Abstract
Introduction Jeff Kingston Part 1: Political Environment 1. Japanese Politics: Mainstream or Exotic? Arthur Stockwin 2. The Politics of Trade Policy Aurelia George Mulgan 3. Limiting Fundamental Rights Protection in Japan - The Role of the Supreme Court Lawrence Repeta 4. Civil Society: Past, Present, and Future Akihiro Ogawa 5. Japan's Contemporary Media David McNeill Part 2: Nuclear and Renewable Energy 6. 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 7. Who Controls Whom? Constraints, Challenges and Rival Policy Images in Japan's Post-War Energy Restructuring Paul Scalise 8. Japan's Nuclear Village: Power and Resilience Jeff Kingston 9. Japan's Renewable Power Prospects Andrew DeWit Part 3: International Dynamics 10. Bad War or Good War? History and Politics in Postwar Japan Sven Saaler 11. Territorial Disputes with Korea and China: Small Islets, Enduring Conflicts Mark Selden 12. An Inconvenient Truce: Domestic Politics and the Russo-Japanese Northern Territories Dispute Tina Burrett 13. Okinawa Today: Spotlight on Henoko Alexis Dudden Part 4: Social Dilemmas 14. Demographic Dilemmas, Women and Immigration Jeff Kingston 15. Reproductive Rights in Japan: Where do women stand? Tin Tin Htun 16. Hiding in Plain Sight: Minority Issues in Japan Kyle Cleveland 17. Mental Health and Therapy in Japan: Conceptions, Practices, and Challenges Sachiko Horiguchi 18. Violence in Schools: Tensions Between 'the Individual' and 'the Group' in the Japanese Education System Robert Aspinall 19. Hidden Behind Tokyo: Observations on the Rest of Japan John Mock Part 5: Reforming Japan? 20. Seeking to Change Japanese Society Through Legal Reform Matthew J. Wilson 21. Parochialism - Japan's Failure to Internationalize Robert Dujarric and Ayumi Takenaka 22. What's Behind what Ails Japan David Leheny
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