Following up on a roundtable discussion in 2017, in this workshop Kyoko Tominaga (Ritsumeikan University) and Corey Wallace (GEAS, FU Berlin) will debate the issue of generational change in Japan from a contemporary point of view. This is building towards a special issue to be published in Japan Forum later this year.

Presentations:

Associate Professor Kyoko Tominaga, Ritsumeikan/University of Vienna

Activists Seeking Authenticity in Social Movements: The Study of Activist Identity and Lifestyle Movement in Japan

Dr. Corey Wallace, GEAS, FU Berlin

Differences in Generational Outlook in Japan: Challenging Myths about Ideological Change in Japan