The Voluntary and Non-Profit Sector in Japan (Nissan Institute Routledgecurzon Japanese Studies Series)

Book Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 4
Contents......Page 5
List of figures and tables......Page 12
List of contributors......Page 13
Series editor\'s preface......Page 14
Acknowledgements......Page 16
A note on terminology......Page 17
The voluntary and non-profit sector in Japan: a guide......Page 18
Background to the sector......Page 22
The voluntary and non-profit sector in contemporary  Japan: emerging roles and organizational challenges in  a changing society......Page 24
The philanthropic roots of the voluntary and non-profit sector in Japan: the Rockefeller Legacy......Page 40
The voluntary response to the Hanshin Awaji  earthquake: a trigger for the development of the  voluntary and non-profit sector in Japan......Page 57
The changing context of the voluntary and non-profit  sector in Japan......Page 68
The politics of regulating the non-profit sector......Page 70
The legal framework for voluntary and non-profit activity......Page 93
Businesses and the NPO sector in Japan: development  and prospects......Page 119
Key managerial challenges for the sector......Page 136
The challenges of growing the NPO and voluntary  sector in Japan......Page 138
Strategic management and Japanese non-profits: can it  work?......Page 167
The government  non-profit relationship in  contemporary Japan: an emerging local government    non-profit partnership in Miyagi......Page 187
The philanthropic tradition and fund raising for the  voluntary and non-profit sector in Japan......Page 205
The voluntary and non-profit sector in action in Japan......Page 214
The voluntary and non-profit sector and the community  in Japan: making links and responding to needs......Page 216
Supporting local groups in responding to social needs:  a case study of the Kobe Community Support Project......Page 225
Conclusions......Page 236
Managing the Japanese voluntary and non-profit  sector: an agenda for the future......Page 238
Index......Page 249