Contemporary Japan and Popular Culture
PL: DS822.5 .C69 1996

Encyclopedia of contemporary Japanese culture
Perkins Ref: DS822.5 .E516 2002
Entries cover literature, film, architecture, food, health, politics, economics, religion and technology, and range from shorter definitions, histories or biographies to longer essays treating major issues and ideas in depth.  Entries are signed. A-Z format.  Includes cross references and suggestions for further reading.

Handbook of Japanese Popular Culture
PL: DS822.5 .H347 1989

Japan pop! : inside the world of Japanese popular culture
PL: DS822.5 .J386, 2000

Taishū bunka jiten = Encyclopedia of popular culture
大衆文化事典
EA Ref: DS821 .T24 1991
Written by 300 specialists from a variety of fields, the dictionary aims at a broad understanding of mass (popular) culture by looking at events, things, people and situations in the 19th and 20th centuries. Although it focuses on Japan, it is aware of the connections to Western and Asian popular culture. Covers folk culture and customs, popular music, movies, performing arts, games, comics, fashion, crimes, consumer life etc. Each entry is signed and has suggestions for further reading and a link to a table at the end of the volume. Includes a bibliography of 8500 titles related to popular culture. With subject and personal names indexes in Japanese and foreign languages. Well illustrated.