Works Cited

Allen, Matthew, and Rumi Sakamoto, eds. Popular culture, globalization and Japan. New York:
Routledge, 2006.

R: Matthew Allen is professor and head of the School of History and Politics, University of Wollongong,
Australia, and a Japan Focus associate. Rumi Sakamoto is a senior lecturer in the School of Asian
Studies, the University of Auckland, New Zealand, and a Japan Focus associate. The sources reputation
is not harmed due to the authors not having any past actions. The authors are in position of authority
since they are Japan Focus associates.

A: The authors are in position to access reliable evidence because they have been studying Japan culture
for more than over 10 years.

V: The authors have a personal stake in the topic because their primary focus of study is Japan’s culture.
The author wouldn’t gain anything by lying but he would gain something by telling the truth since anything
that has happened to Japan’s globalization of culture can be backed up by evidence/sources which would
make them more credible thus making them establish higher authority.

E: The authors have specialized knowledge on the topic because they are Japan Focus Associates. The
evidence comes from a source that has expertise on the topic. Evidence such as the book, “Recentering
Globalization: Popular Culture and Japanese Transnationalism” by Koichi Iwabuchi a professor at
Monash University and expert about globalization in the aspect of Japan. In it, he discusses the various
aspects and theories behind Japan’s rise to significance in the global culture market. His goal in writing
the book is stated in the introduction but shows further clarification in the conclusion, where he states, “I
have explored the various aspects of transnational popular culture flows - through which Japan’s
conception of being ‘in but above’ or ‘similar but superior’ to Asia is asserted, displaced, and
rearticulated.” Simply put, Professor Iwabuchi weaves a history of his country’s rise to global
competitiveness by stating his theories and evidence in support of such a claim.

N: The authors are neutral about this topic since the topic isn’t about 2 or more different sides of it. It more
over discusses how Japanese culture has spread its influence across the globe. The source of the
evidence takes the same stance as neutral.

Goldstein-Gidoni, Ofra. "The production and consumption of ‘Japanese culture’in the global cultural
market." Journal of consumer culture 5.2 (2005): 155-179.

R: Prof. Ofra Goldstein-Gidoni is an anthropologist specializing in Japan. Goldstein-Gidoni teaches at Tel

Aviv University in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology (Chair 2010-2013) and the
Department East Asian Studies.  She also studies cultural globalization. The sources reputation is
not harmed at all due to any past actions. The author is in a position of authority since she
specializes in Society and Culture in Modern Japan.

A: The author is in a position that allow her to access reliable evidence since they have access to the Tel
Aviv University database and has been researching about Japan since 1986.

V: The author has a personal stake in the topic because she specializes in the anthropology of Japan and
has lived in Japan for over five years with recurring visits. The author wouldn’t gain anything by
lying but wouldn’t gain anything by telling the truth since she is already a highly trusted author.

E: The author has specialized knowledge on the topic because exclusively works in Japanese
Anthropology
N: The author is neutral about the issue since she mainly talks about how the Japanese cultural discourse
yielded a global cultural product known as ‘Japanese culture’, which is delivered to the world
through contemporary ‘global cosmopolitans.

Holroyd, Carin, and Ken Coates, eds. Japan in the Age of Globalization. Milton Park: Routledge, 2011.

R: Carin Holroyd is an Associate Professor Political Studies and the Chair of the International Studies
Program at the University of Saskatchewan. Carin received her Bachelor of Arts (Asian Studies)
from the University of British Columbia.  After working in Japan and British Columbia for a few
years, she completed a Master of Science (Japanese Business) from Chaminade University
(Hawaii) and Sophia University (Japan).  She subsequently enrolled in the PhD program in
Political Science at the University of Waikato in Hamilton, New Zeal

A: The author is in a position that allows her to access reliable evidence since she subsequently enrolled
in the PhD program in Political Science at the University of Waikato in Hamilton, New Zealand,
working under the direction of Dr. Alan Simpson, a highly respected New Zealand political
scientist.  Her dissertation was entitled “An Analysis of Canadian, Australia and New Zealand
Commercial Relations with Japan, 1985-1997”

V: The author has a personal stake in the topic because her current research focuses on government
policy and the commercialization of environmental technologies.  This work is part of her ongoing
studies of national innovation policies and economic development, focusing primarily on Japan
and East Asia. 

E: The author has specialized knowledge on the issue since one of her primary research areas are the
political economy of Japan. She is considered an expert in her field since she has been awarded
three Social Science and Humanities Research Council research awards, two SSHRC
conference grants, three Japan Foundation Awards for research, and a Government of Japan
fellowship.

N: The author is neutral about this issue since she mainly discusses on how Japan has influenced a
variety of critical global developments.