Her research interests include representations of Japanese identity in film, literature, manga,and video games, as well as areas such as Orientalism, Occidentalism, and censorship issues in the literature of Nagai Kafu and the films of Kurosawa Akira. She is also interested in the representation of Japanese history in manga and videogames. Dr. Hutchinson has published articles in Monumenta Nipponica, Japan Forum, The Journal of New Media and Culture, and Games and Culture. Her most recent publication is The Routledge Handbook of Japanese Literature, co-edited with Leith Morton.