Japan in Transformation, 1945-2020 by Jeff Kingston
Includes lots of pedagogical features useful to students such as who's who, glossary, cholnolgy, pictures and documents with discussion.
Concise, easy to engage with brief history - important for students who might be coming to the subject for the first time without much prior knowledge of the area.
Includes more on foreign policy, minroity experiences, immigration and social and cultural forces - all of which are very relevant in today's teaching environment.
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