CONTEMPORARY JAPAN HISTORY POLITICS AND SOCIAL CHANGE SINCE THE 1980S 2nd edition by JEFF KINGSTON ISBN 1118315073 978-1118315071
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ISBN 10: 1118315073
ISBN 13: 978-1118315071
Author: JEFF KINGSTON
The second edition of this comprehensive study of recent Japanese history now includes the author’s expert assessment of the effects of the earthquake and tsunami, including the political and environmental consequences of the Fukushima reactor meltdown.
- Fully updated to include a detailed assessment of the aftermath of the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami
- Shows how the nuclear crisis at Fukushima was an accident waiting to happen
- Includes detailed discussion of Japan’s energy policy, now in flux after the mishandling of the Fukushima crisis
- Analyzes Japan’s ‘Lost Decades’, why jobs and families are less stable, environmental policies, immigration, the aging society, the US alliance, the imperial family, and the ‘yakuza’ criminal gangs
- Authoritative coverage of Japanese history over the last two decades, one of the country’s most tumultuous periods
CONTEMPORARY JAPAN HISTORY POLITICS AND SOCIAL CHANGE SINCE THE 1980S 2nd Table of contents:
Part I: Introduction
Chapter 1 Transformations After World War II
Occupation 1945–52
Politics
Foreign Policy
Economy
Heisei Transformations
Chapter 2 The Lost Decade
Economy Implodes
Lessons from Japan
Media Awakens
Time of Reckoning
Untrustworthy
Transparency
Disparities
Japan’s Quiet Transformation
Part II: Risk and Consequences
Chapter 3 Defusing the Demographic Time Bomb
Consequences
Baby Drought
Growing Old
Managing Crisis
Caregiving
Senior Abuse
Pensions
Prospects
Chapter 4 Families at Risk
Divorce
Single Moms: Entrenched in Poverty
Domestic Violence
Child Abuse Epidemic
Suicide
Conclusion
Chapter 5 Jobs at Risk
Past as Prologue
Running Amok
Economic Crisis
Haken Mura: Village of the Damned
Anatomy of a Crisis
Big Bang?
Desperate Youth
Women Workers
Conclusion
Part III: Politics and Consequences
Chapter 6 Contemporary Politics
Political Revolution
Taming the Bureaucracy?
Japan’s Enigma
The 1955 System
LDP Factions and Structural Corruption
Demise of the Left
Voice of the Dispossessed?
Electoral Reform
Koizumi
Floundering
Prospects
Chapter 7 Security and the Peace Constitution
Normal Nation?
Unarmed?
Contesting Article 9
North Korea, Abductees, and Impasse
Futenma Dilemma
Prospects
Chapter 8 Immigration
Zainichi
Nikkeijin
Chinese Migrants
Foreign Caregivers
Rethinking Immigration: A Step Too Far
Chapter 9 War Memory and Responsibility
Awkward Talisman
Yushukan and War Memory
Paying Tribute
Koizumi Spotlight
Reconciliation Tango
Unfinished Business
Asia Women’s Fund (AWF)
Requiem for Reconciliation
Prospects
Part IV: Environment and Disaster
Chapter 10 Environmental Issues
Greenwashing
Nuclear Follies
Renewable Energy
Closure on Minamata
Whaling Wars
Construction State
Conclusion
Chapter 11 3/11: Earthquake, Tsunami, and Nuclear Crisis
Ousting Kan
Promoting Nuclear Energy
Crisis Waiting to Happen
Tsunami Risk
Culture of Safety?
Aftershocks and Fallout
Reckoning
Reconstruction
Reflections and Prospects
Part V: Institutions at Risk
Chapter 12 The Imperial Family
Relevance
Democratic Reconciler
Conservatives’ Fading Hopes
Divisive Symbols
Korean Ancestry
Guilty?
Family Discord and Succession Politics
Prospects
Chapter 13 Yakuza
Flexible Business Model
Membership
Nexus
Recession Management
Public Image
Yakuza Recession?
The Tide Turns
Citizens Fight Back
Crisis?
Prospects
Part VI: Postscript
Chapter 14 Prospects
Glossary
Further Reading
Index
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