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The Japanese media have featured articles on the escalation of youth crime and discontent, as well as the many forms of corruption that teenagers are exposed to in transformed downtown Tokyo. The 2002 Naoki literary prize was awarded to a book that reacts to both urban development and the problems facing Tokyo adolescents - Ishida Ira's 4-Teen (2002). Ishida shows the effects of Tokyo's transformations on teenage social norms and uses descriptions of urban places to reveal contradictions embedded in these roles. This article examines the context of 4-Teen's publication and the awarding of the Naoki Prize and explores how stories that mix fiction and historical experience provide new ways of viewing the changes in Tokyo.<ref> Alisa Freedman, "Stories of Boys and Buildings: Ishida Ira's 4-teen in 2002 Toyko." ''Japan Forum'' 2006 18(3): 381-398. Issn: 0955-5803 Fulltext: [[Ebsco]]</ref>
The Japanese media have featured articles on the escalation of youth crime and discontent, as well as the many forms of corruption that teenagers are exposed to in transformed downtown Tokyo. The 2002 Naoki literary prize was awarded to a book that reacts to both urban development and the problems facing Tokyo adolescents - Ishida Ira's 4-Teen (2002). Ishida shows the effects of Tokyo's transformations on teenage social norms and uses descriptions of urban places to reveal contradictions embedded in these roles. This article examines the context of 4-Teen's publication and the awarding of the Naoki Prize and explores how stories that mix fiction and historical experience provide new ways of viewing the changes in Tokyo.<ref> Alisa Freedman, "Stories of Boys and Buildings: Ishida Ira's 4-teen in 2002 Toyko." ''Japan Forum'' 2006 18(3): 381-398. Issn: 0955-5803 Fulltext: [[Ebsco]]</ref>
==See also==
*[[Kanto]], the region
*[[Honshu]], the island
*[[Japan]]
*[[History of Japan]]
*[[F u k u s h i m a|Fu<i></i>kushima]]
==External links==
* [http://www.japantimes.co.jp/ ''The Japan Times''] daily newspaper in English
* [http://www.asahi.com/english/ ''Asahi Shimbun''] daily newspaper, English edition
*[http://www.asianinfo.org/asianinfo/tokyo/tokyo.htm Tokyo]
==Bibliography==
==Bibliography==
* Shirane, Haruo, ed. ''Early Modern Japanese Literature: An Anthology, 1600– 1900.'' (2002). 1050 pp
* Shirane, Haruo, ed. ''Early Modern Japanese Literature: An Anthology, 1600– 1900.'' (2002). 1050 pp
* Smith II, Henry D. ed. ''Hiroshige: One Hundred Famous Views of Edo'' (1986),
* Smith II, Henry D. ed. ''Hiroshige: One Hundred Famous Views of Edo'' (1986),
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