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| Preface | |
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| Modern Japan: Background | |
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| Introduction | |
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| General History | |
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| Japan and the West | |
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| The Restoration | |
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| Modernization | |
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| The Imperial System | |
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| The Occupation | |
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| The Goals of the Occupation | |
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| Labor | |
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| Land Reform | |
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| Education | |
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| The Zaibatsu | |
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| The 1947 Constitution | |
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| The Political Process | |
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| The Structure of Government | |
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| The Legislative Process Organization | |
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| Procedure | |
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| The Cabinet | |
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| Bureaucracy | |
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| Local Government | |
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| The Legal System | |
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| The Legal Profession | |
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| Political Parties--I | |
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| The Japanese Party System | |
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| The Liberal Democratic Party | |
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| The Role of Factions LDP Party Politics | |
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| Choosing the Party Leader | |
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| The Nakasone Era | |
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| The New Liberal Club | |
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| Decline and Fall | |
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| Rebuilding | |
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| Political Parties--II | |
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| The Japan Socialist Party | |
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| The Clean Government Party | |
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| The Japan Communist Party | |
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| The Democratic Socialist Party | |
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| Other Parties | |
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| Political Parties and Democracy in Japan | |
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| Political Corruption and Political Reform | |
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| The Politics of Corruption The Lockheed Scandal | |
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| The Recruit Scandal | |
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| The Sagawa Kyubin Scandal | |
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| The Institutionalization of Corruption Party Philosophy | |
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| Public Opinion | |
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| Ineffective Opposition | |
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| Money and Politics | |
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| Reform Proposals | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Political Participation | |
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| The Electoral System Getting Elected | |
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| The Role of the Press | |
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| Electoral Reform | |
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| Protest Politics | |
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| Citizens' Movements: The Environment | |
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| Pressure Groups Professional Associations | |
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| Business | |
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| Agriculture | |
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| Labor | |
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| Students | |
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| Society and Economy | |
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| The Social Order | |
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| Social Identity Social Status | |
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| The Individual and the Group | |
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| Social Distinctions and Politics Ethnic Groups | |
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| Women | |
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| Political Groups | |
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| The Economy | |
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| The Post-World War II Economy | |
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| Economic Characteristics Major Strengths | |
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| Major Weaknesses | |
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| The Japanese Worker | |
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| Worker Compensation | |
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| Lifetime Employment | |
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| Japanese Management | |
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| The Role of Exports | |
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| Meeting the Challenge | |
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| The Post-Bubble Economy | |
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| Public Services | |
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| Education and Health Care | |
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| Education and the Social System | |
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| The Educational System Today Literacy | |
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| Curriculum | |
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| Why Do Students Work So Hard? | |
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| Higher Education Students | |
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| The Issue of Academic Status | |
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| Faculty | |
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| Financing Higher Education | |
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| Problems of Higher Education | |
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| Education and Japan's Future | |
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| Health Care | |
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| National Health Program | |
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| Costs | |
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| Aging Population | |
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| Medical Services | |
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| Public Safety | |
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| Crime Rates | |
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| The Criminal Justice System | |
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| The Police | |
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| Vice and Victimless Crimes | |
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| Political Corruption | |
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| Japan and the World | |
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| Foreign Relations | |
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| Foreign Political Relations Japan-China Relations | |
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| Japan-Russia Relations | |
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| Japan and Eastern Europe | |
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| Japan and the Third World | |
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| Other Developments | |
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| Relations with the United States Security Issues | |
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| Development Assistance | |
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| Technical Competition | |
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| The Nuclear Issue | |
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| Foreign Economic Relations | |
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| International Trade Pressures | |
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| Defense | |
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| From Hot War to Cold War | |
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| The Japanese Defense Establishment Organization of the Military | |
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| Projecting Japanese Military Power | |
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| The North Korea Problem | |
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| Japan and International Peacekeeping Operations | |
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| Constraints on Expanding the Military Public Opinion | |
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| Article Nine | |
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| Budget Constraints | |
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| Japanese Strategy in the New Millennium | |
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| Conclusions | |
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| Problems and Prospects | |
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| The Institutional Dimension | |
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| The Political Process | |
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| The Changing Social Context | |
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| Economic Development | |
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| International Relations | |
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| Quality of Life Issues | |
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| The Constitution of Japan | |
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| Parliamentary Election Results | |
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| Prime Ministers of Japan | |
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| Notes | |
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| Bibliography | |
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| Index | |