Asia Pacific World
The Journal of the International Association for Asia Pacific Studies
Aims & Scope
Chief Editor: Malcolm J.M. Cooper, Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University (APU)
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Published on behalf of the International Association for Asia Pacific Studies
Asia Pacific World is a peer-reviewed, scholarly journal that focuses on the social, political, cultural and economic development of the Asia Pacific region. The Journal discusses issues of current and future concern for the Asia Pacific, and its relations with the rest of the world.
A forum for scholars carrying out research on the region, Asia Pacific World presents cutting edge analysis and invites contributions from a wide range of disciplines to explore their impact on the region. These areas include, but are not limited to, Sociology and Cultural Studies, History, Politics and International Relations, Finance, International Business Management, Innovation, Economic Development, Social Welfare, Tourism, Environment, ICT, New Media, Management, and Linguistics.
Asia Pacific World is published twice a year in Spring and Autumn. Its features include general articles, book reviews and review articles.
Subjects: Asia Pacific Studies, Sociology, Anthropology, History, Politics, Cultural Studies
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Current Issue: Volume 2, Issue 2, Autumn 2011
Contents
Introduction
Seth Mberego and Malcolm J. Cooper
Special Features
Implications for Asia-Pacific Ties: American Asia Policy—Past Progress and Future Prospects
Kent E. Calder
The Asia Pacific: Why Now? The Meaning of the Asia Pacific Age
Sakamoto Kazuichi
General Articles
Becoming and Performing the Self and the Other: Fetishism, Fantasy and Sexuality of Cosplay in Japanese Girls’/Women’s Manga
Kazumi Nagaike and Kaori Yoshida
Online Language Learning for Addressing Hong Kong Tertiary Students’ Needs in Academic Writing
Jonathan Webster, Angela Chan, and John Lee
Domestic Politics and Prospect Theory in International Conflict: Explaining Japan’s War Decision in the 1904 Russo-Japanese War
Steven Rothman
Destination Image of Tahiti as Perceived By International Tourists: A Study
Jerome Agrusa, Joseph Lema, John Tanner, Axel Afo, Bruce Prideaux, and Babu George
Between Conflict and Cooperation: Trends and Contending Perspectives in Asia’s Energy Conundrum
Fatai A. Aremu
Reflections from In and Out of the Field
Bikes, Walls, and Empty Space: Reflections on Life and Photography in Kyoto
Marvin Marcus
Book Reviews
East and Northeast Asia
The Making of Northeast Asia, reviewed by Erik Mobrand
China Rules: Globalization and Political Transformation, reviewed by Alice de Jonge
Monetary and Financial Integration in East Asia: The Relevance of European Experience, reviewed by Jittima Tongurai
Asia—General
Buddhism and Islam on the Silk Road, reviewed by Joshua Sooter
Outcast Labour in Asia: Circulation and Informalization of the Workforce at the Bottom of the Economy, reviewed by Xia Zhang
Building Trust in Government: Innovations in Governance Reform in Asia, reviewed by Monir Hossain Moni
Public Health in Asia and the Pacifi c: Historical and Comparative Perspectives, reviewed by Nader Ghotbi
Pacific
Human Rights in the South Pacific: Challenges and Changes, reviewed by David Webster
Peer Reviewer Acknowledgment List 2010–2011
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Thank you to all reviewers of Asia Pacific World for 2010-2011
The Editors wish to extend their deep gratitude to all our reviewers who gave their time, knowledge and expertise to peer reviewing manuscripts for Asia Pacific World in 2010, our first year of publication. We thank our reviewers for theirimportant scholarly contributions to our journal, their helpful feedback to authors, their valuable mentorship of young authors, and their role in helping to establish Asia Pacific World and improve its quality.
