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| Foreword | ||
| 1 | Introduction (Appearances Can Be Deceiving) | |
| Welcome To Wonderland | 11 | |
| Distinguishing Honne From Tatemae | 19 | |
| Pt. 1 | Superior Grades | |
| 2 | Japanese-Style Management (Fact Or Fiction?) | |
| How It Really Works | 29 | |
| Not Quite Lifetime Employment | 35 | |
| Harmony Or Else | 39 | |
| Less Lovable Than Effective | 46 | |
| 3 | Japanese Companies (The All-Mighty Kaisha) | |
| Company Families | 51 | |
| The Seven Cs | 56 | |
| When Better Is Worse | 59 | |
| 4 | Industrial Policy (Promoting And Meddling) | |
| Targeting Techniques | 69 | |
| Industrial Overkill | 74 | |
| Pt. 2 | Satisfactory Grades | |
| 5 | Economic Progress (Onward If Not Upward) | |
| No More Growth Hero | 81 | |
| Good Sectors, Bad Sectors | 87 | |
| Productive, Not Fruitful | 92 | |
| 6 | Education (What Is Learning?) | |
| World Champion Test-Takers | 99 | |
| Lower Higher Education | 105 | |
| Education Or Induction | 112 | |
| (Almost) Time For Reform | 116 | |
| 7 | Crime (Integrating The Criminal Element) | |
| Japanese Criminals As No. 1 | 125 | |
| Crime? What Crime? | 132 | |
| Pt. 3 | Unsatisfactory Grades | |
| 8 | Politics (The Japanese Way) | |
| Politicians: Fronting For The System | 141 | |
| Bureaucrats: Making Things Run | 149 | |
| Businessmen: Pulling The Strings | 156 | |
| People: Accepting But Not Approving | 163 | |
| 9 | Society (Discordant Harmonies) | |
| Solidarity Outward, Not Inward | 171 | |
| Gender, Generation And Other Gaps | 179 | |
| Meritocracy Or Schoolocracy? | 186 | |
| 10 | Internationalization (Time To Join The World) | |
| Leadership Or Followership | 197 | |
| The Closed-Country Syndrome | 205 | |
| The U.S. Connection | 210 | |
| Pt. 4 | Inferior Grades | |
| 11 | Quality of Life (If You Can Call That Quality) | |
| The "Rich" Japanese | 221 | |
| All Work And No Play | 227 | |
| To Make Life Worth Living | 234 | |
| 12 | Amenities (Be It Ever So Humble) | |
| Life In A Rabbit Hutch | 243 | |
| Glorious Plans And Mirages | 252 | |
| 13 | Welfare (What Is There To Be Entitled To?) | |
| Desperately Seeking Welfare | 261 | |
| Letting The Future Take Care Of Itself | 266 | |
| 14 | Conclusion (Japan As No. 23, Or 57, Or Whatever) | |
| Learning From Japan...Sometimes | 273 | |
| Friends--Or Enemies--Of Japan? | 279 | |
| Containing The Apologists | 285 | |
| Bibliography | 291 | |
| Index | 295 |
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