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| List of Tables | |
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| Preface | |
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| Acknowledgements | |
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| Preface to Third Edition | |
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| Introduction: Japan and History | |
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| From the Stone Age to Statehood: Myths, Prehistory, and Ancient History (to 710) | |
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| Making Gods of Emperors: Ancient History According to Japan's Myths | |
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| The Earliest Inhabitants (to ca 13,000 BC) | |
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| Stone Age Hunters and Gatherers: The Jomon Period (ca 13,000 BC-ca 400 BC) | |
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| New Beginnings: The Yayoi Period (ca 400 BC-ca AD 250) | |
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| The Early State Emerges: The Kofun/Yamato Period (ca 250-710) | |
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| Review of Part One | |
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| Of Courtiers and Warriors: Early and Medieval History (710-1600) | |
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| Learning from the Chinese - within Limits: The Nara Period (710-794) | |
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| The Rise and Fall of the Court: The Heian Period (794-1185) | |
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| The Warrior State: The Kamakura Period (1185-1333) | |
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| A Nation at War with Itself: The Muromachi Period (1333-1568) | |
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| Reunifying the Nation: The Azuchi-Momoyama Period (1568-1600) | |
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| Review of Part Two | |
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| The Closed Country: The Tokugawa Period (1600-1868) | |
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| Stability Equals Survival: Establishing the Tokugawa Sh�gunate | |
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| Samurai and Ethics | |
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| Commoners, Culture, and the Economy | |
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| The Return of the Foreign Devils and the Fall of the Sh�gunate | |
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| Review of Part Three | |
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| Building a Modern Nation: The Meiji Period (1868-1912) | |
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| Consolidating the Restoration | |
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| The Westernisation of Society | |
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| Harnessing the Energies of the People | |
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| Moves towards Democracy - of Sorts | |
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| War and Politics | |
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| Guided Economic Development | |
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| An Era Comes to an End | |
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| Review of Part Four | |
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| The Excesses of Ambition: The Pacific War and its Lead-Up | |
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| The Fragile Democracy of Taisho (1912-26) | |
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| A Troubled Start to Showa | |
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| The Ideologies Behind Expansionism | |
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| Preparations for War | |
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| The Pacific War | |
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| Review of Part Five | |
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| A Phoenix from the Ashes: Postwar Successes and Beyond | |
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| American Dreams for a New Japan | |
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| Cold War Realities Reshape the Dreams | |
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| Becoming Number One | |
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| A Superpower under Siege - and a Bubble | |
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| Review of Part Six | |
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| A Superpower Adrift: The Heisei Years | |
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| The Bursting of the Bubble | |
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| A Political Merry-Go-Round | |
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| Life in Global Age Japan | |
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| Review of Part Seven | |
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| Conclusion: Lessons for Aspiring Superpowers | |
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| Notes | |
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| References | |
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| Glossary of Japanese Terms | |
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| Index | |