Education and Schooling in Japan since 1945

The best scholarship on the development of contemporaryJapan This collection presents well over 100 scholarly articles on modern Japanese society, written by leading scholars in the field. These selections have been drawn from the most distinguished scholarly journals as well as from journals that are less well known among specialists; and the articles represent the best and most important scholarship on their particular topic. Anunderstanding of the present through the lens of the past The field of modern Japan studies has grown steadily as Westerners have recognized the importance of Japan as a lading world economic force and an emerging regional power. The post-1945 economic success of the Japanese has, however, been achieved in the context of that nation's history, social structure, educational enterprise and political environment. It is impossible to understand the postwar economic miracle without an appreciation of these elements. Japan's economic emergence has brought about and in some cases, exacerbated already existing tensions, and these tensions have, in turn, had a significant impact on Japanese economic life. The series is designed to give readers a basic understanding of modern Japan-its institutions and its people-as we stand on the threshold of a new century, often referred to as the Pacific Century.

Edward R. Beaucamp

Volume Introduction, Reforming Education in Postwar Japan: American Planning for a Democratic Japan, 1943-1946, History Textbook Reform in Allied Occupied Japan, 1945-1952, Ienaga Saburo and the First Postwar Japanese History Textbook, Textbook Censorship in Japan: The Ienaga Case, The History of the Textbook Controversy, Language and Politics: The Reversal of Postwar Script Reform Policy in Japan, Lessons from the Kokugo (National Language) Readers, Education, Postwar Japanese Education: A History of Reform and Counterreform, What Is a Successful School?, Higher Education in Japan, Burakumin Protest: The Incident at Yoka High School, From School to Work in Japan, Linguistic Minorities and Education in Japan, Teacher Education Reform in Japan: Ideological and Control Issues, Japan's Juken Industry, The Role of the Education Mama, Among Friends: The Seductive Power of Bullying, The Role of the Japan-U.S. Relationship in Asia: The Case for Cultural Exchange, Acknowledgments