{"id":52,"date":"2026-02-10T16:19:46","date_gmt":"2026-02-10T16:19:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/code\/?page_id=52"},"modified":"2026-06-28T17:53:33","modified_gmt":"2026-06-28T14:53:33","slug":"projects","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/japanonthemargins.com\/home\/index.php\/projects\/","title":{"rendered":"research projects"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"52\" class=\"elementor elementor-52\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6c747c3 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"6c747c3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-71fdc16 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"71fdc16\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/japanonthemargins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Japan-on-the-Margin-logo-300x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-2070\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/japanonthemargins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Japan-on-the-Margin-logo-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/japanonthemargins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Japan-on-the-Margin-logo-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/japanonthemargins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Japan-on-the-Margin-logo-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/japanonthemargins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Japan-on-the-Margin-logo.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a649424 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a649424\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>We explore the interplay of the following elements:<\/p><p>neoliberalism<\/p><p>romance\/intimacy<\/p><p>identity<\/p><p>technology<\/p><p>attention economy<\/p><p>crime\/deviance\/exploitation<\/p><p>Our ongoing\u00a0fieldwork includes those with vigilante YouTubers, victims\/survivors of romance fraud, supporters of\u00a0<em>Ririchan the grantee gal<\/em>, and those living and being active in Shinjuku, Tokyo.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Recently published:<\/strong><\/span><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>Demelius, Yoko and Yutaka Yoshida. 2025.\u00a0<strong>\u201cRirichan the &#8216;Grantee Gal&#8217;: Post-Feminism, Social Media, and the Celebrification\u00a0of a Female Fraudster in Neoliberal Japan\u201d<\/strong>,\u00a0<em>Asia-Pacific Journal Japan\u00a0Focus, vol 23<\/em>.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1017\/apj.2025.10024\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1017\/apj.2025.10024<\/a>\u00a0<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>Yoshida, Y. 2025. <strong>Therapeutic but toxic spaces: Romance fraud victimization from a psychosocial perspective<\/strong>. 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