Christopher Hood

2025

• Hood, C. P. 2025. Dream Super-Express: A cultural history of the world's first bullet train, by Jessamyn Abel [Book Review]. Social Science Japan Journal 28 (2)(10.1093/ssjj/jyaf013)
• Hood, C. and Hayes, C. J. 2025. Bonded by stereotypes, clichés, and tropes: introduction to themed issue “symbols of Japan”. New Readings 20 , pp.i-xvi. (10.18573/newreadings.153)

2024

• Hood, C. 2024. Japan: The basics. 2nd Edition. London:: Routledge. (10.4324/9781003216704)
• Hood, C. 2024. Depicting the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki: History and continued significance. In: Köhn, S. and Hülsmann, K. eds. Articulations of the Nuclear: Postwar Japan under the Spell of the Atomic Age. Vol. 13, Kulturwissenschaftliche Japanstudien Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz. , pp.105-125.
• Hood, C. 2024. Japan says ‘Western Pop’?:No thanks, don’t do it. Presented at: 24th BATJ Conference Cardiff, UK 9-10 September 2022. Vol. 24.The British Association for Teaching Japanese as a Foreign Language. , pp.41-51.

2022

• Hood, C. P. 2022. Book Review. Japan Forum (10.1080/09555803.2022.2140181)
• Hood, C. P. 2022. Truth and limitations: Japanese media and disasters. In: Mithani, F. and Kirsch, G. eds. Handbook of Japanese Media and Popular Culture in Transition. Japan Documents Handbook Series Tokyo: MHM. , pp.17-31. (10.5117/9789463728898-3)
• Hood, C. P. 2022. Les récits de catastrophe japonais du début du XXIe siècle : continuité et changement. Ebisu 59 , pp.95-123. (10.4000/ebisu.6809)
• Hood, C. 2022. Wings for the rising sun: a transnational history of Japanese aviation by Jürgen P. Melzer (2020, Cambridge: Harvard University Asia Center) [Book Review]. The Journal of Japanese Studies 48 (1), pp.171-174. (10.1353/jjs.2022.0011)

2021

• Hood, C. 2021. Kontentsu Tsuurizumu In Purein Saito – Seichi Toshite Koukuuki. In: Kontentsu Tsuurizumu – Media-o Koudan Suru Kontentsu to Ekkyou suru Fandamu. Sapporo: Hokkaido University Press. , pp.263-283.
• Hood, C. 2021. William W. Kelly, The Sportsworld of the Hanshin Tigers: Professional Baseball in Modern Japan, University of California Press, Oakland, 2019, 315 pp [Book Review]. Japan Forum 33 (3), pp.445-447. (10.1080/09555803.2020.1776754)

2020

• Hood, C. 2020. Developing a model to explain modifications to public transportation accident memorials. Mortality 25 (4), pp.449-469. (10.1080/13576275.2019.1702009)
• Hood, C. 2020. Disaster narratives by design: Is Japan different?. International Journal of Mass Emergencies and Disasters 38 (2), pp.176-200.
• Hood, C. 2020. Tragic remembrance, global sorrow: book review of Aya Fujiwara and David R. Marples (eds.), Hiroshima-75: Nuclear Issues in Global Contexts [Book Review]. Electronic Journal of Contemporary Japanese Studies 20 (2)
• Hood, C. 2020. An anthropology of the machine: Tokyo’s commuter train network, by Michael Fisch, Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2018, 320 pp., ISBN 9780226558554 [Review]. Social Science Japan Journal 23 (2), pp.346-348. (10.1093/ssjj/jyaa004)
• Hood, C. 2020. Nakasone and JL123/Nakasone to Nikkō 123-bin. In: Toko, A. and Cho, eds. Nikkō 123-bin Tsuiraku Atsuryoku Kakuheiki Setsu-o Kutsugaesu. Tokyo: Kawade Shobō Shinsha. , pp.218-229.

