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The American Association for Chinese Studies (AACS), founded in 1959, is the only academic society in America devoted exclusively to the general area of Chinese studies.

Asian Cinema has published continuously since Vol. 7 (1995), serving as a key resource for Asian film researchers and teachers.

Asian Ethnology is a peer-reviewed journal that began in China as Folklore Studies in 1942 and is now published semi-annually through Nanzan University in Japan in collaboration with The University of Iowa’s Department of Anthropology.

The Asia-Pacific Law and Policy Journal (APLPJ) is the first fully-functional, web-based, American legal journal dedicated to issues facing Asia and the Pacific Rim. Founded in 1999 by law students at the William S. Richardson School of Law, the Journal provides a worldwide forum for the presentation and discussion of legal, policy-based, and socio-economic issues in the region.

The Asia Pacific Journal: Japan Focus, founded in 2004 as Japan Focus, is an online open source journal coordinated and produced by scholars and journalists across the globe.

Soon to be four times a year, China Review International presents timely, English-language reviews of recently published China-related books and monographs from China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Japan, Europe, the U.S., and elsewhere.

Intersections is an online journal that has been being published since 1998.

The Journal of Asian Studies (JAS) has played a defining role in the field of Asian studies for over 65 years. JAS publishes the very best empirical and multidisciplinary work on Asia, spanning the arts, history, literature, the social sciences, and cultural studies.

The Journal of Japanese Studies was established in 1974 as a multidisciplinary forum for communicating new information, new interpretations, and recent research results concerning Japan to the English-reading world. JJS publishes broad, exploratory articles suggesting new analyses and interpretations, substantial book reviews, translations of Japanese articles of particular interest, and occasional symposia. It is published twice each year, winter and summer, with an annual total of well over 500 pages.

The Journal of Korean Studies is published by the University of Washington-Korea Studies Program, in collaboration with Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. It has been a leading academic forum for innovative, in-depth research on Korea.

Monumenta Nipponica, an interdisciplinary journal on Japanese culture and society, was founded in 1938, making it one of the oldest English-language academic journals in the field of Asian studies. Published semiannually as an international forum for research on Japan by Sophia University, Tokyo, MN carries both original scholarly contributions on history, literature, art history, religion, and thought, and translations of important Japanese literary and historical sources.

Pacific Affairs is a peer-reviewed quarterly, featuring in-depth research on the most salient issues in Asia and the Pacific today. Established in 1926 as the official newsletter for the one of the first and most prominent international NGOs, the Institute for Pacific Relations, Pacific Affairs is one of the oldest English-language academic journals on Asia and the Pacific.

Social Science Japan Journal (SSJJ) is a forum for original scholarly papers on modern Japan, published by Oxford University Press. SSJJ’s editorial board is located at the University of Tokyo’s Institute of Social Science, and we are supported by an outstanding international advisory board. SSJJ is listed in the prestigious Social Science Citation Index (SSCI), in the “Area Studies” category, establishing us as one of the leading academic journals in our field in the world. SSJJ publishes original papers on social science issues related to modern/contemporary Japan, including comparative work and studies of international relations. All social science disciplines (anthropology, economics, history, law, political science, and sociology) are represented.

South East Asia Research is a well-established journal in the interdisciplinary field of South East Asian studies, published by IP Publishing on behalf of the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) in London.