Critical issues in contemporary Japan /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Kingston, Jeff, 1957- (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Routledge, 2014.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • 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.