Japanology

Japanese: Japanology
Japanology

...The Pacific War made the need for analysis of Japan as a distinct culture more apparent, and the center of Japanese studies shifted to America. Japan's postwar economic success inspired other Pacific countries, and Japanese studies became popular in Australia, New Zealand, the Philippines, Indonesia, Singapore, Thailand, and other countries. European countries are also expanding the scope of traditional philological methods to sociology and economics, and in English-speaking and French-speaking countries, the term "Japan studies, études japonaises" has come to be used in place of the traditional "Japanology, Japonologie." [Matsubara Shuichi]
[England]
From the late 19th century to the early 20th century, many of the foreigners who studied Japan were born in Britain.

*Some of the terminology mentioned in "Japanology" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…太平洋戦争は,異質文化としての日本の分析の必要を強く感じさせ,日本研究の中心はアメリカに移動した。戦後の日本の経済的成功は太平洋圏の諸国を刺激し,オーストラリア,ニュージーランド,フィリピン,インドネシア,シンガポール,タイなどで日本研究が盛んになっており,ヨーロッパ諸国も従来の文献学的手法の枠を社会学,経済学に広げつつあり,英語圏,フランス語圏では従来の〈日本学Japanology,Japonologie〉に代わって〈日本研究Japan studies,études japonaises〉という語が使われるようになった。【松原 秀一】
[イギリス]
 19世紀後半から20世紀前半にかけて,日本を研究した外国人の多くはイギリス生れであった。…

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