Dr Keiko Morita

Morita, K. 2012, Series 4-3 Patriotic Ladies Association, Patriotic Ladies Association under the Total War: Military Support Activities of Patriotic Ladies Association: (1): Maintenance Allowance, Occupation Assistance, Visits, 1, Taiyo Shobo, Niigata, Japan.
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This series are dealing the activities of Patriotic Ladies Association from the outbreak of Sino-Japan war in 1937 until Patriotic Ladies Association disbanded in 1942. Primary activities of Patriotic Ladies Associations can be referred as military supporting activities. This volume tries to deal the military support activities under the total way system of Japan at large. Mainly it deals the detail of maintenance allowance, occupation assistance, visits and volunteer activities. The main sources of the historical data were from the monthly journal of Patriotic Ladies Association Ô++Patriotic LadiesÔ+ and memorial books by regional Patriotic Ladies Association. Classification of activities is followed by the business reports of local branches in "Appendix: Forty Years History of Patriotic Ladies Association". However the classification of military assistance activities and general activities is not easy. Many actual activities were well related and across a number of classifications. Very similar activities could be classified differently by the intentions of performers. Here the basis for classification are tried to set by in the characteristic parts of the activities.

Morita, K. 2011, Series 4-2 Aikoku Fujinkai Senji Taiseika no Aikoku Fujinkai: Senjitaisei to Aikoku Fujinkai no Taio [Series 4-2 Patriotic Ladies' Association, Patriotic Ladies's Association under the total war: Its correspondence to a war regime], 1, Taiyo Shobo, Niigata, Japan.
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Preface Series Ô`ú handles time after Japan-China War breaks out and war spreads afterwards and before Patriotism Ladies' Association being dissolved in 1942 (Showa 17). This volume examines how the Patriotism Ladies' Association coped with long war from the Marcopolo Bridge Incident. In addition, this shows the transfer of the officers of the association of this period. Under the all-out war system, Patriotism Ladies' Association, along with the Red Cross and the Legion, became a member of the Military Aid Central Committees, which took motion of government, and it took part in the realization of the national policy. What would the role that a patriotism women's society took charge of be?

Morita, K. 2010, Senji Taiseika no Aikoku Fujinkai: Aikoku Fujinkai no Jikyoku Ninshiki to Kaiin, 1, Taiyo Shobo, Niigata, Japan.
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This is 6th book on Aikoku Fujinkai.

Morita, K. 2009, Taishuka suru Aikoku Fujinkai: Undo to Katsudo, 1, Taiyo Shobo, Niigata, Japan.
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This is the 5th book on Aikoku Fujinkai.

Morita, K. 2007, Aikoku Fujinkai no Setsuritu to Kakuritu (The establishment of Patriotic Ladies Association), 1, Taiyo Shobo, Niigata, Japan.
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Japanese publication. 275 pages.

Morita, K. 2007, Shakai Katsudou o okonau Aikoku Fujinkai (Patriotic Ladies' Association in Social Works), 1, Taiyo Shobo, Niigata, Japan.
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Japanese publication. 312 pages

Morita, K. 2002, Okumura Ioko: Meiji no Onna to Okuninotame (Ioko Okumura: A Woman in Meiji Period working for the nation), 1, Taiyo Shobo, Tokyo, Japan.
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Morita, K. 2008, Series 3-1 Aikokufujinkai-Taishukasuru Aikokuhujinkai: Manshu Jihen to Kikou Kaihen (Popularized Patriotic Ladies Association: Manchurian Incident and Change of the Organization, Taiyo Shobo, Japan.
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Series 3-1 Aikokufujinkai-Taishukasuru Aikokuhujinkai: Manshu Jihen to Kikou Kaihen (Popularized Patriotic Ladies Association: Manchurian Incident and Change of the Organization

Morita, K. 2008, Series 3-2 Aikokufujinkai-Taishukasuru Aikokuhujinkai: Kaiin no Zouka to Soukai (Popularized Ladies Association: Increased members and their general meetings), Taiyo Shobo, Japan.
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Series 3-2 Aikokufujinkai-Taishukasuru Aikokuhujinkai: Kaiin no Zouka to Soukai (Popularized Ladies Association: Increased members and their general meetings)

Morita, K. 2005, 'Activities of the Japanese Patriotic Ladies' Association (Aikoku Fujinkai)' in Maja Mikula ed. (ed), Women, Activism and Social Change: Stretching Boundaries, Routledge, London and New York, pp. 49-70.
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Morita, K. 2000, 'Knowledge and Control in the Japanese Workplace' in Garrick J; Rhodes C (eds), Research and Knowledge at Work: Perspectives, Case Studies and Innovative Strategies, Routledge, London UK, pp. 100-116.

