Asia and Japan Today (1): Researchers' Essays at the Arrival of a New COVID Era

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Asia and Japan Today (1): Researchers' Essays at the Arrival of a New COVID Era

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Contents Pages
Editors’ Preface
Author: Ammar Khashan and Ayaka Kuroda
iv-v
Researchers’ Essays
1: Asia-Japan Research at this Juncture of History: Facing the Coronavirus (COVID-19) Crisis in a Research Institution
Author: Yasushi Kosugi
1-5
2: Even Globalized, the World is Uneven: The Pandemic and Area Studies
Author: Kota Suechika
6-9
3: Field Science in the Corona Era: Through Intimate Ties with Farmers in Indonesia
Author: Fitrio Ashardiono
10-14
4: In Order to Stay Connected to the World: As a Korean Diaspora Researcher
Author: Lee Jinhye
15-22
5: Living between Pakistan and Japan: The Struggles of an Area Studies Researcher and a Working Mother
Author: Emiko Sunaga
23-27
6: A New Mode of Jihad and Martyrdom in Iran: The Battle against COVID-19
Author: Kenji Kuroda
28-40
7: What Does COVID-19 Imply for Nuclear-Armed North Korea?
Author: Choi Jung Hoon
41-45
8: The Joy of Reading Personal Histories from the Primary Sources: Encounters during My Research on Islamic Thinkers in Egypt
Author: Ayaka Kuroda
46-53
9: Reformulating Religious Tourism after COVID-19: Reflections on Area Studies from the Perspective of Mobility
Author: Shin Yasuda
54-61
10: Contemporary Middle East Studies under the COVID-19 Crisis: Countermeasures to the “Field Survey”
Author: Shun Watanabe
62-66
11: Life between Searching for the Classic in Cyberspace and Going to the Field: My Studies on Islamic Economics in the Middle East and Southeast Asia
Author: Ammar Khashan
67-72