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<\/b><\/p>\nBooks<\/b><\/p>\n
2027 (March) Fraught Futures: Hope, Connection, and the Unhoused across Tokyo\u00a0<\/em>– with Cornell University Press.<\/p>\n More information on my book can be found\u00a0<\/span>here<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n 2015 Alcoholism, Masculinity, and Japan: Suffering Sobriety in Tokyo<\/i>. New York: Lexington Books.<\/a><\/p>\n More information on my book can be found\u00a0<\/span>here<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n Peer reviewed publications<\/b><\/p>\n 2026 \u2018\u201cThe birthrate\u2019s declining! Create an environment where women can give birth and work afterwards!\u201d: Survey data about gender (in)equality as a (non)pressing issue in Japan\u2019 (with Charles Crabtree, Tom Le, Charles T. McClean, Lauren McKee, and Cindi SturtzSreetharan).\u00a0Japan Forum<\/i>, 1-27. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/09555803.2026.2639984<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n 2025 ‘Selective Development Goals: Examining Japan\u2019s SDG Implementation Gaps’ (with Cindi SturtzSreetharan, Charles Crabtree, and Charles T. McClean). Social Science Japan Journal. <\/i>https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1093\/ssjj\/jyaf021<\/a><\/p>\n 2025 ‘The Fictitious Shine of Japan\u2019s Future<\/a>.’\u00a0Asia Pacific Journal – Japan Focus.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n 2021 \u2018Symptomatic Trauma: Japan, Drug Addiction, and the Limits of Treatment<\/a>.\u2019 Social Science Japan Journal <\/i>Volume 24, Issue 2.<\/p>\n 2020 \u2018Fake Meets Soul: Division Among Hawai\u2019i\u2019s Japanese Surfers.\u2019 Journal of Sport and Social Issues. <\/i>https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/0193723519898704<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n 2018 ‘Non-National Bodies in a National Pastime: Japan, Baseball, and the Manufacturing of Difference<\/a>‘ in Japanese Studies<\/em> 38 (1).<\/span><\/p>\n 2017 \u2018Scripting addiction, constraining recovery: Alcoholism and ideology in Japan<\/a>\u2019 in Japanese Studies 37 (3).\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n 2017 \u2018The Program is Perfect: Narcotics Anonymous and the Managing of the American Addict<\/a>.\u2019\u00a0Medicine Anthropology<\/i> Theory<\/em> 4(5).<\/p>\n 2014 \u2018Connoisseurship and drunkenness in Tokyo.\u2019 International Journal of Drug Policy<\/i>, Volume 25, Issue 4.<\/a> <\/i><\/p>\n 2012 \u2018The Burden of Sobriety: Alcoholism and Masculinity in Japan.\u2019 Pan Japan: The International Journal of the Japanese Diaspora<\/i>. Blai Gaurne and Paul Hansen ed. Special Edition, Escaping Japan: Outside, Volume 8, Issue 2.<\/p>\n 2012 \u2018Darvish in Texas: Haafu<\/i> identity and athletic celebrity,\u2019 The Asia-Pacific Journal – Japan Focus, <\/i>Volume 10, Issue 44, No. 2.\u00a0http:\/\/japanfocus.org\/-Paul-Christensen\/3850<\/a><\/p>\n 2012 \u2018Real Men Don\u2019t Hold Their Liquor: The Performance of Drunkenness and\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Sobriety in Japan.\u2019 Social Science Japan Journal<\/i>, Volume 15, Issue 2.<\/i><\/a><\/p>\n 2010 \u2018Struggles with Sobriety: Alcoholics Anonymous Membership in Japan.\u2019 Ethnology<\/i>, Volume 49, Issue 1.<\/a><\/p>\n Chapters in Books<\/b><\/p>\n <\/b>2017 \u2018Darvish in Texas: Hafu Identity and Athletic Celebrity.\u2019\u00a0In Hapa Japan: Identities and Representations<\/i>. Los Angeles: USC Ito Center\/Kaya Press.<\/a><\/p>\n Other publications<\/b><\/p>\n 2026 \u2018If Japan Is The Future, Why Aren\u2019t We More Upset?\u2019 Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus.<\/i> https:\/\/apjjf.org\/2026\/1\/christensen<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n 2025 ‘Tokyo’s Shining, Segregated Future’\u00a0The Diplomat\u00a0<\/em>https:\/\/thediplomat.com\/2025\/02\/tokyos-shining-segregated-future\/<\/a><\/p>\n 2024 \u2018Jingu Gaien Redevelopment Sparks Outrage in Tokyo. It the Backlash Too Little, Too Late?