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