Examining Japan's Lost Decades

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