Japan in transformation, 1945-2010

The second half of the twentieth century was a tumultuous period that transformed the way Japanese view the world and act in it. This ideological transformation was driven by and reinforced institutional changes, economic development, political ferment and the dynamic tension between prevailing norms and shifting realities. While focusing on transformation, this book is sensitive to the incremental and cumulative nature of change and how the past resonates powerfully in the present. Old verities linger and influence the patterns, pace and nature of ongoing changes. This new edition of the classic Seminar Study considers the metamorphosis of modern Japan in the light of key events of the twentieth century, focusing on the economic miracle, the influence of Japan's troubled past in Asia, the implications of the demographic time-bomb, the Third Transformation and the Lost Decade of the 1990s. With significantly updated chapters on the role of women and national security post-2001 and new chapters on judicial reforms, NPOs and Heisei Japan, this will be the most up-to-date look at contemporary Japan and its history.

Contents Introduction to the Series Publisher's Acknowledgements? Chronology Who's Who Prime Ministers Since 1952 Glossary Map PART ONE BACKGROUND 1 INTRODUCTION 2 THE US OCCUPATION OF JAPAN, 1945-52 Enemies to Allies What Went Wrong? Democratization The Reverse Course The Legacies of Occupation Hiroshima and Pearl Harbour PART TWO ANALYSIS 3 POSTWAR POLITICS The 1955 System The Decline of Radicalism Corruption The Shadow Shogun Sagawa Kyubin Political Reform The Changing Logic of Japanese Politics 4 THE ECONOMIC MIRACLE The Development State Favorable Factors Adversarial Trade A Dual Economy Growth as Ideology The Setting Sun 5 JAPAN AND ASIA: PAST AND PRESENT A Lingering Legacy Atonement and War Guilt Textbooks and Masochistic History Comfort Women The Nanking Massacre Contemporary Ties Multilateral Participation The Future 6 JAPANESE SECURITY The US-Japan Alliance The Reactive State Transforming Japan's Security Posture A Normal Nation North Korea (DPRK) People's Republic of China Lingering Taboos - Article Nine and the Three Non-Nuclear Principles 7 WOMEN IN JAPAN Divorce Women and Work The Labor Force Periphery Education Low Birth Rate The Birth Control Pill Sexploitation 8 DEMOGRAPHIC TIME BOMB Family-based Elderly care Nursing Care Insurance Pension and Medical Care Solvency Social Consequences Further Reforms? Labor Shortage and Immigration? 9 REQUIEM FOR JAPAN, INC. The Lost Decade The Emperor's Death The Burst Bubble The Binge Hangover Aum Shinrikyo (Supreme Truth Cult) The Kobe Earthquake Nuclear Mishaps and Misgivings Symbols that Divide Social Mores and Delinquency Discrimination 10 PARADIGM SHIFT A System that Soured The Changing Employment Paradigm The Unraveling Nexus Under Construction PART THREE ASSESSMENT 11 IN RETROSPECT Transformation? PART FOUR DOCUMENTS 1. THE 1947 CONSTITUTION 2. JOHN DOWER ON THE US OCCUPATION OF JAPAN 3. THE TREATY OF MUTUAL COOPERATION AND SECURITY BETWEEN JAPAN AND THE US, 19 JANUARY 1960 4. CHALMERS JOHNSON ON THE JAPANESE MIRACLE 5. End of the Miracle: Growing Disparities and Poverty 6. THE WAR APOLOGY RESOLUTION: THE PRIME MINISTER'S ADDRESS TO THE NATIONAL DIET, 9 JUNE 1995 7. PRIME MINISTER MURAYAMA'S APOLOGY, 15 AUGUST 1995 8. REPARATIONS AND RECONCILIATION 9. KONO STATEMENT ON COMFORT WOMEN 10. THE NANKING MASSACRE 11. THE ODA CHARTER 12. BEYOND THE ASIAN CRISIS: SPEECH BY MR KIICHI MIYAZAWA 13. ON THE REVISION OF THE US-JAPAN SECURITY TREATY, 1960 14. JAPAN AND THE VIOLATION OF ITS NON-NUCLEAR PRINCIPLES 15. SHINTARO ISHIHARA ON JAPAN'S RELATIONSHIP WITH THE US 16. THE 1997 GUIDELINES FOR US-JAPAN DEFENSE COOPERATION 17. NIXON ON US RELATIONS WITH JAPAN DURING THE COLD WAR 18. BECOMING A NORMAL NATION 19. THE GOVERNMENT'S POSITION ON ARTICLE NINE OF THE CONSTITUTION 20. HUMAN TRAFFICKING IN JAPAN. 21. THE SEXUAL EXPLOITATION OF WOMEN IN JAPAN 22. FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS OF AN AGING POPULATION 23. HEALTH CARE COSTS: OECD 24. IMMIGRATION AND THE DEMOGRAPHIC TIME BOMB 25. JAPAN'S THIRD TRANSFORMATION: PM KEIZO OBUCHI 26. SUICIDE TOLLS REMAINS HIGH 27. JAPAN'S 'BIG BANG' 28. SOCIAL ORDER IN JAPAN 29. MULTI-ETHNICITY IN JAPAN 30. AINU RECOGNIZED BY GOVERNMENT 31. RICHARD KATZ ON THE RISE AND FALL OF JAPAN'S ECONOMIC MIRACLE 32. CHANGING EMPLOYMENT SYSTEM 33. INFORMATION DISCLOSURE 34. LAW SCHOOLS 35. PARADIGM SHIFT GUIDE TO FURTHER READING? REFERENCES INDEX