Contemporary Japan
Subtitle: history, politics and social change since the 1980s
By: Jeffrey Kingston.
Series: History of the contemporary world
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Malden, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 313
ISBN-13: 9781405191944; 9781405191937
Subjects: Japan -- History -- Heisei period, 1989-; Japan -- Social conditions -- 1989-; Japan -- Economic conditions -- 1989-
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: post-wwii transformations; title: The lost decade; title: Defusing the demographic time bomb; title: Families at risk; title: Jobs at risk; title: Contemporary politics; title: Security and the peace constitution; title: Environmental issues; title: Immigration; title: War memory and responsibility; title: The imperial family; title: Yakuza; title: Prospects.