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Cover
Title
Copyright
Contents
Preface
PART 1 Modern Japan: Background
Introduction
1 General History
Japan and the West
The Restoration
Modernization
The Imperial System
2 The Occupation
The Goals of the Occupation
Labor
Land Reform
Education
The Zaibatsu
The 1947 Constitution
PART 2 The Political Process
3 The Structure of Government
The Legislative Process
Local Government
The Legal System
The Legal Profession
4 Political Parties—I
The Japanese Party System
The Liberal Democratic Party
The Role of Factions
Decline and Fall
Rebuilding
5 Political Parties—II
The Japan Socialist Party
The Clean Government Party
The Japan Communist Party
The Democratic Socialist Party
Democratic Party of Japan
Other Parties
Political Parties and Democracy in Japan
6 Political Corruption and Political Reform
The Politics of Corruption
The Institutionalization of Corruption
Reform Proposals
Conclusion
7 Political Participation
The Electoral System
Protest Politics
Citizens\' Movements: The Environment
Pressure Groups
PART 3 Society and Economy
8 The Social Order
Social Identity
Social Status
The Individual and the Group
Social Distinctions and Politics
9 The Economy
The Post-Second World War Economy
Economic Characteristics
The Japanese Worker
Japanese Management
The Role of Exports
Meeting the Challenge
The Post-Bubble Economy
Abenomics
PART 4 Public Services
10 Education and Health Care
Education and the Social System
The Education System Today
Higher Education
Education and Japan\'s Future
Health Care
11 Public Safety
Crime Rates
The Criminal Justice System
The Police
Vice and Victimless Crimes
Political Corruption
PART 5 Japan and the World
12 Foreign Relations
Foreign Political Relations
Relations with the United States
Foreign Economic Relations
International Trade Pressures
13 Defense
From Hot War to Cold War
The Japanese Defense Establishment
The North Korea Problem
Japan and International Peacekeeping Operations
Constraints on Expanding the Military
Japanese Strategy in the New Millennium
PART 6 Conclusions
14 Problems and Prospects
The Institutional Dimension
The Political Process
The Changing Social Context
Economic Development
International Relations
Quality of Life Issues
Appendix A: The Constitution of Japan
Appendix Β: Parliamentary Election Results
Appendix C: Prime Ministers of Japan
For Further Reading
Index