CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY IN JAPAN.

The article talks about the approach and concerns of cultural anthropology in Japan which are highly eccentric to the Japanese intellectual tradition. Cultural anthropology in the country is relatively isolated from the rest of the world and overwhelmed by local materials and discussions. Most of the cultural anthropologists in the country rarely addressed their work to the international community. Furthermore, though the Japanese Society of Ethnology has long been known as the nationwide academic association of cultural anthropologists, it was only after World War II that cultural anthropology became recognized as an independent discipline in Japan's academic field.