Japan at the Millennium : joining past and future
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Japan at the Millennium : joining past and future
UBC, c2003
- : pbk
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  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
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Includes bibliographies and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This critical, multi-disciplinary collection explores the convergence of past and future in contemporary Japan. Contributors comment on a wide range of economic, socio-cultural, and political trends - such as the mobilization of Japanese labour, the burgeoning Ainu identity movement, and the shifting place of the modern woman - and conclude that despite the rapid changes, many of the traditional facets of Japanese society have remained intact. Institutional change, they assert, is unlikely to occur quickly, and Japan must find alternate ways to adjust to 21st century pressures of global competition and interdependence. A pleasure to read, this broad volume will be welcomed by upper level undergraduates, graduates, and specialists in Japanese studies.
Table of Contents
Figures and Tables
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1 Joining the Past and Present in Japan / David W. Edgington
Part 1: Economic and Political Systems
2 Japanese Economics: An Interpretative Essay / Keizo Nagatani
3 The Japanese Labour Movement's Road to the Millennium / Lonny E. Carlile
4 Japan's High Seas Fisheries in the North Pacific Ocean: Food Security and Foreign Policy / Roger Smith
Part 2: Japan's Identity and Youth
5 Postwar Japan and Manchuria / Bill Sewell
6 May the Saru River Flow: The Nibutani Dam and the Resurging Tide of the Ainu Identity Movement / Millie Creighton
7 Pop Idols and Gender Contestation / Hiroshi Aoyagi
8 A Century of Juvenile Law in Japan / Stephan M. Salzberg
Part 3: Urban Living and Beauty
9 Japan Ponders the Good Life: Improving the Quality of Japanese Cities / David W. Edgington
10 Museum as Hometown: What Is "Japanese Beauty"? / Joshua S. Mostow
Conclusion
11 Continuity and Change in Japan / David W. Edgington
Contributors
Index
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