ANJeL Program Convenor (Judges-in-Residence) A/Prof Stacey Steele and UMelbourne colleagues have produced or assembled webinar recordings, interview transcripts and other resources comparing how Japanese and society has managed the COVID-19 pandemic, available here.
These resources include:
Quarantine, Masks and Dis/ease: Social Discourses of COVID-19 in Japan and Korea
Sunyoung Oh, Claire Maree, Jun Ohashi and Patrick Murphy
Originally posted on the Melbourne Asia Review, 5 November 2020 [43-minute recorded webinar]
An Analysis of Japanese Responses to COVID-19 from an Administrative Law Perspective
Shusaku Kitajima, 8 October 2020 [article, building on interview with Stacey Steele (26 May, transcript here)]
Responses to COVID-19 and Japanese Criminal Justice
Reegan Grayson-Morison and Stacey Steele, 24 June 2020 [interview transcript]
Judicial Responses to COVID-19: Japanese and Victorian Courts’ Use of Technology
Reegan Grayson-Morison and Stacey Steele, 23 June 2020 [interview transcript]
Embracing Asian Law Centre Communities and Opportunities: Alumni Gathering of Japanese Judicial Visitors
Stacey Steele, 18 June 2020 [short article]
Regionalism Rises in Japan to Confront COVID-19
Dan Rosen, 21 May 2020 [short article]
Japan’s Soft State of Emergency: Social Pressure Instead of Legal Penalty
Akiko Ejima
Co-posted in collaboration with COVID-DEM, which curates and publishes analysis of COVID-19’s impact on democracy worldwide, 13 May 2020 [short article]
Not a Sporting Chance: COVID-19 Dashes Japan’s Olympic Economic Hopes
Asialink
Originally posted on Asialink Insights, 11 May 2020 [short article]
