Commons Vol.5(issued on February 2026)

Preface

• Preface: Commons, Vol. 5Takamitsu Yamamoto

Peer-reviewed Articles

• How Chess Playing Skills Decline: An Autoethnographical Analysis of a Former National Champion’s Return to CompetitionAkira Watanabe
• The Rope-Impressed Inlay Patterns of Shimaoka Tatsuzo:
  From the Perspective of “Individuality” and “Anonymity”Futa Sasa
• A Comparative Analysis of Social Media Policies in Japanese Prefectural GovernmentsJin Wen
• Displacement and Reinvention: Cowboy Masculinity in Cormac McCarthy’s
  All the Pretty HorsesQin Rong
• The Responsive Genesis of Key-person Creativity in Endogenous Development:
  A Descriptive Inquiry into Regional Practice Focusing on Potential RealityTatsuo Murakami

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