Morita, K. 2008, 'Karoshi' in Stewart R. Clegg and James R. Bailey (eds), International Encyclopedia of Organization Studies, Sage, Thousand Oaks, Ca, pp. 747-749.

Morita, K. 2012, 'The Sumo World as Seen Through the Gambling Cases of 2010', Portal Journal of Multidisciplinary International Studies, vol. 9, no. 2, pp. 1-18.
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In summer 2010, a scandal in gambling on baseball matches implicating sumo wrestlers and their bosses was reported day after day by Japanese mass media. This scandal revealed the connections between the sumo world and criminal organizations and lead to unprecedented actions, such as the dismissal of the active Ozeki Kotomitsuki, one of the top Japanese sumo wrestlers, and the suspension of live television broadcasting of the sumo tournament. The reason why the Japanese public instigated mass public debates may relate to the notion that sumo has an intimate association with the gods, reinforced with its special position in Japanese tradition and culture. This article first presents a brief history of sumo and explains its particular characteristics. Then it provides a summary of the chain of events in the baseball gambling scandal and the responses from the Japan Sumo Association. In conjunction with examining the connection of the sumo world to criminal organizations, this article also identifies key managerial problems with the Japan Sumo Association.

Morita, K. & Tamura, T. 2001, 'Korean Economic Miracle and Migrants in Australia: A 'Happy' Stage?', Journal of International Politics and Economics, vol. 9.
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Morita, K. 2002, 'Proselytizing of Japanese Buddhism in the Late Yi Dynasty in Korea: Missionary Activities of Okumura Enshin', E-Globalization in the Pacific Age: Proceedings of Pan Pacific Conference XIX, Bangkok, Thailand, May 2002 in E-Globalization in the Pacific Age: Proceedings of Pan Pacific Conference XIX, ed Sang M. Lee, Srisuda Chongsithiphol, Pan-Pacific Business Association, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA, pp. 229-231.
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Morita, K. 2012, 'Our village depends too deeply on nuclear power: Japanese cannot decide the direction on nuclear energy', Asian Studies Association of Australia (ASAA) 19th Biennial Conference 2012, University of Western Sydney, Parramatta Campus, July 2012 in Asian Studies Association of Australia (ASAA) 19th Biennial Conference 2012, ed Judith Snodgrass, Ien Ang and Tim Winter, University of Western Sydney, Sydney, Australia, pp. 83-83.
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The March 11 accident at Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant caused the world to reconsider the future of nuclear energy. At the same time, the Japanese government cannot decide the direction of nuclear power should Japan stop all nuclear power stations and walk away from running nuclear power plants, of continue with them? All nuclear power plants in Japan will stop by May 2012 because of their regular maintenance. If these plants pass the stress-test, they could be re-run with the consent of residents near the plants. The consent of residents could be decided by local election. However, nuclear energy has not become an electoral issue or point of contention in local elections even after the Fukushima accident. Citizens chose pro-nuclear local government leaders and local assembly members who do not wish to deal with the issue of nuclear power plants, I would like to illustrate the network of power structure within the local community and nation to understand the reason why the nuclear energy argument has not become a main issue of contention in elections.

Morita, K. 2003, 'The establishment of the Patriotic Ladies Association in 1901: the meaning of military endeavours by women and its political background', Pan-Pacifc Conference XX; The E-Global Age, New Economy and China: A Close Up, Shanghai, China, May 2003 in Pan-Pacifc Conference XX; The E-Global Age, New Economy and China: A Close Up, ed Lee, Sang M Wang, Fanghua Li, Weixing, Pan-Pacific Business Association, Lincoln, USA, pp. 391-393.

Morita, K. 2002, 'The establishment of the Patriotic Ladies Association and its political implications', Institute for International Studies Annual Workshop (The Death of the Concerned Intellectual?), Rafferty's Resort, Lake Macquarie, December 2002.
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The Patriotic Ladies' Association (1901-1942) of Japan was one of the world's largest women's associations, with about seven million members at its height. Although its activities were gradually made open to the public, the main purpose of the Association had been to use members' subscriptions and donations to provide private pensions to the bereaved of near dead and dead soldiers. In the year the Association was established, the first socialist party was organized, although immediately disbanded by the government, and the expansionist Black Dragon Society was formed. The oligarchs, Ito Hirofumi and Yamagata Aritomo, started to show their rivalry tensions after Ito organized a political party in 1900. This paper follows the establishment and promotion of the Patriotic Ladies' Association in this political situation, giving a diversified picture of it, and questions the meaning of support given to military endeavors by women.