Japan in Crisis

Preface Hahm Chaibong
Introduction T.J. Pempel

PART 1 STARTING WITH FUKUSHIMA
CHAPTER 1 Masakatsu Ota
The Fukushima Nuclear Crisis and Its Political and Social Implications

PART 2 THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF SLOW GROWTH
CHAPTER 2 Gregory W. Noble
Japan's Economic Crisis: More Chronic than Acute-So Far
CHAPTER 3 William W. Grimes
Japan's Fiscal Challenge: The Political Economy of Reform

PART 3 HURDLING POLITICAL OBSTACLES
CHAPTER 4 Tetsundo Iwakuni
Governance Crisis in Japan: Return to the Basic Building Blocks of Democracy
CHAPTER 5 Jun Saito
The Ghost of the Second Republic?
The Structural Weakness of Parliamentary Bicameralism in Japan

PART 4 TOWARD A MULTICULTURAL SOLUTION?
CHAPTER 6 Kim Mikyoung
Embracing Asia: Japan's Expat Politics

PART 5 IMPROVING RELATIONS WITH THE AISA-PACIFIC NEIGHBORS
CHAPTER 7 Kazuhiko Togo
What Will It Take for Japan to Rise Again?
Vision, Regional Initiative, and Japan-Korea Relations
CHAPTER 8 Kim Sok Chul
Regional Situation Awareness as a Basis for Northeast Asian Regional Cooperation in Dealing with Transnational Nuclear Disaters
CHAPTER 9 Michael Auslin
The US-Japan Alliance and Japan's Future
CHAPTER 10 T.J. Pempel
An Economic Step Toward Revitalizing Japan and Us-Japan Ties

Index