Abu Wahid, Tennessee State University
Ademola Braimoh, Hokkaido University
Akihiro Takamoto, Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University
Allan Findlay, University of Dundee
Andrew Brown, University of New England
Andrew Hall, Charles Sturt University
Andrew Lepp, Kent State University
Andrew Reynolds, Brock University
Anna Myunghee Kim, IZA - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit GmbH (Institute for the Study of Labor)
Asma Mobarek, Stockholm University
Ataur Rahman, North South University
Avik Chakrabarti, University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee
Benjamin Gardner Sood, University College London
Bill Claster, Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University
Brian McVeigh, University of Arizona
Brian Rowe, South House Exchange
Bruce Prideaux, James Cook University
Charles Ziegler, University of Louisville
Christian Nsiah, Black Hills State University
Christian Tagsold, Heinrich Heine University
Christienne Hinz, Southern Illinois University
Craig Wight, Glasgow Caledonian University
Dallen Timothy, Arizona State University
Dao Van Khanh, Can Tho University
Darrell Davis, Lingnan University
Davar Pishva, Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University
Deborah Shamoon, Notre Dame University
Debra Occhi, Miyazaki International College
Frances Cassidy, University of Southern Queensland
Fred Hitzhusen, Ohio State University
Gail A. Vander Stoep, Michigan State University
Gary Best, La Trobe University
Gerry Groot, Adelaide University
Graeme Hugo, University of Adelaide
Greg Richards, Tilburg University
Hidetaka Yoshimatsu, Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University
Hongyan Gu, United Nations University – Institute of Advanced Studies
Ian Smillie, Diamond Development Initiative
Jenny Knowles Morrison, Dubai School of Government
Jenny Tilbury, Buckinghamshire New University
Jerry Eades, Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University
Jinyang Deng, West Virginia University
John Ciorciari, University of Michigan
John Heathershaw, University of Exeter
John Herman, Virginia Commonwealth University
John Horne, University of Central Lancashire
John Kitching, Kingston University
Jonathan Williams, Bangor University
Kanji Tanimoto, Hitotsubashi University
Kate Crowley, University of Tasmania
Katia Chirkova, Centre de recherches linguistiques sur l'Asie orientale (Centre for Linguistic Research on East Asian Languages), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (the French National Centre for Scientific Research)
Katsuhiro Ohashi, Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University
Kazadi Sanga-Ngoie, Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University
Kersty Hobson, University of Oxford
Kirk Denton, Ohio State University
Koji Suzuki, Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University
Levent Altinay, Oxford Brookes University
Li Xing, Aalborg University
Lionel Wee Hock Ann, National University of Singapore
Loraleigh Keashly, Wayne State University
Lubna Alsagoff, Singapore National Institute of Education
M. Anne Brown, University of Queensland
M. Kabir Hassan, University of New Orleans
Mahfuzul Chowdhury, University of Chittagong
Marianthi Markatou, Columbia University
Mark McLelland, University of Wollongong
Mark Ramseyer, Harvard Law School
Martin Hayden, Southern Cross University
Masato Shizume, Institute for Monetary and Economic Studies
Michael Connors, La Trobe University
Mike Scott, Aston University
Munim Kumar Barai, Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University
Muzaffer Uysal, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Paolo Perego, Erasmus University Rotterdam
Paul Waley, University of Leeds
Peter Moody, The University of Notre Dame
Peter Siegenthaler, Texas State University
Philip Pearce, James Cook University
Richard Herr, University of Tasmania
Richard Pomfret, University of Adelaide
Rob Law, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Robert Richardson, Michigan State University
Robert Salazar, Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University
Rodel Lasco, Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research
Roger Goodman, University of Oxford
Sandra Tarte, University of the South Pacific
Shameen Prashantham, University of Glasgow
Shoko Negishi, Doshisha University
Shunso Tsukada, Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University
Sirimal Abeyratne, University of Colombo
Stewart Lone, University of New South Wales
Sue Beeton, La Trobe University
Susumu Yamagami, Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University
Suzannah Linton, University of Hong Kong
Todd Hall, University of Toronto
Vincent H. Shie, Fu Jen Catholic University
Vinnie Jauhari, Institute for International Management and Technology
Vivian Lee, City University of Hong Kong
Wei-bin Zhang, Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University
Xue-jia Fang, Jiaying University
Yan Zhang, Fukuoka Women's University
Yoichiro Sato, Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University
Yukiko Nishikawa, Nagoya University
Yukio Yotsumoto, Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University
Yutaka Takahasi, Tokyo University
Zhenzhou Zhao, Hong Kong Institute of Education
Note. Some reviewers' names were excluded by request.