Japan in Upheaval

This book examines the widespread protests which took place in Japan in 1960 against the renewal of the US-Japan Security Treaty and assesses their far-reaching impact.

Dagfinn Gatu is an Emeritus Professor in Political Science at the Japan Women's University, Tokyo, Japan.

Introduction 1. Treaty Regime: Subaltern Japan 2. Domestic Setting: Portentous Prelude 3. Movement Configuration: Ascendant Cycles 4. Students, Intellectuals: Frontal Contestations 5. Established Left, Newspapers: Orderly Fixation 6. Popular Strata: Dreaded Spectre Conclusion