Preface
Introduction
Chapter 1: Japan’s Demographic Collapse and the Vanishing Provinces Seike Atsushi
Chapter 2: Monetary and Fiscal Policies During the Lost Decades Kenneth Kuttner, Iwaisako Tokuo, and Adam Posen
Chapter 3: The Two "Lost Decades" and Macroeconomics: Changing Economic Policies Kobayashi Keiichirō
Chapter 4: The Curse of "Japan, Inc." and Japan’s Microeconomic Competitiveness
Chapter 5: Making Sense of the Lost Decades: Workplaces and Schools, Men and Women, Young and Old, Rich and Poor Andrew Gordon
Chapter 6: The Two Lost Decades in Education: The Failure of Reform Kariya Takehiko
Chapter 7: The Fukushima Nuclear Accident: Lost Opportunities and the "Safety Myth" Kitazawa Koichi
Chapter 8: The Last Two Decades in Japanese Politics: Lost Opportunities and Undesirable Outcomes Machidori Satoshi
Chapter 9: The Gulf War and Japan’s National Security Identity Michael J. Green and Igata Akira
Chapter 10: Foreign Economic Policy Strategies and Economic Performance Peter Drysdale and Shiro Armstrong
Chapter 11: Japan’s Asia/Asia-Pacific Policy in Flux Shiraishi Takashi
Chapter 12: Okinawa Bases and the U.S.-Japan Alliance Sheila A. Smith
Chapter 13: Japanese Historical Memory Tōgo Kazuhiko
Chapter 14: Japan’s Failed Bid for a Permanent Seat on the UN Security Council Akiyama Nobumasa
Chapter 15: The Stakeholder State: Ideology and Values in Japan’s Search for a Post-Cold War Global Role G. John Ikenberry
Conclusion: Something has been "lost" from our future Funabashi Yoichi