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 Japan in Decline: Fact or Fiction?

Contents

• • Preliminary Material (i-xxiv)   (120K)
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    • Contents
    • Preface
    • List Of Contributors
    • Introduction Japan: Descending Asian Giant?
  • Financial System Reform: Recovery Or Retrogression? (1-17) by Jenny Corbett   (303K)
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    • Introduction
    • Background To Crisis
    • Rescue Then Reform
    • Learning Lessons From Japan
    • Conclusion
    • Notes
  • Political Earthquake In Japan: How Much Of A Difference Will It Make? (18-34) by J.A.A. Stockwin   (80K)
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    • Introduction: Concerning Earthquakes
    • The Significance Of 30 August
    • Convergence With, Then Divergence From, The Westminster Model
    • Political Evolution, 1990s To 2009
    • Electoral Earthquake Into Political Revolution?
    • Conclusions
    • Notes
  • Japan’s Oda As Soft Power (35-54) by Marie Söderberg   (87K)
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    • The Concepts Of Soft Power
    • Japanese Aid
    • South Korea’s Aid Experience: Recipient And Donor
    • China’s Foreign Aid Policy
    • Thailand’s Foreign Aid
    • Japanese Soft Power And Asian Development Aid
    • Conclusion
    • Notes
  • Japan In Global Governance: War And Peace (55-73) by Go Ito   (86K)
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    • Japan’s Ideas For ‘Global Governance’ In International Security
    • Ideas And Agendas Regarding ‘International Contributions’
    • Japan’s Efforts For International Peacekeeping Operations
    • Japan’s Efforts For Disaster-Relief Operations
    • Learning To Collaborate With Non-Military Organizations
    • International Terrorism And Japan’s Counter-Measures
    • Conclusion
    • Notes
  • Japan’s Politics Of Environment And Climate Change: From NIMBY To Global Networks (74-91) by Lam Peng Er   (83K)
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    • Three Green Waves In Post-War Japan
    • The Politics Of Climate Change
    • Towards A Low Carbon Society In Japan: Myth And Reality
    • A Leadership Role In Climate Change: Actors And Their Motivations
    • Epilogue
    • Notes
  • National Security In Japan’s Space Policy (92-109) by Saadia M. Pekkanen and Paul Kallender-Umezu   (83K)
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    • Contextualizing The Military Angle
    • The Legal, Institutional, And Policy Realm
    • Emphasis On Civilian Space Development
    • Spacecraft Technologies And The Players
    • Communication And Navigation Satellite Systems Infrastructure
    • Reconnaissance Satellites Infrastructure
    • Small Satellites And ASAT Systems
    • Summation And Future Directions
    • Notes
  • Japan’s Regional Engagement: Network Diplomacy (110-128) by Purnendra Jain and Alex Stephens   (86K)
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    • Introduction
    • Explaining Japan’s Regional Engagement: Network Diplomacy
    • Networks In Japan’s Regional Economic Policy
    • Politico-Security Networks
    • Conclusion
    • Notes
  • Can Japan Engage Northeast Asia? Overcoming Perceptual And Strategic Deficits (129-144) by Jong Kun Choi   (77K)
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    • Introduction: Japan’s Place In Northeast Asia
    • Perceptual Deficit In The Politics Of History
    • Abductions Issue And Strategic Deficit In North Korea’s Nuclear Problem
    • Implications Of Perceptual And Strategic Deficits For Japan
    • Overcoming The Impediments: A New Japanese Engagement
    • Notes
  • Japan’s Education System: Problems And Prospects In The Post-Industrial Age (145-165) by Brad Williams and Shoko Yoneyama   (243K)
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    • Introduction
    • School Education: What Is In Decline?
    • Subjective Costs Of Education
    • The Problem Of Critical Thinking
    • Higher Education In Japan: A System Unworthy Of An Economic Power
    • Universities As Hierarchical Employment Agencies For Corporate Japan
    • Socioeconomic Accelerants Of University Decline
    • Reforming An Uncompetitive System
    • Future Prospects
    • Notes
  • The Impact Of Changing Age Structure On Demographic Dividends And Intergenerational Transfers In Japan (166-186) by Naohiro Ogawa   (331K)
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    • Introduction
    • Japan’s Falling Fertility And Rapid Population Ageing
    • Changing Economic Dynamism: The Dramatic Rise And Fall Of The Japanese Economy
    • Changing Public And Familial Support Systems
    • Population Ageing And Two Demographic Dividends
    • The Changing Pattern Of Intergenerational Transfers In Japan
    • Concluding Remarks
    • Acknowledgements
    • Notes
  • Have Jobs And Hope Gone Forever In Japan? From Family And Firms To A New Social Network (187-204) by Yuji Genda   (113K)
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    • Introduction
    • Symbolic Changes Since The 1980s
    • Losing Jobs In The 1990s And 2000s
    • Rebirth Of Hope
    • Conclusion: Japan To Ascend Again
    • Notes
  • The Culture Of Migration Politics In Japan (205-224) by Gabriele Vogt   (274K)
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    • 1. The Puzzle
    • 2. Research Design
    • 3. Japan’s Migration Policy: Output And Outcome
    • 4. Policymaking À La Japon
    • 5. Public Opinion And Political Action
    • 6. Conclusion
    • Acknowledgement
    • Notes
  • Index (225-230)   (43K)