Analysis of New Trends In the Field of Japanese Cultural Content Research in China

GUO, Lianyou

doi:2023.17.1.79

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Border Crossings: The Journal of Japanese-Language Literature Studies 2023;17(1): 79-101.
doi: https://doi.org/10.22628/bcjjl.2023.17.1.79

Analysis of New Trends In the Field of Japanese Cultural Content Research in China

Lianyou GUO

Professor of the Center for Japanese Studies, Beijing Foreign Studies University, Editor in Chief of the Journal Japanese Studies

中国における日本文化コンテンツ研究の新たな動向について

郭連友

北京外国語大学日本学研究センター教授、日本学研究編集長。日本思想史、中日文化交流史。

Correspondence Lianyou GUO ,Email: kkg2009@139.com

Published online: 30 December 2023.

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ABSTRACT

In China, research on Japanese popular culture (including cultural content) began growing gradually in the 1980s and it increased significantly from 2007. It peaked in 2010, declined in 2011 and 2012, and reached its second peak in 2016. It has been gradually declining since then, partly due to the coronavirus pandemic, leading to the current situation.
This paper uses the academic resources of China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI), a comprehensive Chinese academic information database, as well as quantitative analysis visualization software called “cite space”, to perform knowledge mapping (visualization graphs), which involves using computational methods such as keyword clusters. Knowledge mapping is performed to analyze the chronological changes in Japanese popular culture research in China, issues researchers are interested in, current research topics, the distribution of research content, and future research trends.
Today, it has become increasingly difficult to assimilate all of the intellectual achievements related to Japanese cultural research which has exploded in China in a short period of time. It is hoped that research tools such as big data and quantitative analysis visualization software will facilitate cross-cultural intellectual and cultural exchange more quickly and smoothly in the future.

Keywords: Japanese Popular Culture, CNKI, Cite Space, Knowledge Mapping, Quantitative Analysis

キ―ワ―ド: 日本大衆文化, ナレッジマッピング, 定量分析