The chapters in this handbook each provide concise, up-to-date and highly accessible accounts of the state of the academic field - and how it is likely to develop - across an impressively wide range of topics. As a result, it will be a welcome addition to any reading list for those interested in contemporary Japanese society.

• Introduction - James BabbPART I: LAND, HISTORY AND CULTUREModern Japan in History - Andrew CobbingAnthropology of Modern Japan - Carolyn StevensThe Practice of Religion in Japan: An Exploration of the State of the Field - Lucia DolceMass Media in Japan - Katja ValaskiviHeritage Management in Present-day Japan - Noriaki NishiyamaGeography’s Contribution in Japanese Studies - Mary McDonaldRegionalism and the Local - Anthony RauschPART II: SOCIETYEducation - Robert W. AspinallFeminism - Vera Mackie‘How to Sex’? The Contested Nature of Sexuality in Japan - Mark McLellandGender Equity in Japan - Joyce GelbPolicing in Japan - David T. JohnsonOrganised Crime - Peter HillPART III: MEDICINE AND HEALTH CAREA Brief History of Japanese Medicine - Izumi Yokoyama and Michael D. FettersHealth Care in Japan: Excellent Population Health, Low Medical Expenditures, yet Ambiguous Place of Primary Care - Jonathan E. Rodnick, Izumi Yokoyama and Michael D. FettersMedical Education in Japan - Michael D. Fetters and Izumi YokoyamaBioethics and Medico-legal Issues in Japan - Michael D. FettersMental Health in Japan - Denise St. ArnaultPART IV: POLITICS AND FOREIGN RELATIONSPolitical ′Science′ and the Study of Japanese Politics - James BabbParties and Election in Japan - Kenneth Mori McElwainPostwar Democracy - Sherry Martin MurphyCivil Society in Japan - Yuko Kawato, Robert Pekkanen and Hidehiro YamamotoJapan’s International Relations - Christopher W. HughesJapan and Globalization - Hugo DobsonJapan-United States Relations - Paul MidfordForeign Relations with China - Caroline RosePART V: ECONOMYThe Japanese Economy - Marcus RebickJapanese Business and Management - Parissa HaghirianJapanese Consumers and Consumerism - Parissa HaghirianLabor Relations - Akira Suzuki Foreign Workers in Japan - Gabriele VogtAgriculture - Aurelia George MulganEnergy - Alexandru P. Luta and Paul Midford

The chapters in this handbook each provide concise, up-to-date and highly accessible accounts of the state of the academic field - and how it is likely to develop - across an impressively wide range of topics. As a result, it will be a welcome addition to any reading list for those interested in contemporary Japanese society.

• Introduction - James BabbPART I: LAND, HISTORY AND CULTUREModern Japan in History - Andrew CobbingAnthropology of Modern Japan - Carolyn StevensThe Practice of Religion in Japan: An Exploration of the State of the Field - Lucia DolceMass Media in Japan - Katja ValaskiviHeritage Management in Present-day Japan - Noriaki NishiyamaGeography’s Contribution in Japanese Studies - Mary McDonaldRegionalism and the Local - Anthony RauschPART II: SOCIETYEducation - Robert W. AspinallFeminism - Vera Mackie‘How to Sex’? The Contested Nature of Sexuality in Japan - Mark McLellandGender Equity in Japan - Joyce GelbPolicing in Japan - David T. JohnsonOrganised Crime - Peter HillPART III: MEDICINE AND HEALTH CAREA Brief History of Japanese Medicine - Izumi Yokoyama and Michael D. FettersHealth Care in Japan: Excellent Population Health, Low Medical Expenditures, yet Ambiguous Place of Primary Care - Jonathan E. Rodnick, Izumi Yokoyama and Michael D. FettersMedical Education in Japan - Michael D. Fetters and Izumi YokoyamaBioethics and Medico-legal Issues in Japan - Michael D. FettersMental Health in Japan - Denise St. ArnaultPART IV: POLITICS AND FOREIGN RELATIONSPolitical ′Science′ and the Study of Japanese Politics - James BabbParties and Election in Japan - Kenneth Mori McElwainPostwar Democracy - Sherry Martin MurphyCivil Society in Japan - Yuko Kawato, Robert Pekkanen and Hidehiro YamamotoJapan’s International Relations - Christopher W. HughesJapan and Globalization - Hugo DobsonJapan-United States Relations - Paul MidfordForeign Relations with China - Caroline RosePART V: ECONOMYThe Japanese Economy - Marcus RebickJapanese Business and Management - Parissa HaghirianJapanese Consumers and Consumerism - Parissa HaghirianLabor Relations - Akira Suzuki Foreign Workers in Japan - Gabriele VogtAgriculture - Aurelia George MulganEnergy - Alexandru P. Luta and Paul Midford

The chapters in this handbook each provide concise, up-to-date and highly accessible accounts of the state of the academic field - and how it is likely to develop - across an impressively wide range of topics. As a result, it will be a welcome addition to any reading list for those interested in contemporary Japanese society.

• Introduction - James BabbPART I: LAND, HISTORY AND CULTUREModern Japan in History - Andrew CobbingAnthropology of Modern Japan - Carolyn StevensThe Practice of Religion in Japan: An Exploration of the State of the Field - Lucia DolceMass Media in Japan - Katja ValaskiviHeritage Management in Present-day Japan - Noriaki NishiyamaGeography’s Contribution in Japanese Studies - Mary McDonaldRegionalism and the Local - Anthony RauschPART II: SOCIETYEducation - Robert W. AspinallFeminism - Vera Mackie‘How to Sex’? The Contested Nature of Sexuality in Japan - Mark McLellandGender Equity in Japan - Joyce GelbPolicing in Japan - David T. JohnsonOrganised Crime - Peter HillPART III: MEDICINE AND HEALTH CAREA Brief History of Japanese Medicine - Izumi Yokoyama and Michael D. FettersHealth Care in Japan: Excellent Population Health, Low Medical Expenditures, yet Ambiguous Place of Primary Care - Jonathan E. Rodnick, Izumi Yokoyama and Michael D. FettersMedical Education in Japan - Michael D. Fetters and Izumi YokoyamaBioethics and Medico-legal Issues in Japan - Michael D. FettersMental Health in Japan - Denise St. ArnaultPART IV: POLITICS AND FOREIGN RELATIONSPolitical ′Science′ and the Study of Japanese Politics - James BabbParties and Election in Japan - Kenneth Mori McElwainPostwar Democracy - Sherry Martin MurphyCivil Society in Japan - Yuko Kawato, Robert Pekkanen and Hidehiro YamamotoJapan’s International Relations - Christopher W. HughesJapan and Globalization - Hugo DobsonJapan-United States Relations - Paul MidfordForeign Relations with China - Caroline RosePART V: ECONOMYThe Japanese Economy - Marcus RebickJapanese Business and Management - Parissa HaghirianJapanese Consumers and Consumerism - Parissa HaghirianLabor Relations - Akira Suzuki Foreign Workers in Japan - Gabriele VogtAgriculture - Aurelia George MulganEnergy - Alexandru P. Luta and Paul Midford