ABSTRACT
This chapter considers the significance of trans-Asia approaches and their potential to further advance the study of Japan in Australia with a particular focus on the ways in which such approaches productively situate “Japan”, “Australia” and researchers in trans-Asian mobilities and connections. It first discusses how trans-Asia approaches to human mobilities and cultural connections are beneficial to “the study of Japan” in Australia by fruitfully engaging with globally shared issues that Japan faces through intra-regional comparison, referencing and interaction. It also discusses their implications for the advancement of the study of “Japan in Australia” and the reimagination of the Japan-Australia relationship. Trans-Asia perspective urges researchers engaging with human mobilities and cultural connections between Japan (and Asia) and Australia to cultivate a birds-eye view and foster collaboration across divides and beyond academia to tackle transnationally shared issues.
