Colonial Surveillance: Technologies of Identification and Control in Japan’s Empire

Midori Ogasawara's new book explores how Japan governed its domestic and colonial populations through distinct systems of identification, and the postcolonial legacies these systems imparted to pos...

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Pacific Affairs
Published
2026-09-29
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1080/0030851x.2026.2739713
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Japanese History and Culture
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Colonial Surveillance: Technologies of Identification and Control in Japan’s Empire

Max M. Ward
Pacific Affairs
Japanese History and Culture
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Colonial Surveillance: Technologies of Identification and Control in Japan’s Empire

Max M. Ward
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Abstract

Midori Ogasawara's new book explores how Japan governed its domestic and colonial populations through distinct systems of identification, and the postcolonial legacies these systems imparted to pos...

Pacific Affairs
Middlebury College (US)
Openalex Percentile: Top 2%
Japanese History and Culture
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