Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. Introduction: Japan’s Possible Futures 1
5. 1.Demography as Destiny: Falling Birthrates and the Allure of a Blended Society 11
6. 2. Precarity and Hope: Social Connectedness in Postcapitalist Japan 36
7. 3. Risk and Consequences: The Changing Japanese Employment Paradigm 58
8. 4. The Future of Gender in Japan:Work/Life Balance and Relations between the Sexes 87
9. 5. After Fukushima: Veto Players and Japanese Nuclear Policy 110
10. 6. Japan’sMegadisaster Challenges: CrisisManagement in theModern Era 139
11. 7. Fiscal Survival and Financial Revival: Possible Futures for the Japanese Economy 167
12. 8. Manufacturing in Japan: Factories and National Policy 189
13. 9. Integrated Solutions to Complex Problems: Transforming Japanese Science and Technology 213
14. 10. Military Cooperation and Territorial Disputes: The Changing Face of Japan’s Security Policy 236
15. 11. Economic and Strategic Leadership in Asia: The Rivalry between China and Japan 261
16. 12. Possible Futures of Political Leadership: Waiting for a Transformational PrimeMinister 282
17. 13. State Power versus Individual Freedom: Japan’s Constitutional Past, Present, and Possible Futures 304
18. About the Contributors 329
19. Index 333