Part I. Introduction -- Transformations after WW II -- The Lost Decade -- Part II. Risk and Consequence -- Defusing the Demographic Time Bomb -- Families at Risk -- Jobs at Risk -- Part III. Politics and Consequences -- Contemporary Politics -- Security and the Peace Constitution -- Immigration -- War Memory and Responsibility -- Part IV. Environment and Disaster -- Environmental Issues -- 3/11 : Earthquake, Tsunami and Nuclear Crisis -- Part V. Institutions at Risk -- The Imperial Family -- Yakuza -- Part V. Postscript -- Prospects -- Glossary
Summary
The second edition of this comprehensive study of recent Japanese history now includes the author's expert assessment of the effects of the earthquake and tsunami, including the political and environmental consequences of the Fukushima reactor meltdown. Fully updated to include a detailed assessment of the aftermath of the March 2011 earthquake and tsunamiShows how the nuclear crisis at Fukushima was an accident waiting to happenIncludes detailed discussion of Japan's energy policy, now in flux after the mishandling of the Fukushima crisisAnalyzes Japan's 'Lost Decades', why jobs and families a
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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