Map vii
Series Editor's Preface viii
Acknowledgments x
Part I Introduction 1
1 Transformations After World War II 3
2 The Lost Decade 23
Part II Risk and Consequences 39
3 Defusing the Demographic Time Bomb 41
4 Families at Risk 60
5 Jobs at Risk 77
Part III Politics and Consequences 93
6 Contemporary Politics 95
7 Security and the Peace Constitution 115
8 Immigration 136
9 War Memory and Responsibility 154
Part IV Environment and Disaster 175
10 Environmental Issues 177
11 3/11: Earthquake, Tsunami, and Nuclear Crisis 198
Part V Institutions at Risk 221
12 The Imperial Family 223
13 Yakuza 241
Part VI Postscript 261
14 Prospects 263
Glossary 270
Notes 278
Further Reading 293
Index 302