Introduction
- 1. How Democratic Is Japan's Constitution?
- 2. The Political Role of the Judiciary
- 3. Human Rights
- 4. Minorities
- 5. Freedom of Religion
- 6. Japan's Election System: An Unequal Equation
- 7. Scandals
- 8. Education in Japan
- 9. Rearmament and the Interpretation of Article 9
- 10. The Courts and the Judicial Ethos
- Appendix I. Extracts from the Constitution of Japan
- Appendix II. The Sagawa Scandal
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