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Japan at the Millennium

Joining Past and Future

David Edgington,

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Distributed for University of British Columbia Press

Japan at the Millennium

Joining Past and Future

David Edgington,

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.

288 pages | © 2003

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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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