Contemporary Japan: History, Politics, and Social Change since the 1980s

Series editor’s preface.

1. Introduction: Post-WWII Transformations.

2. The Lost Decade.

3. Defusing the Demographic Time Bomb.

4. Families at Risk.

5. Jobs at Risk.

6. Contemporary Politics.

7. Security and the Peace Constitution.

8.  Environmental Issues.

9.  Immigration.

10. War Memory and Responsibility.

11. The Imperial family.

12. Yakuza.

13. Prospects.

Glossary.

Further Reading.