Examining Japan's lost decades / Edited by Yōichi Funabashi and Barak Kushner

Japan's demographic collapse -- Monetary and fiscal policies during the lost decades -- The two "lost decades" and macroeconomics: Changing economic policies -- The curse of "Japan, Inc." and Japan's microeconomic competitiveness -- Making sense of the lost decades: Workplaces and schools, men and women, young and old, rich and poor -- The two lost decades in education: the failure of reform -- The Fukushima nuclear accident: Lost opportunities and the "safety myth" -- The last two decades in Japanese politics: lost opportunities and undesirable outcomes -- The Gulf War and Japan's national security identity -- Foreign economic policy strategies and economic performance -- Japan's Asia/Asia-Pacific policy in flux -- Okinawa bases and the U.S.-Japan alliance -- Japanese historical memory -- Japan's failed bid for a permanent seat on the UN Security Council -- The stakeholder state: Ideology and values in Japan's search for a post Cold War global role.