Japan in the Heisei Era (1989-2019) : Multidisciplinary Perspectives.

Part 1: Symbol Emperor1.The People's Imperial Couple Kenneth J. Ruoff2. Contemporary Goshin'ei: The Emperor, Art, and the Anus Maki KanekoPart 2: Government and Politics3. The Rightward Shift of Japanese Politics: Interest, Reform, and Identity Koichi Nakano4. Prime Ministers, Power and Leadership in Heisei Japan Tina Burrett5. Heisei Okinawa: What Changed? Alexis Dudden6. The Fight for Open Government in the Heisei Era Lawrence RepetaPart 3: Civil Society7. Civil Society and Neoliberalism: Heisei's Historic Convergence Simon Avenell8. Still Half Free: The Japanese Media in the Heisei Era David McNeill & Tanaka AkiraPart 4: Economy and Work9. The Heisei Economy: Explaining the Lost DecadesRichard Katz10. Precaritization of Work in Japan Machiko Osawa & Jeff Kingston11. Japan's Immigration in the Heisei Era: Population, Policy and the Ethno-nationalist Dilemma Gracia Liu-FarrerPart 5: Diversity12. Women's Leadership and Gender Equality Mari MiuraChapter 13. Preserving the Status Quo: Japan's Laws and Policies on Ethnic and Sexual Minorities Tin Tin Htun14. From Tiramisù to #MeToo: Triangulations of Sex, Gender and Sexuality in Heisei Japan Jennifer RobertsonPart 6: Religion15. Shinto During the Heisei Era Helen Hardacre16. The Life and Death of a Heisei Religious Movement: What the Aum ShinrikyōAffair Revealed about Japanese SocietyMark R. MullinsPart 7: Cool Japan?17. Heisei High Architecture as Soft Power Alice Y. Tseng18. The Evangelion Boom: The Explosion of Fan Markets and Lifestyles in Heisei Japan Patrick W. Galbraith19. The Genealogy of Kawaii Noriko MuraiPart 8: Multivoiced Narratives20. A False Peace: Literature in the Age of HeiseiMatthew C. Strecher21. Cinema's Uneasy Social Critique: The Heisei Era Onscreen Kyoko HiranoPart 9: History and Memory22. Heisei Historiography: Academic History and Public Commemoration in Japan, 1990-2020 Sven Saaler23. Implicated Photographs: Wartime Postmemory and the Photographic Unconsciousness in the Heisei EraAyelet Zohar24. The Loss of Nostalgia, not The Nostalgia of Loss: Or, What Happens in Heisei Stays in Heisei David Leheny25. The Tumultuous Finale: 2009-2019 Jeff Kingston

Japan in the Heisei Era (1989-2019) provides a retrospective and multidisciplinary account of a society in flux. Featuring analyses from leading scholars around the globe, this textbook examines the evolving contexts of Japan throughout the Heisei era and how longstanding verities and values are being called into question. Asking what this holds for future relations with the world and within its own communities, chapters delve into the layers of a complex and increasingly diverse society in the contexts of simmering ethnonationalism, economic torpor, political stagnation and cultural dynamics. Features in this textbook include: Analysis of key issues ranging from immigration, civil society, press freedom, politics, labour and the economy, diversity, the marginalization of women, Shinto, and Aum Shinrikyo Evaluation of the impact of Emperor Akihito on war memory, the imperial institution, art, regional relations and constitutional revision Multidisciplinary insights from both the social sciences and humanities Rich illustrations for visual analysis of developments in literature, film, art, and pop culture and what they reveal about contemporary Japan Providing students with dynamic analyses of how contemporary Japanese society continues to transform, this textbook will be essential reading for students of Japanese Studies, including Japanese culture, society, history and politics.