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Dr Christopher Hood
- Media commentator
- Available for postgraduate supervision
Teams and roles for Christopher Hood
Reader in Japanese Studies
Overview
My research revolves around a number of issues. The one thing that connects them all, to date, is Japan.
The second aspect that features in much of my research is memorialisation, symbolism and identity. This was a part of my research on the education reforms embarked on by Prime Minister Nakasone. After that, it has been a feature of my research on the shinkansen and also about the flight JL123 crash.
Consequently, the third feature of much of my research has been about public transportation in Japan.
For further details please see the following page Christopher P. Hood (wordpress.com)
Publication
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.
- 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. Rail travel, Asia & Pacific. In: The Sage Encyclopaedia of Travel and Tourism. Sage, pp. 999-1003., (10.4135/9781483368924.n370)
- 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. 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. 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.
- 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.
2011
- Hood, C. P. 2011. Dealing with disaster in Japan: Responses to the Flight JL123 crash. Abingdon, UK: Routledge.
- 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.
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. 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. 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. ed. 2008. The politics of modern Japan. 4 vols.. Critical Issues in Modern Politics. Abingdon: Routledge.
- Hood, C. P. 2008. War on the Tokaido. Bullet-In 65(11)
- Hood, C. P. 2008. Researching Japan's worst plane crash. JAWS (Japan Anthropology Workshop) Newsletter 42, pp. 38-40.
2007
- Hood, C. P. 2007. Photographing the Shinkansen: Fuji. Japanese Railway Society Bullet-In 62, pp. 14-17.
- Hood, C. P. 2007. The Shinkansen: Japan's iconic railways. Japan Visitor
- 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
2006
- Hood, C. P. 2006. Photographing the Shinkansen: Okayama. Japanese Railway Society Bullet-In 61
- 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. 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. Japan: All change. The World Today 62(8/9), pp. 28-29.
- 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), article number: Book Review 4.
- Hood, C. P. 2006. Shinkansen: from bullet train to low-flying plane. Routledge Contemporary Japan Series. Abingdon, UK: Routledge.
- 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. From polling station to political station? Politics and the shinkansen. Japan Forum 18(1), pp. 45-53. (10.1080/09555800500498228)
- 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.
2005
- Hood, C. P. 2005. EXPO 2005. Bullet-In July(55), pp. 29-30.
- Hood, C. P. 2005. Sleeper train to Sapporo. Japanese Railway Society Bullet-In 54(14)
- 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. 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. Tokaido Shinkansen 40th anniversary. Japanese Railway Society Bullet-In 53, pp. 11-12.
- Hood, C. P. 2005. It's snow joke for the Shinkansen. Japanese Railway Society Bullet-In(53), pp. 33-34.
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. 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.
- 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.
2002
- 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. The real bullet train. Japanese Railway Society Bullet-In, pp. 37-38.
- 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. 2002. Getting on track: High speed railways in Japan and the UK. Anglo-Japanese Academy Proceedings, pp. 517-530.
Adrannau llyfrau
- 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. 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.
- 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. 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.
- 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. Rail travel, Asia & Pacific. In: The Sage Encyclopaedia of Travel and Tourism. Sage, pp. 999-1003., (10.4135/9781483368924.n370)
- 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. 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.
- 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.
- 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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.
- 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.
Cynadleddau
- 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.
Erthyglau
- 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)
- Hood, C. P. 2022. Book Review. Japan Forum (10.1080/09555803.2022.2140181)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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. 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. 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)
- Hood, C. P. 2010. The Shinkansen's local impact. Social Science Japan Journal 13(2), pp. 211-225. (10.1093/ssjj/jyq004)
- Hood, C. P. 2008. War on the Tokaido. Bullet-In 65(11)
- Hood, C. P. 2008. Researching Japan's worst plane crash. JAWS (Japan Anthropology Workshop) Newsletter 42, pp. 38-40.
- Hood, C. P. 2007. Photographing the Shinkansen: Fuji. Japanese Railway Society Bullet-In 62, pp. 14-17.
- Hood, C. P. 2007. The Shinkansen: Japan's iconic railways. Japan Visitor
- Hood, C. P. 2007. Bullets and trains: Exporting Japan’s Shinkansen to China and Taiwan. Japan Focus, pp. n/a.
- Hood, C. P. 2006. Photographing the Shinkansen: Okayama. Japanese Railway Society Bullet-In 61
- 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. 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. Japan: All change. The World Today 62(8/9), pp. 28-29.
- 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), article number: Book Review 4.
- 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. From polling station to political station? Politics and the shinkansen. Japan Forum 18(1), pp. 45-53. (10.1080/09555800500498228)
- 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. 2005. EXPO 2005. Bullet-In July(55), pp. 29-30.
- 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.
- Hood, C. P. 2005. It's snow joke for the Shinkansen. Japanese Railway Society Bullet-In(53), pp. 33-34.
- 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.
- 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. 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. The real bullet train. Japanese Railway Society Bullet-In, pp. 37-38.
- 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. 2002. Getting on track: High speed railways in Japan and the UK. Anglo-Japanese Academy Proceedings, pp. 517-530.
