in the Japanese psyche during the post-World War II period. Fifty years since the democratic system was introduced in Japan, advocates of the recon- struction and reappraisal of Japanese democratic politics reflecting post- modern intellectual trends often dismiss Maruyama’s ideas and activities as outmoded. However, as convincingly argued by Kyoto University economist Mamiya Yôsuke, himself of the postwar generation, Maru- yama’s work continues to be important for its incisive perspectives on the essentials of the spirit of democracy. Japan will become a “super-aging society,” in which one in every four persons is over the age of 65 in the early years of the twenty-first cen- tury, it is said. In a public opinion poll on care of the elderly conducted by the Prime Minister’s Office in the autumn of 1996, 84 percent of re- spondents indicated their concern about this issue, showing clearly that awareness that the problems of aging affect us all is already becoming widespread. In this issue nonfiction writer Hayase Keiichi explains how the problems of aging have been dealt with in fiction and nonfiction books published during the postwar period. The Japanese Books Abroad column presents the third and last article in a series introducing the translation and publication of Japan’s manga (comics) overseas, this time focusing on Europe. For our series featuring insights from Japanese authors whose works have been published abroad, novelist Tsushima Yûko shares her thoughts on the translation process.
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