About Author

Nobuko Adachi is an assistant professor in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Illinois State University and is coeditor of Pan-Japan: The International Journal of the Japanese Diaspora. She received her PhD in anthropology from the University of Toronto. She edited a previous volume of essays on overseas Japanese in 2006 (Japanese Diasporas: Unsung Pasts, Conflicting Presents, and Uncertain Futures) which was also translated into Japanese in 2008. She translated, edited, and annotated “Oh, No! I’m Married to the Company!: Japanese Society as Viewed by its Women by Masako Itoh with James Stanlaw in 2007.