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Peter Matanle School of East Asian Studies, University of Sheffield [email protected]
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Shrinking Sado Education, Employment and the Decline of Japan’s Rural Regions
By Peter Matanle
Photo: The view over the Japan Sea towards Sado Island at sunset. Taken by the author from the campus of Niigata University in November 2004.
Author Biography
Dr Peter Matanle is Lecturer in Japanese Studies at the National Institute of Japanese Studies and School of East Asian Studies, University of Sheffield, UK. He gained his doctorate from Sheffield in 2001 and since then has been researching and publishing in the sociology of work in Japan. His recent work includes a comparison of working attitudes among Japanese and British younger people and an investigation into the circumstances surrounding work, education and population decline in Sado Island. He is the author of various publications, including Japanese Capitalism and Modernity in a Global Era (Routledge, 2003), and is co-editor with Wim Lunsing of Perspectives on Work, Employment and Society in Japan (Palgrave, 2006). He is also the founder and general editor of the electronic journal of contemporary japanese studies (www.japanesestudies.org.uk).