From the 1960s onwards, Japan's rapid economic growth coincided with remarkably low youth unemployment. However, since the 1990s the ease with which young peopl

In Mobilizing Japanese Youth, Christopher Gerteis examines how non-state institutions in Japan—left-wing radicals and right-wing activists—attempted to mold

This report provides a detailed diagnosis of youth policies in the area of education, training, social and employment policies. Its main focus is on disengaged

In recent years, a large number of young Japanese have been migrating to New York and London for the purpose of engaging in cultural production in areas such as

This book puts forth a sociology of Japanese youth problems showing that the Japanese media draw on an equally, if not more, perplexing gallery of social catego