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Book SynopsisTrade Review‘Extrapolating lessons from the diverse Japanese experience with disasters, this timely book investigates what policymakers, institutions and individual actors can do when a crisis, in all its unforeseen and multi-faceted complexity, strikes. Multidisciplinary in scope, it makes an important, wide-ranging and fascinating contribution to global crisis studies and disaster management research.’ -- Leon Wolff, Hitotsubashi University, Japan
‘An intriguing interdisciplinary collection analysing crises in Japan, whose history has been punctuated by natural and socio-economic disasters. The book uncovers insights into how people think about crisis, the 2011 Great Eastern Japan Earthquake impacts, legal and governmental responses, and how modern Japan’s approach to crises has evolved regarding China. Curated from a University of Tokyo project over 2016–2020, the chapters also set a useful backdrop to assess Japan’s COVID-19 pandemic management.’ -- Luke Nottage, Sydney Law School, Australia
Table of ContentsContents: Preface xii 1 Dealing with crisis: the Japanese experience and beyond 1 J. Babb and Takashi Iida PART I HOW PEOPLE THINK ABOUT CRISIS 2 How can we prepare for something we don’t want to think about? Disaster readiness and negative capability 10 Shin Arita 3 Bricolage by institutions: towards the recreation of norms and organizations 27 Takashi Iida PART II THE GREAT EAST JAPAN EARTHQUAKE AND ASSOCIATED CRISES 4 Transforming a crisis into a turning point: the response of businesses to the Great East Japan Earthquake 47 Naofumi Nakamura 5 Electric power crisis and crisis response after the Great East Japan Earthquake 67 Toshihiro Matsumura PART III LAW AND INSTITUTIONS IN THE RESPONSE TO CRISIS 6 Contractual crisis and the doctrine of change of circumstances: the results and contexts of the reform of contract law in Japan 86 Hiroyasu Ishikawa 7 State of emergency clauses in constitutional law 107 Tomonobu Hayashi 8 Missing the point: facts and rhetoric about Japan’s fiscal crisis 130 Takeshi Fujitani 9 The crisis of war and the relocation of key facilities: a comparative historical study of Japan and China 154 Tomoo Marukawa 10 Japan–China relations “in crisis,” and sentiment toward China 175 Asei Itō Index
