Working on: sociocultural history, radicalism, theatre, countercultures, New Left, memory, anti-Olympics, urbanism. Book on Adachi Masao out September 1. PhD on 1960s Japan in progress. https://www.williamandrewswriter.com
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Seibu Kōdō and Punk in Kyoto: "This unit of Modern Kyoto Research looks at one of the city's more minor but nonetheless vibrant scenes: punk music in Kyoto." www.modernkyotoresearch.org/seibu-k%C5%8...
I was sorry to hear the sad news that Juliet Winters Carpenter, a great Japanese-English translator, has passed away. I saw a number of people post about this on Facebook this morning, and have also received an email via the SWET mailing list.
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New reading
It gives me great pleasure to share the release of my decade-in-the-writing critical biography of filmmaker/activist Adachi Masao. Pink Auteur, Red Outlaw: Adachi Masao and Japan’s Cinema of Revolution is out September 1 via Awai Books. awaimedia.com/WilliamAndre...
Japan sees large protest in support of pacifist constitution as PM Takaichi pushes revisions www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...
Photographic documentation by Matsumoto Michiko of the 1970s Women's Lib movement in Japan www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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Koji Wakamatsu Tribute: Sex, Violence, Revolution and the Cinema of Eternal Rebellion asianmoviepulse.com/2026/05/koji...
The first full English-language book on Adachi, this study offers a comprehensive portrait of the filmmaker and his provocative oeuvre, from socially engaged pink films and New Wave cinema to experimental documentary and avant-garde psychodrama, as well as his politics. awaimedia.com/WilliamAndre...
Photographs as Action: The All-Japan Students’ Photo Association and the Making of Eco-Critical Photography in Japan, 1960s–2020s www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Silent, empty landscapes: Recent photographic practices about Sanrizuka and the Narita Airport protest movement throwoutyourbooks.wordpress.com/2026/05/12/r...
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Japanese leader Sanae Takaichi has called for discussions to revise the constitution, saying it should ‘reflect the demands of the times’
