JAPAN AND THE UNITED STATES 3
THE PAST DECADE 3
SOME PROBLEMS 4
LAND AND PEOPLE 9
LOCATION，SIZE，AND REGIONS 9
CLIMATE 12
TOPOGRAPHY 13
POPULATION 14
HISTORY 17
THE SINICIZATION OF JAPAN：NARA(710-794)AND HEIAN(794-1185)PERIODS 18
MILITARY DICTATORSHIP TO 1600：KAMAKURA(1185-1333)，MUROMACHI(1333-1568)，AND MOMOYAMA(1568-1600)PERIODS 21
THE TOKUGAWA PERIOD(1600-1868) 24
THE MEIJI PERIOD 28
FOREIGN RELATIONS(1868-1920) 33
INTERNAL DEVELOPMENTS(1890-1920) 37
EXPANSION AFTER THE FIRST WORLD WAR 39
GOVERNMENT 47
GENERAL FEATURES OF PREWAR GOVERNMENT 47
THE POSTWAR GOVERNMENT 51
POLITICAL PARTIES 54
ECONOMIC LIFE 61
NATURAL RESOURCES AND EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRIES 62
INDUSTRY 69
TRANSPORTATION 73
PUBLIC UTILITIES AND COMMUNICATIONS 74
LABOR 76
FINANCE 79
PUBLIC FINANCE 83
DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN TRADE 85
SOCIAL AND CULTURAL LIFE 91
RACIAL ORIGINS 91
SOME ASPECTS OF THE NATIONAL CHARACTER 92
SOCIAL CLASSES 94
FAMILY ORGANIZATION 96
THE GREATER FAMILY 98
EDUCATION 100
OCCUPATIONS 102
RECREATIONS 102
WAY OF LIFE AND LIVING STANDARD 104
LANGUAGE 106
INTELLECTUAL LIFE 108
FINE ARTS 111
ANCIENT ART(TO CA．600 A．D．) 112
ART OF THE EARLY BUDDHIST PERIOD(TO CA．800) 113
HEIAN ART(800-1200) 114
KAMAKURA ART(1200-1400) 115
MUROMACHI ART(1400-1568) 117
MOMOYAMA ART(1568-1615) 118
TOKUGAWA ART(1615-1868) 119
MODERN ART(SINCE 1868) 121
LITERATURE 125
EARLY POETRY 126
CLASSIC PROSE 127
THE WRITING OF HISTORY 129
THE NO DRAMA 130
TOKUGAWA THEATER 131
HAIKU AND SENRYU 132
THE TOKUGAWA NOVEL 132
MODERN DEVELOPMENTS 133
RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY 137
BUDDHISM 138
CONFUCIANISM 139
SHINTO 141
CHRISTIANITY 144