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Japaneseness For Western Audiences In Video Games: How The West Came To Desire Japanese Cultural Marks In Their Video Games, Benjamin Echikson
Japaneseness For Western Audiences In Video Games: How The West Came To Desire Japanese Cultural Marks In Their Video Games, Benjamin Echikson
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This honors thesis studies trends in the localization of “Japaneseness” -- aspects of Japanese culture -- in Japanese videos published in the West over the 40-year history of Japanese home console video games. Through case study analysis and comparisons of Japanese versions of video games with their Western counterparts that span from the mid-1980s to the present day, this thesis examines how Japanese video game companies choose to either remove or keep aspects of Japanese culture in the West, and how Western players respond to Japaneseness in their video games. This thesis argues that over the 40 year history of …
Japanese Nuclear Power Policy: Forty Years Of Construction, Confusion, And Conflict, Sarah Fries
Japanese Nuclear Power Policy: Forty Years Of Construction, Confusion, And Conflict, Sarah Fries
Honors Papers
How could Japan, a victim of nuclear weapons, become the world's third largest nuclear power country? Drawing upon English and Japanese sources as well as pro-nuclear and anti-nuclear publications, I stove to provide a balanced analysis of Japan's nuclear power debate and context in which to understand the 2011 Fukushima Crisis. By analyzing the role of the press and the anti-nuclear and pro-nuclear coalitions, I provide arguments as to why the Japanese energy policy has been predominantly pro-nuclear since the 1950s and hazard an argument that nuclear power will likely continue to exist in Japan.