{"title":"Introduction: Critique and Vision for Japanese Sociology","authors":"Hideo Nakazawa","doi":"10.1111/ijjs.70013","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/ijjs.70013","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":29652,"journal":{"name":"Japanese Journal of Sociology","volume":"35 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2026-10-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149205904","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Women on the Right: Conservative Gender Movements in Japan By Ayaka Suzuki, Kyoto, Japan: Transpacific Press, 2024. 259 pp. $37.95 (paperback). ISBN: 978-1-92-085018-0","authors":"Jackie J. Kim-Wachutka","doi":"10.1111/ijjs.70012","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/ijjs.70012","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":29652,"journal":{"name":"Japanese Journal of Sociology","volume":"35 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2026-08-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148849248","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
An increasing pattern of female-led migration to urban centers, reflecting gender-selective internal migration, has been widely observed worldwide. Although urban feminization has received considerable scholarly attention in Western contexts, research on internal migration in Japan has largely focused on structural factors, such as educational advancement and employment, with limited consideration of gender dimensions. Using large-scale retrospective survey data, this study traces individual migration trajectories from ages 15 to 35 to clarify gendered patterns of interregional mobility among Japan's younger population. It further explores the emotional underpinnings of these patterns from the perspective of subjective well-being. The results reveal two key patterns. First, geographic mobility varies significantly by gender and educational background: individuals with higher education are more likely to relocate from their place of origin, whereas men are more prone than women to return. Second, the relationship between migration experience and subjective well-being is also gendered. For men, marital status emerges as the primary determinant of well-being, whereas for women, residing away from their hometown, particularly in large urban centers, is more strongly linked to higher well-being, irrespective of marital status. These findings suggest that internal migration is related to the well-being of men and women in fundamentally different ways. The gendered meanings attached to geographic mobility may underlie the growing concentration of women in urban areas and the gender imbalance among youth in rural municipalities.
{"title":"Gender Differences in Urban Migration and Subjective Well-Being in Japan","authors":"Junya Tsutsui, Wenwen Li","doi":"10.1111/ijjs.70011","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/ijjs.70011","url":null,"abstract":"<p>An increasing pattern of female-led migration to urban centers, reflecting gender-selective internal migration, has been widely observed worldwide. Although urban feminization has received considerable scholarly attention in Western contexts, research on internal migration in Japan has largely focused on structural factors, such as educational advancement and employment, with limited consideration of gender dimensions. Using large-scale retrospective survey data, this study traces individual migration trajectories from ages 15 to 35 to clarify gendered patterns of interregional mobility among Japan's younger population. It further explores the emotional underpinnings of these patterns from the perspective of subjective well-being. The results reveal two key patterns. First, geographic mobility varies significantly by gender and educational background: individuals with higher education are more likely to relocate from their place of origin, whereas men are more prone than women to return. Second, the relationship between migration experience and subjective well-being is also gendered. For men, marital status emerges as the primary determinant of well-being, whereas for women, residing away from their hometown, particularly in large urban centers, is more strongly linked to higher well-being, irrespective of marital status. These findings suggest that internal migration is related to the well-being of men and women in fundamentally different ways. The gendered meanings attached to geographic mobility may underlie the growing concentration of women in urban areas and the gender imbalance among youth in rural municipalities.</p>","PeriodicalId":29652,"journal":{"name":"Japanese Journal of Sociology","volume":"35 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2026-07-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/ijjs.70011","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148466664","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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