Contents

pp.：  5 – 6

Preface

pp.：  7 – 8

List of Contributors

pp.：  9 – 11

Introduction Japan: Descending Asian Giant?

pp.：  12 – 24

Part 1 Economics and Politics

pp.：  25 – 26

1 Financial System Reform: Recovery or Retrogression?

pp.：  27 – 41

2 Political Earthquake in Japan: How Much of a Difference Will it Make?

pp.：  42 – 58

Part 2 Foreign Policy and Security

pp.：  59 – 60

3 Japan’s ODA as Soft Power

pp.：  61 – 78

4 Japan in Global Governance: War and Peace

pp.：  79 – 97

5 Japan’s Politics of Environment and Climate Change: From NIMBY to Global Networks

pp.：  98 – 115

6 National Security in Japan’s Space Policy

pp.：  116 – 133

7 Japan’s Regional Engagement: Network Diplomacy

pp.：  134 – 152

8 Can Japan Engage Northeast Asia? Overcoming Perceptual and Strategic Deficits

pp.：  153 – 168

Part 3 Social Challenges

pp.：  169 – 170

9 Japan’s Education System: Problems and Prospects in the Post-Industrial Age

pp.：  171 – 189

10 The Impact of Changing Age Structure on Demographic Dividends and Intergenerational Transfers in Japan

pp.：  190 – 210

11 Have Jobs and Hope Gone Forever in Japan? From Family and Firms to a New Social Network

pp.：  211 – 228

12 The Culture of Migration Politics in Japan

pp.：  229 – 248

Index

pp.：  249 – 254