2018

• Hood, C. 2018. Conflicting and complementary demands after a disaster: The different faces of remembering the JL123 crash. Kamizono 20 , pp.151-159.
• Hood, C. 2018. Rewriting history in manga: Stories for the nation –Nissim Otmazgin & Rebecca Suter (Eds) [Book Review]. Mutual Images Journal 2018 (4), pp.108-110. (10.32926/2018.4.r.hoo.rewri)
• Hood, C. 2018. Review of ‘Seventeen’ by Hideo Yokoyama. The Japan Society Review 74
• Hood, C. 2018. Osutaka: A chronicle of loss in the world’s largest single plane crash. Caradoc Books.

2017

• Hood, C. 2017. Japan. In: Lowry, L. L. ed. The SAGE International Encyclopedia of Travel and Tourism. SAGE. , pp.698-701. (10.4135/9781483368924.n257)
• Hood, C. 2017. Maglev trains. In: The Sage Encyclopaedia of Travel and Tourism. Sage. , pp.784-784. (http://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781483368924.n288)
• Hood, C. 2017. Rail travel, Asia & Pacific. In: The Sage Encyclopaedia of Travel and Tourism. Sage. , pp.999-1003. (10.4135/9781483368924.n370)
• Hood, C. P. 2017. Seismic Japan: the long history and continuing legacy of the Ansei Edo earthquake, by G. Smits/When the earth roars: lessons from the history of earthquakes in Japan, by G. Smits [Book Review]. Japan Forum 29 (1), pp.134-136. (10.1080/09555803.2016.1226376)

2014

• Hood, C. P. 2014. Japan: the basics. London: Routledge.
• Hood, C. P. 2014. Osutaka: a chronicle of loss in the world's largest single plane crash. Lulu.
• Hood, C. P. 2014. Reporting the world's biggest single plane crash. In: Rausch, A. ed. Japanese Journalism and the Japanese Newspaper. Teneo Press. , pp.131-152.

2013

• Hood, C. P. 2013. Disaster and death in Japan: responses to the Flight JL123 crash. In: Suzuki, H. ed. Death and Dying in Contemporary Japan. Japan Anthropology Workshop Series Abingdon: Routledge. , pp.202-225.
• Hood, C. P. 2013. Visualization of death in Japan: the case of the flight JL123 crash. In: Aaron, M. ed. Envisaging death: visual culture and dying. Cambridge: Cambridge Scholars Publishing. , pp.120-139.

2011

• Hood, C. P. 2011. Contrasting experiences of growth and decline in regional Japan. In: Matanle, P. and Rausch, A. eds. Japan's Shrinking Regions in the 21st Century. Cambria Press. , pp.131-154.
• Hood, C. P. 2011. Dealing with disaster in Japan: Responses to the Flight JL123 crash. Abingdon, UK: Routledge.

2010

• Hood, C. P. 2010. The Shinkansen's local impact. Social Science Japan Journal 13 (2), pp.211-225. (10.1093/ssjj/jyq004)

2009

• Hood, C. P. 2009. Narratives on the world's worst plane crash: Flight JL123 in print and on screen. Working paper. Cardiff: Cardiff Crimes Narrative Network, Cardiff University. Available at: http://cardiff.academia.edu/ChristopherHood/Papers/95510/Narratives_on_the_Worlds_Worst_Plane_Crash_Flight_JL123_in_Print_and_on_Screen.

