Title: Contemporary Japan : history, politics, and social change since the 1980s /
Authors: Kingston, Jeff, 1957-
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons,
Year: 2013
Subjects: Japan History; Japan Social conditions; Japan Economic conditions
Contents: Part I. Introduction -- Transformations after WW II -- The Lost Decade -- Part II. Risk and Consequence -- Defusing the Demographic Time Bomb -- Families at Risk -- Jobs at Risk -- Part III. Politics and Consequences -- Contemporary Politics -- Security and the Peace Constitution -- Immigration -- War Memory and Responsibility -- Part IV. Environment and Disaster -- Environmental Issues -- 3/11 : Earthquake, Tsunami and Nuclear Crisis -- Part V. Institutions at Risk -- The Imperial Family -- Yakuza -- Part V. Postscript -- Prospects -- Glossary.