\u2019 The Diplomat <\/i>https:\/\/thediplomat.com\/2024\/01\/jingu-gaien-redevelopment-sparks-outrage-in-tokyo-is-the-backlash-too-little-too-late\/<\/span><\/a> <\/i><\/p>\n 2023 \u2018The hypocrisy of Japan\u2019s punitive drug policy.\u2019 East Asia Forum<\/i> https:\/\/www.eastasiaforum.org\/2023\/04\/04\/the-hypocrisy-of-japans-punitive-drug-policy\/<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n 2021 ‘Japan’s Lessons for the World: Robots Won’t Save Us. Rethinking Japan’s global relevance in the 21st century.’\u00a0The Diplomat\u00a0<\/em>https:\/\/thediplomat.com\/2021\/12\/japans-lesson-for-the-world-robots-wont-save-us\/<\/a><\/p>\n 2015 \u2018Battle of Okinawa\u2019s legacy lives on 70 years later as locals chafe against Japanese rule, US\u00a0arms.\u2019 The Conversation<\/i>. https:\/\/theconversation.com\/battle-of-okinawas-legacy-lives-on-70-years-later-as-locals-chafe-against-japanese-rule-us-arms-39357<\/a><\/p>\n 2013 \u2018Surfing: Polynesian Origins of Sport.\u2019 Area Studies Series: Hawai\u2018i<\/i>. M. Yamamoto and T. Yamada eds. Tokyo: Akashi Publications [in Japanese]. \u00a0(\u30dd\u30ea\u30cd\u30b7\u30a2\u767a\u7965\u306e\u30b9\u30dd\u30fc\u30c4\uff1a\u30b5\u30fc\u30d5\u30a3\u30f3\u300d\u5c71\u672c\u771f\u9ce5\u30fb\u5c71\u7530\u4ea8\u7de8\u300e\u30cf\u30ef\u30a4\u3092\u77e5\u308b\u305f\u3081\u306e60\u7ae0\u300f\u660e\u77f3\u66f8\u5e97)<\/p>\n 2009 \u2018The Hawai\u2018i Student Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drug Use Study: 2007-2008 Comprehensive Report.\u2019 Submitted to the State of Hawai\u2018i, Department of Health, Alcohol and Drug Abuse Division, ASO Log #09-061. Co-authored with Goebert, D. (first author), Nishimura, S., Onoye, J., Boyd, E., and Rehuher, D.<\/p>\n 2004 \u2018Selected Identities: Ethnic Identity Construction Among the New Japanese Immigrants to the San Francisco Bay Area.\u2019 Masters Thesis, San Francisco State University. Dr. Bernard Wong, chair.<\/p>\n 2003 \u2018Japanese Female Professionals in the San Francisco Bay Area: Gender Based Discrimination in a Globalized World.\u2019 The Treganza Anthropology Museum Papers III<\/i>, San Francisco State University.<\/p>\n Book reviews<\/b><\/p>\n 2024 Review of Klaus K. Y. Hammering’s Perilous Wagers: Gambling, Dignity, and Day Laborers in Twenty-First-Century Tokyo<\/em> (Cornell 2024).\u00a0Japanese Studies<\/em>. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/10371397.2024.2427596<\/a><\/p>\n 2024 Review of Judith Vitale, Oleg Benesch, and Miriam Kingsberg Kadia\u2019s Drugs and the Politics of Consumption in Japan<\/i> (Brill 2023). Japanese Studies. <\/i>https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/10371397.2024.2374474<\/span><\/a> <\/i><\/p>\n 2020 Review of Akiko Takeuchi-Demirci\u2019s Contraceptive Diplomacy: Reproductive Politics and Imperial Ambitions in the United States and Japan<\/i> (Stanford University Press 2018). Pacific Affairs<\/i>, 93(1), 185-187.<\/p>\n 2018 Review of Claire D. Clark\u2019s The Recovery Revolution: The Battle Over Addiction Treatment in the United States <\/i>(Columbia University Press 2017). Medicine Anthropology Theory, <\/i>doi.org\/10.17157\/mat.5.1.588<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n 2017 Review of Matthew Marr\u2019s Better Must Come: Exiting Homelessness in Two Global Cities <\/i>(Cornell University Press 2015). Social Science Japan Journal<\/i>, volume 21, issue 1.<\/p>\n 2015 Review of Wolfram Manzenreiter\u2019s Sport and Body Politics in Japan<\/i> (Routledge 2014). Asia Pacific World<\/i>, volume 6, issue 1.<\/p>\n Books 2027 (March) Fraught Futures: Hope, Connection, and the Unhoused across Tokyo\u00a0– with Cornell University Press. More information on my book can be found\u00a0here. 2015 Alcoholism, Masculinity, and Japan: Suffering Sobriety in Tokyo. New York: Lexington Books. More information on my book can be found\u00a0here. Peer reviewed publications 2026 \u2018\u201cThe birthrate\u2019s declining! Create an environment where women can give birth…<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"