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Product details

  • ISBN 9780815352051
  • Weight: 453g
  • Dimensions: 174 x 246mm
  • Publication Date: 26 Feb 2019
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis Inc
  • Publication City/Country: US
  • Product Form: Hardback
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This new and fully updated second edition of Critical Issues in Contemporary Japan provides undergraduate and graduate students with an interdisciplinary textbook written by leading specialists on contemporary Japan. Students will gain the analytical insights and information necessary to assess the challenges that confront the Japanese people, policymakers and private and public-sector institutions in Japan today.

Featuring a comprehensive analysis of key debates and issues confronting Japan, issues covered include:

  • A rapidly aging society and changing employment system

  • Nuclear and renewable energy policy

  • Gender discrimination

  • Immigration and ethnic minorities

  • Post-3/11 tsunami, earthquake and nuclear meltdown developments

  • Sino-Japanese relations

An essential reference work for students of contemporary Japan, it is also an invaluable source for a variety of courses, including comparative politics, anthropology, public policy and international relations.

About

Jeff Kingston is Professor of History and Director of Asian Studies at Temple University, Japan. His recent publications include Japan's Foreign Relations in Asia (2017) and Nationalism in Asia: A History Since 1945 (2016).