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Introduction: Victoria Lyon Bestor, Theodore C. Bestor, and Akiko Yamagata   Part I Social Foundations: Showa-Era Japan and Beyond: From Imperial Japan to Japan Inc. Peter Duus   Four Cultures of Japanese Politics David Leheny   The Cultures and Politics of Language in Japan Today Nanette Gottlieb   Japanese Education and Education Reform Roger Goodman   Religion in Contemporary Japanese Lives Mark R. Mullins   Law and Society in Japan Lawrence Repeta   The Urbanization of the Japanese Landscape Paul Waley   Part II Class, Identity, and Status: Social Class and Social Identity in Postwar Japan David Slater   The Politics of Gender in Japan Robin M. LeBlanc   Change and Diversity in the Japanese Family Merry White   Japan’s Queer Cultures Mark McLelland   Race, Ethnicity, and Minorities in Japan Richard Siddle   Life on the Margins in Japan: Homeless, Migrant Day Laborers, and People with Disabilities Carolyn S. Stevens   Aging and Social Welfare in Japan Leng Leng Thang   The New Prominence of the Civil Sector in Japan Akihiro Ogawa   Part III Cool Japan: Contemporary Architecture in Japan William H. Coaldrake   Japanese Film and Television Aaron Gerow   Manga and Anime: Entertainment, Big Business, and Art in Japan Susan Napier   Popular Music in Japan Ian Condry   The Sportscape of Contemporary Japan William Kelly   Cultural Flows: Japan and East Asia Koichi Iwabuchi   Cuisine and Identity in Contemporary Japan Theodore C. Bestor