Description
Book SynopsisA critical, multi-disciplinary study of economics, politics, society and culture, this collection of essays examines the concepts of “change” and “continuity” in contemporary Japan.
Table of ContentsFigures and Tables
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1 Joining the Past and Present in Japan / David W. Edgington
Part 1: Economic and Political Systems
2 Japanese Economics: An Interpretative Essay / Keizo Nagatani
3 The Japanese Labour Movement’s Road to the Millennium / Lonny E. Carlile
4 Japan’s High Seas Fisheries in the North Pacific Ocean: Food Security and Foreign Policy / Roger Smith
Part 2: Japan’s Identity and Youth
5 Postwar Japan and Manchuria / Bill Sewell
6 May the Saru River Flow: The Nibutani Dam and the Resurging Tide of the Ainu Identity Movement / Millie Creighton
7 Pop Idols and Gender Contestation / Hiroshi Aoyagi
8 A Century of Juvenile Law in Japan / Stephan M. Salzberg
Part 3: Urban Living and Beauty
9 Japan Ponders the Good Life: Improving the Quality of Japanese Cities / David W. Edgington
10 Museum as Hometown: What Is “Japanese Beauty”? / Joshua S. Mostow
Conclusion
11 Continuity and Change in Japan / David W. Edgington
Contributors
Index
