Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section 5 Japan, Modern Japanese Society

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Is Japanese society essentially different from other modern industrialized societies, or not? This survey work with contributions from the leading scholars in this complicated field, presents a full overview of the most important aspects of Japanese society which may lead the reader to find an answer to these two often-asked questions. Japanese society, defined as those institutions shaping the life of individuals and groups, as well as being responsible for the dynamics of social development, is shown to be as modern as any other industrialized society, definitely distinct, though, are the ways in which institutions are defined and organised as a result of different social and historical roots of the process of modernization.

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