Japan in the Heisei Era (1989–2019) : Multidisciplinary Perspectives (Hardcover)

Part 1: Symbol Emperor 1.The People's Imperial Couple Kenneth J. Ruoff 2. Contemporary Goshin’ei: The Emperor, Art, and the Anus Maki Kaneko Part 2: Government and Politics 3. The Rightward Shift of Japanese Politics: Interest, Reform, and Identity Koichi Nakano 4. Prime Ministers, Power and Leadership in Heisei Japan Tina Burrett 5. Heisei Okinawa: What Changed? Alexis Dudden 6. The Fight for Open Government in the Heisei Era Lawrence Repeta Part 3: Civil Society 7. Civil Society and Neoliberalism: Heisei’s Historic Convergence Simon Avenell 8. Still Half Free: The Japanese Media in the Heisei Era David McNeill & Tanaka Akira Part 4: Economy and Work 9. The Heisei Economy: Explaining the Lost Decades Richard Katz 10. Precaritization of Work in Japan Machiko Osawa & Jeff Kingston 11. Japan's Immigration in the Heisei Era: Population, Policy and the Ethno-nationalist Dilemma Gracia Liu-Farrer Part 5: Diversity 12. Women’s Leadership and Gender Equality Mari Miura Chapter 13. Preserving the Status Quo: Japan’s Laws and Policies on Ethnic and Sexual Minorities Tin Tin Htun 14. From Tiramisu to #MeToo: Triangulations of Sex, Gender and Sexuality in Heisei Japan Jennifer Robertson Part 6: Religion 15. Shinto During the Heisei Era Helen Hardacre 16. The Life and Death of a Heisei Religious Movement: What the Aum Shinriky?Affair Revealed about Japanese Society　 Mark R. Mullins Part 7: Cool Japan? 17. Heisei High Architecture as Soft Power Alice Y. Tseng 18. The Evangelion Boom: The Explosion of Fan Markets and Lifestyles in Heisei Japan Patrick W. Galbraith 19. The Genealogy of Kawaii Noriko Murai Part 8: Multivoiced Narratives 20. A False Peace: Literature in the Age of Heisei　 Matthew C. Strecher 21. Cinema’s Uneasy Social Critique: The Heisei Era Onscreen Kyoko Hirano Part 9: History and Memory 22. Heisei Historiography: Academic History and Public Commemoration in Japan, 1990-2020 Sven Saaler 23. Implicated Photographs: Wartime Postmemory and the Photographic Unconsciousness in the Heisei Era　 Ayelet Zohar 24. The Loss of Nostalgia, not The Nostalgia of Loss: Or, What Happens in Heisei Stays in Heisei David Leheny 25. The Tumultuous Finale: 2009-2019 Jeff Kingston