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Genealogy of Anglophilia in Japan from 1980 to 2000 (90794)
Session Chair: Mico Poonoosamy
This presentation will be live-streamed via Zoom (Online Access)
Friday, 16 May 2025 13:15
Session: Session 3
Room: Live-Stream Room 1
Presentation Type: Live-Stream Presentation
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This paper argues the rise and fall of Japanese Anglophilia from 1980 to 2000 by analysing the interrelationship between cultural policy and private taste, focusing on the period from the 1980s to 2000, to reveal the remaining significant impact of this pro-British sentiment on the development of Japanese society and culture Method:1.Examining and analysing the discourse of about 70 pro-British books, government papers. published in Japan during that period that were pro-British. 2. Analysing the 3-year results of a survey on pro-British sentiments conducted in a university. 3. Presentation and analysis of current British culture influenced anime, afternoon tea fads, etc. and studying the impact of various ongoing British festivals in Japan. Results: 1. Examples of “relaxed lifestyle” and “decisive attitude based on personal experience and policy” that are not found in Japan are cited and praised. 2. There is a deliberate suggestion to move away from the bubble-era attitude of pursuing “wealth abundance” to a search for “calm spiritual peacefulness” 3. A high percentage of English major students in the university show a high degree of pro-Britishness, which might be strongly influenced by their close family members and acquaintances who had some experiences relating to the UK. 4. Britishness is embraced in many aspects of Japanese consumer culture, with some significant misunderstandings of the underlying aspects of British society Discussion: The recent Japanese pro-Britishness is based on Japanese interpretations of Britishness, influenced by the “relaxed and comfortable life with personal taste and policy' after the bubble economy.
Authors:
Michiko Sakaguchi, Tsuda University, Japan
About the Presenter(s)
Ms. Michiko Sakaguchi is a project researcher at the Institute for Research in Language and Culture, Graduate School of Tsuda University and an instructor at Tsuda University.
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