Critical issues in contemporary Japan /
Kingston, Jeff,1957-editor of compilation.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Part I. Political environment -- Japanese politics: mainstream or exotic? / Arthur Stockwin -- The politics of trade policy aurelia / George Mulgan -- Limiting fundamental rights protection in Japan: the role of the Supreme Court / Lawrence Repeta -- Civil society: past, present, and future / Akihiro Ogawa -- Japan's contemporary media / David McNeill -- Part II. Nuclear and renewable energy -- Revisiting the limits of flexible and adaptive institutions: the Japanese government's role in nuclear power plant siting over the post-war period / Daniel P. Aldrich -- Who controls whom?: constraints, challenges and rival policy images in Japan's post-war energy restructuring / Paul Scalise -- Japan's nuclear village: power and resilience / Jeff Kingston -- Japan's renewable power prospects / Andrew DeWit -- Part III. International dynamics -- Bad war or good war?: history and politics in postwar Japan / Sven Saaler -- Territorial disputes with Korea and China: small islets, enduring conflicts / Mark Selden -- An inconvenient truce: domestic politics and the Russo-Japanese northern territories dispute / Tina Burrett -- Okinawa today: spotlight on Henoko / Alexis Dudden -- Part IV. Social dilemmas -- Demographic dilemmas, women and immigration / Jeff Kingston -- Reproductive rights in Japan: where do women stand? / Tin Tin Htun -- Hiding in plain sight: minority issues in Japan / Kyle Cleveland -- Mental health and therapy in Japan: conceptions, practices, and challenges / Sachiko Horiguchi -- Violence in schools: tensions between "The individual" and "The group" in the Japanese education system / Robert Aspinall -- Hidden behind Tokyo: observations on the rest of Japan / John Mock -- Part V. Reforming Japan? -- Seeking to change Japanese society through legal reform / Matthew J. Wilson -- Parochialism: Japan's failure to internationalize / Robert Dujarric and Ayumi Takenaka -- What's behind what ails Japan / David Leheny.