BA (Auckland) MA (Hons) (Auckland) PhD (Wellington) Masako taught Japanese language at the University of Auckland, Auckland Technical Institute in New Zealand and also Griffith University. In May 1992, she joined Bond University to teach and continue research in Intellectual History. Former careers were as a stewardess for British Airways and an interpreter for the Japan Convention Services. Her main area of research is the Japanese Modern Intellectual History (1868-1927) .
Articles
Abe Isoo and Kawakami Hajime in interwar Japan - Economic reform or revolution?, East Asia (2011)
This article explores the views of two eminent professors of economics, Abe Isoo (1865-1949) and...
Poverty and its possible cures: Abe Isoo and Kawakami Hajime, Humanities & Social Sciences papers (2007)
This article explores the views of two eminent Meiji intellectuals, Abe Isoo (1865–1949) and Kawakami...
Abe Isô (1865-1949) and his views on education, Humanities & Social Sciences papers (2004)
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Many intellectuals in the late Meiji period were dissatisfied with the trend at that...
Abe Isô and New Zealand as a model for a “new” Japan, Humanities & Social Sciences papers (2004)
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This study focuses on Abe Isô, a professor at Tokyo Senmon Gakkô (the present...
Anti-Japanese sentiment and the responses of two Meiji intellectuals, East Asia: An international quarterly (2004)
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After the Sino-Japanese War (1894-1895), overpopulation and unemployment became pressing issues in Japan....
Books
Shiga Shigetaka (1863-1927): the forgotten enlightener, Humanities & Social Sciences papers (1999)
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The late 1880's marked an upsurge in ideological activity in Japan. Widespread media coverage...
Konnichiwa from Australia (with Masanori Matsumoto), Humanities & Social Sciences papers (1998)
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Although many Japanese grammar books are available to Australian students, we have found...
Book Chapters
In search of a new identity: Shiga Shigetaka's recommendations for Japanese in Hawai'i, Humanities & Social Sciences papers (2008)
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After the Sino-Japanese War (1894-1895), over-population and unemployment became pressing issues in Japan. Many...