Togo Tsukahara

Research Article
November 18, 2021

Meteorology on the Southern Frontier of Japan's Empire: Ogasawara Kazuo at Taihoku Imperial University

This paper outlines some characteristics of the academic activity in the Japanese colonial setting, with special...
Introduction
November 18, 2021

Introduction to Feature Issue: Colonial Science in Former Japanese Imperial Universities

This feature issue deals with a historical analysis of the scientific practices in and around the former Japanese...
Panel Discussion: STS in Japan and East Asia
November 18, 2021

Introduction (1): Japanese STS in Global, East Asian, and Local Contexts

In March 2009, I had the opportunity to participate in the workshop “Toward a Trans-Asian Science & Technology...
Panel Discussion Ii: Sts in Japan And East Asia
November 18, 2021

Work in Progress: Proposal for Comparative Studies on East Asia STS

Currently, a new STS field, East Asian Science, Technology and Society (EASTS), has been developed. However, the...
Panel Discussion Ii: Sts in Japan And East Asia
November 18, 2021

Introduction (2): Japanese STS in Global, East Asian, and Local Contexts

It is generally agreed that East Asian economic development has been realized through techno-scientific success. The...
An East Asian STS Panel Discussion on Japan's 3/11 And Fukushima Crises
November 17, 2021

STS Implications of Japan's 3/11 Crisis

On 11 March 2011, a mega-earthquake (magnitude 9.0) hit the northeastern coast of Japan, followed by tsunamis of...
Research Note
November 16, 2021

Japan's “Nuclear Village” Beyond the Border: The Japan-Indonesia Network of Nuclear Engineering

In this paper, the authors analyze the formation of a network of Indonesian nuclear experts. Their investigation of...
essay
November 15, 2021

Making STS Socially Responsible: Reflections on Japanese STS

It's terribly sad to have to announce that a leading historian of Japanese technology, Hitoshi Yoshioka...
essay
November 15, 2021

Legacies and Networking: Japanese STS in Transformation

This essay is intended to be part 2 of my reflections on Japanese STS. Following my review on the criticism of...
Research Note
November 15, 2021

Putting Joseph Needham in the East Asian Context: Commentaries on Papers about the Reception of Needham’s Works in Korea and Taiwan

Joseph Needham was the champion of the history of science in China. His Science and Civilization in China series...