2008

• Hood, C. ed. 2008. The politics of modern Japan. 4 vols.. Critical Issues in Modern Politics Abingdon: Routledge.
• Hood, C. P. 2008. From polling station to political station? Politics and the Shinkansen. In: Hood, C. P. ed. The Politics of Modern Japan. Vol. 1, Critical issues in modern politics Abingdon: Routledge. , pp.178-197.
• Hood, C. P. 2008. Introduction: elections: reflecting Japan or the politicians?. In: Hood, C. P. ed. The Politics of modern Japan. Vol. 4, Critical issues in modern politics Abingdon: Taylor & Francis/Routledge. , pp.1-4.
• Hood, C. P. 2008. Introduction: Pragmatic and cooperative, but sometimes alone. In: Hood, C. P. ed. The politics of modern Japan. Vol. 3, Critical issues in modern politics Abingdon: Taylor & Francis/Routledge. , pp.1-3.
• Hood, C. P. 2008. Introduction: responding to change and making change. In: Hood, C. P. ed. The Politics of modern Japan. Vol. 2, Critical Issues in modern politics Abingdon: Taylor & Francis/Routledge. , pp.1-4.
• Hood, C. P. 2008. Introduction: the importance of Japanese politics. In: Hood, C. P. ed. The Politics of modern Japan. Vol. 1, Critical issues in modern politics Abingdon: Taylor & Franci/Routledge. , pp.178-197.
• Hood, C. P. 2008. Researching Japan's worst plane crash. JAWS (Japan Anthropology Workshop) Newsletter 42 , pp.38-40.
• Hood, C. P. 2008. War on the Tokaido. Bullet-In 65 (11)

2007

• Hood, C. P. 2007. Photographing the Shinkansen: Fuji. Japanese Railway Society Bullet-In 62 , pp.14-17.
• Hood, C. P. 2007. Bullets and trains: Exporting Japan’s Shinkansen to China and Taiwan. Japan Focus , pp.n/a.
• Hood, C. P. 2007. Flight JL123: SOS. Documentation. Cardiff: Cardiff University. Available at: http://www.hood-online.co.uk/publications/JL123-SOS.pdf.
• Hood, C. P. 2007. The Shinkansen: Japan's iconic railways. Japan Visitor

2006

• Hood, C. P. 2006. Photographing the Shinkansen: Okayama. Japanese Railway Society Bullet-In 61
• Hood, C. P. 2006. Photographing the Shinkansen (part two): Fukuyama and Tokuyama. Japanese Railway Society Bullet-In 58 , pp.27-28.
• Hood, C. P. 2006. High-speed trains in Japan. Railway Strategies 37 , pp.111-113.
• Hood, C. P. 2006. Miyazaki, Manabu (2005) Toppamono: Outlaw, Radical, Suspect – My Life in Japan's Underworld, Tokyo: Kotan Publishing, hardback, 460 pages ISBN: 0970171625. [Book Review]. Electronic Journal of Contemporary Japanese Studies 6 (1) Book Review 4.
• Hood, C. P. 2006. From polling station to political station? Politics and the shinkansen. Japan Forum 18 (1), pp.45-53. (10.1080/09555800500498228)
• Hood, C. P. 2006. Igirisu-ga hitsuy-to suru mono – sore-wa shinkansen, kokyo kotsu no nichiei hikaku [What Britain needs is the Shinkansen]. Comparative Law and Culture: The bulletin of the Surugadai University Institute of Comparative Law (14), pp.55-69.
• Hood, C. P. 2006. Japan; Iran. In: Lowe, R. and Spencer, C. eds. Iran, its Neighbours and the Regional Crises: A Middle East Programme Report. London: Chatham House. , pp.49.
• Hood, C. P. 2006. Photographing the Shinkansen: Kakegawa. Japanese Railway Society Bullet-In (57), pp.14-16.
• Hood, C. P. 2006. Photographing the Shinkansen: Lake Hamana. Japanese Railway Society Bullet-In 59 , pp.20-24.
• Hood, C. P. 2006. Photographing the Shinkansen: Tohoku Shinknsen in Kant?. Japanese Railway Society Bullet-In 60 , pp.17-20.
• Hood, C. P. 2006. Shinkansen: pioneering high speed railway. The Slough & Windsor Triangle 70 , pp.12-13.
• Hood, C. P. 2006. Japan: All change. The World Today 62 (8/9), pp.28-29.
• Hood, C. P. 2006. Shinkansen: from bullet train to low-flying plane. Routledge Contemporary Japan Series Abingdon, UK: Routledge.

