Part I. Political environment
Japanese politics: mainstream or exotic? / Arthur Stockwin
The politics of trade policy / Aurelia George Mulgan
Limiting fundamental rights protection in Japan: the role of the Supreme Court / Lawrence Repeta
Civil society: past, present, and future / Akihiro Ogawa
Japan's contemporary media / David McNeill
Part II. Nuclear and renewable energy
Revisiting the limits of flexible and adaptive institutions: the Japanese government's role in nuclear power plant siting over the post-war period / Daniel P. Aldrich
Who controls whom?: constraints, challenges and rival policy images in Japan's post-war energy restructuring / Paul J. Scalise
Japan's nuclear village: power and resilience / Jeff Kingston
Japan's renewable power prospects / Andrew DeWit
Part III. International dynamics
Bad war or good war?: history and politics in post-war Japan / Sven Saaler
Territorial disputes with Korea and China: small islets, enduring conflicts / Mark Selden
An inconvenient truce: domestic politics and the Russo-Japanese Northern Territories dispute / Tina Burrett
Okinawa today: spotlight on Henoko / Alexis Dudden
Part IV. Social dilemmas
Demographic dilemmas, women and immigration / Jeff Kingston
Reproductive rights in Japan: where do women stand? / Tin Tin Htun
Hiding in plain sight: minority issues in Japan / Kyle Cleveland
Mental health and therapy in Japan: conceptions, practices, and challenges / Sachiko Horiguchi
Violence in schools: tensions between "the individual" and "the group" in the Japanese education system / Robert Aspinall
Hidden behind Tokyo: observations on the rest of Japan / John Mock
Part V. Reforming Japan?
Seeking to change Japanese society through legal reform / Matthew J. Wilson
Parochialism: Japan's failure to internationalize / Robert Dujarric and Ayumi Takenaka
What's behind what ails Japan / David Leheny.