Japan in Decline: Fact or Fiction?

Contents......Page 6
Preface......Page 8
List of Contributors......Page 10
Introduction Japan: Descending Asian Giant?......Page 13
Part 1 Economics and Politics......Page 26
1 Financial System Reform: Recovery or Retrogression?......Page 28
2 Political Earthquake in Japan: How Much of a Difference Will it Make?......Page 43
Part 2 Foreign Policy and Security......Page 60
3 Japan’s ODA as Soft Power......Page 62
4 Japan in Global Governance: War and Peace......Page 80
5 Japan’s Politics of Environment and Climate Change: From NIMBY to Global Networks......Page 99
6 National Security in Japan’s Space Policy......Page 117
7 Japan’s Regional Engagement: Network Diplomacy......Page 135
8 Can Japan Engage Northeast Asia? Overcoming Perceptual and Strategic Deficits......Page 154
Part 3 Social Challenges......Page 170
9 Japan’s Education System: Problems and Prospects in the Post-Industrial Age......Page 172
10 The Impact of Changing Age Structure on Demographic Dividends and Intergenerational Transfers in Japan......Page 191
11 Have Jobs and Hope Gone Forever in Japan? From Family and Firms to a New Social Network......Page 212
12 The Culture of Migration Politics in Japan......Page 230
Index......Page 250