London New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2014.
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Notes:

• 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.

Subjects:

• Japan — Politics and government — 1989-
• Japan — Social conditions — 1989-
• Japan — Economic conditions — 1989-
• Japan — Foreign relations.

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