Dear Colleagues

The Journal of International and Advanced Japanese Studies is currently seeking new manuscripts for its 2018-2019 issues to be published in February 2019. This year, we are accepting research papers (up to 20 pages in length), research notes (up to 15 pages), essays on teaching innovations and practices (up to 15 pages), review essays (up to 10 pages), and book reviews (up to 6 pages) written in either English or Japanese.

Please refer to the Submission Guidelines in English or Japanese (available at http://japan.tsukuba.ac.jp/research/en/submission-guidelines.html) if you intend to make a submission to our Journal. It must be noted that to be eligible to submit a manuscript to our Journal, authors must have completed a recognized course in research ethics.

Please send the gIntention to Submith form, completed either in English or Japanese, and also available on the above website, to us via e-mail or postal service. The addresses and deadlines are below.

E-mail: jiajshathjapan.tsukuba.ac.jp
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* Please use this new email address (effective as of May 1, 2018).

Postal Address:
Editorial Committee, JIAJS
Journal of International and Advanced Japanese Studies in International and Advanced Japanese Studies
Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Tsukuba
Tennodai 1-1-1, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, JAPAN. 305-8571

Ø    The first deadline for receiving your gIntention to Submith (via email or post to the IAJS Office):
Friday, June 15th, 2018 (strictly enforced).
Ø    The second deadline for receiving receipts of all manuscript types (via email or post to the IAJS Office):
Monday, July 16th, 2018 (strictly enforced).

With regard to the formatting for research articles and research notes, please confirm the templates as formatting guidelines in Japanese or English for the Journal. The templates are available at:
http://japan.tsukuba.ac.jp/research/en/submission-guidelines.html.


About the Journal of International and Advanced Japanese Studies

The Journal is a peer-reviewed academic journal published annually by the Masterfs and Doctoral Programs in International and Advanced Japanese Studies, Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Tsukuba.
The Journal purports to promote open-debates through leading research effectsf publishing in Japanese Studies. We welcome many submissions from the perspectives of cross-national and international studies as well as perspectives in all social science fields (encompassing politics, economics, society, law, media and information studies, culture, language and pedagogy, fine arts, and literature). The Journal *especially encourages* graduate students (M.A. level and above) to submit manuscripts to the journal.

All queries and submissions should be addressed to the editorial board at:
jiajshathjapan.tsukuba.ac.jp
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We look forward to receiving your submissions.

Editorial Committee, JIAJS
University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan