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Preface Introduction Chapter 1: Japan’s Demographic Collapse and the Vanishing Provinces Seike Atsushi Chapter 2: Monetary and Fiscal Policies During the Lost Decades Kenneth Kuttner, Iwaisako Tokuo, and Adam Posen Chapter 3: The Two "Lost Decades" and Macroeconomics: Changing Economic Policies Kobayashi Keiichirō Chapter 4: The Curse of "Japan, Inc." and Japan’s Microeconomic Competitiveness Chapter 5: Making Sense of the Lost Decades: Workplaces and Schools, Men and Women, Young and Old, Rich and Poor Andrew Gordon Chapter 6: The Two Lost Decades in Education: The Failure of Reform Kariya Takehiko Chapter 7: The Fukushima Nuclear Accident: Lost Opportunities and the "Safety Myth" Kitazawa Koichi Chapter 8: The Last Two Decades in Japanese Politics: Lost Opportunities and Undesirable Outcomes Machidori Satoshi Chapter 9: The Gulf War and Japan’s National Security Identity Michael J. Green and Igata Akira Chapter 10: Foreign Economic Policy Strategies and Economic Performance Peter Drysdale and Shiro Armstrong Chapter 11: Japan’s Asia/Asia-Pacific Policy in Flux Shiraishi Takashi Chapter 12: Okinawa Bases and the U.S.-Japan Alliance  Sheila A. Smith Chapter 13: Japanese Historical Memory Tōgo Kazuhiko Chapter 14: Japan’s Failed Bid for a Permanent Seat on the UN Security Council  Akiyama Nobumasa Chapter 15: The Stakeholder State: Ideology and Values in Japan’s Search for a Post-Cold War Global Role G. John Ikenberry Conclusion: Something has been "lost" from our future Funabashi Yoichi