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CONTEMPORARY JAPAN 2022, VOL. 34, NO. 1, 1–2 https://doi.org/10.1080/18692729.2022.2032544 Franz Waldenberger ARTICLE HISTORY Received 19 January 2022; Accepted 19 January 2022 Dear reader, Two years into the pandemic, restrictions at Japan’s borders have made it almost impossible for international scholars in the field of Japanese Studies to visit the country to conduct their research onsite. Some may still be able to exploit data collected before the pandemic, others might have...