Llyfrau
- Hood, C. 2024. Japan: The basics. 2nd Edition. London:: Routledge. (10.4324/9781003216704)
- Hood, C. 2018. Osutaka: A chronicle of loss in the world’s largest single plane crash. Caradoc Books.
- 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. 2011. Dealing with disaster in Japan: Responses to the Flight JL123 crash. Abingdon, UK: Routledge.
- Hood, C. P. ed. 2008. The politics of modern Japan. 4 vols.. Critical Issues in Modern Politics. Abingdon: Routledge.
- Hood, C. P. 2006. Shinkansen: from bullet train to low-flying plane. Routledge Contemporary Japan Series. Abingdon, UK: Routledge.
- 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.
Monograffau
- 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
- 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. 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.
- 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. 2011. Dealing with disaster in Japan: Responses to the Flight JL123 crash. Abingdon, UK: Routledge.
- 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. 2010. The Shinkansen's local impact. Social Science Japan Journal 13(2), pp. 211-225. (10.1093/ssjj/jyq004)
- 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. ed. 2008. The politics of modern Japan. 4 vols.. Critical Issues in Modern Politics. Abingdon: Routledge.
Research
My research revolves around a number of issues. The one thing that connects them all, to date, is Japan.
The second aspect that features in much of my research is memorialisation, symbolism and identity. This was a part of my research on the education reforms embarked on by Prime Minister Nakasone. After that, it has been a feature of my research on the shinkansen and also about the flight JL123 crash.
Consequently, the third feature of much of my research has been about public transportation in Japan.
Recently I have continued to do research about the JL123 crash, looking specifically at why one of the memorials was modified 30 years after the crash and how this may fit with a model, that I developed, to explain modifications to public transportation accidents. I have also been studying the nature of Japanese disaster narratives (particularly movies), how the JL123 ones fit with the typical style and comparing these also to Hollywood disaster narratives.
Another aspect of my research has been looking at the symbolic side of the ‘wrapping’ of the shinkansen and planes in Japan. This is something that I discussed in my book on the shinkansen, but developed further in Japan: The Basics and then a chapter in a book about ‘contents tourism’ in Japan (also see my posts about Contents Tourism, by clicking here).
To discover more about my research, please search through my site to look at the various pages I have written and also the posts. The posts can be easily found by checking the Research-Related posts category or searching for particular tags or keywords. For example, you can find posts about my research on JL123 here, and about the shinkansen here, those on symbolism here, and those on identity here.
For additional information see Details about my Research – Christopher P. Hood (wordpress.com)
You can also find a list of my publications here and a list of my presentations here.
Teaching
I believe in both research-led teaching and teaching-led research, and aim to improve students' understanding of Japan and to develop key skills such as presentation skills and inter-cultural communication.
The modules I particularly contribute to are
- Japanese Culture and Society
- Memory and Symbols in Japan
- Dissertation (Japanese Studies)
- Intermediate Japanese
I also contribute to some of the MA course on Culture, Creativity and Globalization.
Biography
I am an academic and author based at Cardiff University. My research interests primarily relate to Japan and fall into two areas. First, I am particularly interested in themes relating to memorialisation, identity and symbolism. Second, I am interested in issues relating to the railways and aviation in Japan.
Having become interested in Japan while I was at Concord College, I went on to study Japanese Studies and Business Studies at the School of East Asian Studies (University of Sheffield). Then, after a year on the JET Programme, I returned to Sheffield to do a PhD. Since 2000 I have been at Cardiff University, where I am a Reader in Japanese Studies. From 1999 to 2009 I was also an Associate Fellow at Chatham House. I am a member of the British Association for Japanese Studies, and served as its President for six years.
I am the author of five academic books; Education Reform in Japan: Nakasone’s Legacy, Shinkansen: From Bullet Train to Symbol of Modern Japan, Dealing With Disaster in Japan: Responses to the Flight JL123 Crash, Osutaka: A Chronicle of Loss in the World’s Largest Single Plane Crash, and Japan: The Basics. I have edited two other titles; Doing Business with the Japanese (co-editor with Prof G. Bownas and D. Powers) and the 4 volume The Politics of Modern Japan. I have also written three novels, Hijacking Japan, Tokyo 20/20 Vision and FOUR.
Click here for more information about my research, here for details about selected research publications, here for a list of publications, here for a list of presentations that I have given, and here for information about photographs in my research.
Honours and awards
In 2016 I received a Certificate of Commendation from the Ambassador of Japan in the UK in recognition of distinguished service to contributing to the deepening of mutual understanding and friendship between Japan and UK.
Professional memberships
- British Association for Japanese Studies (BAJS)
- European Association for Japanese Studies (EAJS)
- Japan Anthropology Workshop (JAWS)
- The Japan Society
- JET Alumni Association
- UK-Japan 21st Century Group
Supervisions
I am available for supervising PhD students, covering a range of topics related to Japan in particular. I am currently co-supervising two PhD students - one looking at the digitalization of witness testimonies at memorial museums in Japan, the other looking at fan-subbers in Saudi Arabia.
Current supervision
