Editorial

Essay

• Foreign Encounters, Informal Diplomacy, and the Contested Histories of 19th-Century Japan

Interview

• Translation and Cultural Concepts

Reports

• Healthy and Harmful Mercury
• Landscapes in East and West
• Young Scholars Presenting and Exchanging Ideas
• The Benefit of Traditions
• Persuaders in Early China
• Keeping a Close Eye on Protests
• How to Accumulate Knowledge

Acknowledgment

• A Great Accomplishment

News