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Diversity and Inclusion in Japanese Television Drama : Disability, Gender, Race, and Sexuality.

Bloomsbury Collections: Asia Studies 2026 Available online

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Kuwahara, Yasue.
Series:
New Studies in Modern Japan Series
Language:
English
Physical Description:
1 online resource (153 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
Place of Publication:
New York : Bloomsbury Academic & Professional, 2026.
Summary:
Analyzes how Japanese dramas have portrayed gender, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, and disability, revealing the cultural logics that shape who is included, how, and to what extent.
Contents:
Cover Page
Half-Title Page
Series Page
Title Page
Imprint
Dedication Page
Contents
List of Tables
Introduction Diversity and Inclusion in Japan
Diversity and Inclusion in Television Drama
Compliance
Sneak Preview
Acknowledgments
Notes
1 Performing Diversity and Inclusion The Tokyo 2020 Olympics and Paralympics Ceremonies
Diversity and Inclusion and the Preparation for the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games
Scandals
Tokyo Olympics Opening and Closing Ceremonies
Tokyo Paralympics Opening and Closing Ceremonies
Limited Diversity and Omitted Inclusion
2 Beyond the "Good Wife, Wise Mother" Gendered Expectations in Contemporary Japanese Drama
Changes in the Dominant Images 1960-2010
What's Going on With Men?
Representations of Women Afer 2010
Return of Home Drama Heroines
Superwomen
Lookism and Ageism
Tokyo Dream vs. Rural Pessimism Dichotomy
Bakarhythm Drama
Conclusion
Note
3 Queering the Home Negotiating LGBTQIA+ Identities in Japanese Media
LGBTQIA+ Representation in Television Drama
NHK
Loveless Couple
Prism
She Wants to Cook, and She Wants to Eat
Commercial Networks
What Did You Eat Yesterday?
Konya Sukiyaki Dayo
Family Meal
4 The Reality of the "Other" Race, Multiculturalism, and Marginalization in Japan
Japanese Perception of Race and Ethnicity
Non-Japanese Representations in Television
Kind-Hearted Cat
Mixed Heritage in Mass Media
Fence
5 Breaking the Medical Model Disability and the Pursuit of Futsu
Disabilities in Japanese culture and media
Supercrips
Second disability drama boom
Creation of ASD stereotypes
A difcult world to live in
Comparison with the 1990s
NHK and social model
The People I Loved Were My Family
Conclusion.
Notes
Conclusion Updating Perceptions Diversity, Inclusion, and Compliance in Contemporary Japan
Seken
Family
NHK vs. Commercial Networks
Final Tought
Appendix List of Television Dramas
Bibliography
Index.
Notes:
Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
ISBN:
9781978771833

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