Japan and the shackles of the past

Introduction: Does Japan Still Matter?

Part One. Past

Japan Before the Edo Period

The Incubation of the Modern Japanese State

Restoration to Occupation

Appendix: The Meiji Leaders

The Miracle

The Institutions of High-speed Growth

Consequences (Intended and Otherwise)

Part Two. Present

Economy and Finance

Business

Social and Cultural Change

Politics

Appendix: Important Political Figures of Postwar Japan

Japan and the World.