2005

• Hood, C. P. 2005. EXPO 2005. Bullet-In July (55), pp.29-30.
• Hood, C. P. 2005. Hon no Jodan desuyo?. In: Kondo, K. ed. Yuganda Kagami-ni Utsutta Nihon – Japan Reflected in a Cracked Mirror. GNAC. , pp.113-120.
• Hood, C. P. 2005. It's snow joke for the Shinkansen. Japanese Railway Society Bullet-In (53), pp.33-34.
• Hood, C. P. 2005. Mad in Japan: only joking?. In: Kondo, K. ed. Yuganda Kagami-ni Utsutta Nihon – Japan Reflected in a Cracked Mirror. Tokyo, Japan: GNAC. , pp.250-258.
• Hood, C. P. 2005. Sleeper train to Sapporo. Japanese Railway Society Bullet-In 54 (14)
• Hood, C. P. 2005. Tokaido Shinkansen 40th anniversary. Japanese Railway Society Bullet-In 53 , pp.11-12.

2004

• Hood, C. P. 2004. 'Governance for a New Century: Japanese Challenges, American Experience', Thomas E. Mann and Sasaki Takeshi (eds). The Brookings Institution, 2002, 133 pp., £16.75. ISBN: 4889070613 [Book Review]. Public Administration 82 (2), pp.538-539. (10.1111/j.0033-3298.2004.00405.x)
• Hood, C. P. 2004. Japanese capitalism and modernity in a global era: Re-fabricating lifetime employment relations, P. C. D. Matanle, Routledge Curzon, London (2003) ISBN 0-415-30574-8 [Book Review]. Journal of Interdisciplinary Economics 16 (1), pp.118-119.

2003

• Bownas, G. , Hood, C. P. and Powers, D. 2003. Doing business with the Japanese: a one-stop guide to Japanese business practice. London: Direct Image.
• Hood, C. P. 2003. Getting about in Japan. In: Hood, C. P. , Powers, D. and Bownas, G. eds. Doing Business with the Japanese: A One-stop Guide to Japanese Business Practice. London: Direct Image. , pp.130-141.
• Hood, C. P. 2003. Review of 'Japan and Greater China: political economy and military power in the Asian Century', G. Austin and S. Harris, Hurst & Company, London (2001) ISBN 1-85065-473-5 [Book Review]. The Japan Society Proceedings 140 , pp.91-92.
• Hood, C. P. 2003. The third great reform of the Japanese education system: success in the 1980s onwards. In: Goodman, R. and Phillips, D. eds. Can the Japanese Change Their Education System?. Oxford Studies in Comparative Education Vol. 12(1).Wallingford: Symposium Books. , pp.73-85.

2002

• Hood, C. 2002. Getting on track: High speed railways in Japan and the UK. Anglo-Japanese Academy Proceedings , pp.517-530.
• Hood, C. P. 2002. Review of 'Asian Media Productions', B Moeran (ed), Curzon Press, London (2001) ISBN 0-7007-1334-4 [Book Review]. Bulletin of the European Association for Japanese Studies 60 , pp.26-27.
• Hood, C. P. 2002. Review of 'Asian Nationalism in an Age of Globalization', R Starrs (ed), Japan Library, London (2001) ISBN 1-903350-03-4 [Book Review]. Bulletin of the European Association for Japanese Studies 61 , pp.19-20.
• Hood, C. P. 2002. Review of 'Japan at Play: The Ludic and the Logic of Power', J Hendry and M Raveri (ed), Routledge, London (2002) ISBN 0-415-21501-3 [Book Review]. Bulletin of the European Association for Japanese Studies 61 , pp.18-19.
• Hood, C. P. 2002. The real bullet train. Japanese Railway Society Bullet-In , pp.37-38.