Aya Homei

book review
November 18, 2021

A Risk Called Life: Reproductive Strategies of Twentieth-Century Society

Toward the end of the twentieth century, reproduction surfaced on the public agenda in Japan—yet again. As it had...
book review
November 17, 2021

Reforming Public Health in Occupied Japan, 1945–52: Alien Prescriptions?

Reforming Public Health in Occupied Japan, 1945-52: Alien Prescriptions? is a long-awaited volume borne out of the...
book review
November 16, 2021

アジアの出産と家族計画—「産む・産まない・産めない」身体をめぐる政治 [Childbirth and Family Planning in Asia: The Politics of Women's Reproductive Bodies]

Sociopolitical implications of women's reproductive bodies have been subject to historical scrutiny over the decades...
Research Article
November 16, 2021

Between the West and Asia: “Humanistic” Japanese Family Planning in the Cold War

This article studies the formation of Japanese ventures in family planning deployed in various villages in Asia from the
Special Issue
November 16, 2021

Population Control in Cold War Asia: An Introduction